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History is a broad and challenging subject, often leaving students feeling buried under a mountain of facts, dates, and complex source materials. If a parents' evening has raised concerns or a mock exam result was a surprise, it’s natural to feel out of your depth when trying to help.
By bringing in a specialist History tutor, you can delegate the academic heavy lifting to a professional. This allows you to go back to being the supportive parent while an expert mentor helps your child untangle the past, develop sharp analytical skills, and turn a confusing syllabus into a clear, manageable story.
By bringing in a specialist History tutor, you can delegate the academic heavy lifting to a professional. This allows you to go back to being the supportive parent while an expert mentor helps your child untangle the past, develop sharp analytical skills, and turn a confusing syllabus into a clear, manageable story.
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Our Tutor Match service takes the search off your plate
Finding a mentor who can bridge the gap between a casual interest in the past and the rigorous demands of an academic syllabus shouldn't eat up your spare time. Instead of you spending your evening scrolling through hundreds of unvetted profiles, our Tutor Match service handles the legwork for you.
Simply tell us about your child’s goals—whether they are exploring the subject at Key Stage 3 or preparing for university-level critiques—and we will find the specialist who fits. We’ve already done the hard work, accepting only 1 in 8 applicants, so you can skip the guesswork and move straight into a confirmed lesson.
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Simply tell us about your child’s goals—whether they are exploring the subject at Key Stage 3 or preparing for university-level critiques—and we will find the specialist who fits. We’ve already done the hard work, accepting only 1 in 8 applicants, so you can skip the guesswork and move straight into a confirmed lesson.
A digital archive where history comes to life
Our online learning environment is a high-performance space designed to make document analysis and essay planning feel natural and productive. Within our interactive digital classroom, your child and their tutor use a shared whiteboard and real-time document sharing to annotate primary sources and map out essay structures together.
This collaborative way of working ensures the student stays mentally sharp and fully involved throughout the hour. To keep you updated, our tutors provide weekly progress reports, giving you a regular summary of exactly what they have mastered and how their confidence is growing ahead of their exams.
This collaborative way of working ensures the student stays mentally sharp and fully involved throughout the hour. To keep you updated, our tutors provide weekly progress reports, giving you a regular summary of exactly what they have mastered and how their confidence is growing ahead of their exams.
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145 History tutors:
£85/hr
4.9
Alice A
History Tutor - Making learning memorable
* Book your child in for SUMMER BOOSTER sessions TODAY*
- I have had a HUGE increase this year in last minute requests for support, even for the day before the exam...
- Many of these young people have been worrying about their GCSEs and A Levels behind closed doors and parents have realised too late that they need support.
- If your child is in secondary school or 6th form now and you have any doubt about their independent study skills please consider summer sessions.
- I hear all too often that the young people I am working with do not have the skills in order to attempt independent study....
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£40/hr
5.0
Kevin A
Experienced Qualified Mature History
RESULTS ORIENTATED: UNIVERSITY DIssertations - Guidance on structure , planning and argument.I have advised on subjects from micro- biology to religious architecture! I meet deadlines.A LEVEL History- Tudors- Stuarts 1603- 1714- French Revolution- Russian Revolution , Lenin, Stalin and Post war Teaching is very closely aligned to actual questions,I teach essay writing, and essay improvement. I happily explain the hard factGCSE ENGLISH Concentrating on critical analysis. language techniques,structure and commentary. The tutoring is very closely related to real exams using past papers to provide...
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£40/hr
5.0
Lorraine N
History Tutor - Here to ensure success and excellent grades for all levels
I have 5 years tutoring experience and have completed a BA Hons and Masters Degree in History. I have a passion for history, which is conveyed to the students. I can provide tutoring on content for history across all time periods until the present and can also teach techniques for essay writing and preparation for exams.I am friendly, very easy to get along with, hardworking and professional. My tutoring style is to inspire a passion for history and develop styles adapted to the students needs to retain information and reach their full potential. I have a vast knowledge of the curriculum across...
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£47/hr
5.0
Victoria Beatrix F
History are my life!
I did my BA in Classical civilisations (majors: Greek, Latin) at the University of Basel and my MA in Ancient Greek and Ancient Near East Studies (archaeology and languages, i.e. Hebrew and Arabic) also at the University of Basel yet spending one semester at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Free University of Berlin during an ERASMUS exchange during my MA. I then completed my DPhil in Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall) with a thesis on Classical Lingusitics. Last but not least, I did an MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Lingustics at the...
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£60/hr
4.8
Joanna C
History Tutor - A Cambridge medic helping you reach your potential
Hello, My name is Joanna. Currently teaching GCSE English and Drama in a local school, I have been working as a freelance tutor for the past 15 years. Outside of education, I am a writer and have worked with theatre companies in a variety of roles. Originally working with students dealing with SEN and integration into main stream schools, I've experience working with early learners all the way through to A Level. This includes preparation for SATs and grammar school entrance exams. My specialist subjects are English and Drama, which I teach to A Level. I am also able to teach certain topics in...
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£151/hr
5.0
John M
Specialist teacher offering History tutoring
I teach English language from primary up to GCSE level. I teachEnglish Literature set texts used by exam boards such as AQA, Pearson Edexcel, Eduqas, and OCR. I also teach the Pearson Edexcel iGCSE and the Cambridge English First Language iGCSE.I work with students with entrance examinations, from 7 plus up to 13 plus.I teach students studying English as a Foreign Language(ESL) who are taking the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) I’m a specialist trained SEN teacher, with a wealth of training and experience working with neurodiversity, including autistic, ADHD and dyslexic s...
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Richard J
Richard is a fantastic helpful and really helped my son with his Scottish Higher History. I highly recommend him.
Colin C
13th May 2026
Lynn D
Lynn has been helping my child recently with her R.E GCSE studies. Lynn has been carefully assessing and helping my child with 12marks and 4 mark exam questions . She has sent detailed report on my child's strengths and weakness and has been careful to listen to feedback and accommodate areas that I felt my child needed help with. Overall Lynn has been very helpful although it was a short time but has proven beneficial for my child's needs.
Karen E
12th May 2026
Eloise S
Eloise is a great tutor for my AQA A level NEA Coursework, helping me go from 20/40 to 33/40. Her effort, lesson planning and analysis were especially useful and helped me understand how to construct my arguments in accordance with the mark scheme on a higher level. She was also great for my Empire and Weimar Germany courses
Luke L
3rd May 2026
Julian W
Julian is an extremely helpful and thorough A-level History tutor. He has great subject knowledge and goes to a lot of effort to mark and give clear, detailed feedback on my essays. After 3 lessons with him I feel that there has been a significant improvement in my essay writing skills. He has really shown me how to improve my exam technique and what the examiners are looking for - well beyond what teachers at school ever taught me! Highly recommend :)
Suzanne S
2nd May 2026
Gavin C
Gavin was a great tutor for my AQA A level NEA Coursework, helping me go from 20/40 to 33/40. His effort, lesson planning analysis were especially useful and helped me understand how to construct my arguments in accordance with the mark scheme on a higher level.
Luke L
30th Apr 2026
Christopher B
My daughter is really enjoying her lessons. Really helping her confidence and grades! Many thanks
Poppy H
28th Apr 2026
Paul H
Paul is such an amazing and experienced tutor, he's immensely helpful and resourceful in supporting my daughter through her A-Level journey. His broad knowledge in the syllabus is evident through the way he prepares the class in advance. Not only does he ensure that my daughter is best equipped with the knowledge she needs but also consolidates her confidence with exam techniques. My daughter has seen consistent improvement in her writing and grades ever since she started learning from Paul,I highly recommend him as a tutor.
Joe H
24th Apr 2026
Alexandra M
Wish we had found Alexandra sooner! She has taken on board all our requests to help prepare our son for his A’level history exam, and provides detailed feedback after the sessions with plenty of encouragement. Highly recommend .
Amy M
21st Apr 2026
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