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Mr David is an exceptional teacher for our child preparing him for English writing. Our son in Year 4 was struggling with writing formations and was extremely slow. The school and we tried various ways to get him to write better, but nothing helped. Within just three to four classes, our son's writing went through a remarkable transformation in terms of both quality and speed. His writings have been shortlisted at school competitions.
Also Mr David, went over and beyond in guiding us with additional questions regarding 9+/11+prep and sharing material. Highly recommend him !

David has been a fantastic English tutor, helping our son prepare for the 11+ exams. He is professional, well-organised, and always brings thoughtful, challenging materials that suit our son's level and goals. Their sessions have been focused and enjoyable - our son genuinely looks forward to them each week! We've seen real improvement in his confidence and ability, and feel well on track for the St Paul’s and City of London exams later this year. We would happily recommend David to anyone looking for strong, reliable 11+ support.

David is an incredible English Teacher. At the start of Year 10, my daughter was targeted at a grade 5 in English and struggling to find a way to connect to the subject. But thanks to David’s wonderful teaching she has not only improved immensely but she has also excelled. By the end of the year, she was achieving grade 8s and 9s consistently in her mocks.

What makes David brilliant is his unique teaching approach that has changed how she thinks about extracts and created a deeper and critical level of thinking when analysing texts. My daughter finds the lessons engaging, thought - provoking and enjoyable through David’s techniques of breaking complex ideas. This has ignited confidence and a feeling of preparedness in my daughter when writing.

Thank you very much!

Best Tutor! My son is preparing entrance exam for Sevenoaks and Eltham college. David taught my son the method to answer English Comprehension and writing. My son has improved a lot just in one month and he passed Sevenoaks school exam and got scholarship from Eltham.

If you want a serious professional who can lift a student immediately, who knows the board requirements for doing well, and who can tailor tuition to the precise needs of the kid, then David is the man. My son is bright, but he was not well taught in English. David turned it all around within a matter of weeks and set him on track to a great grade. Don't mess around - go with David. Highly recommend.

David has been an excellent tutor for my daughter. His lessons are well-structured and tailored to her needs, helping her improve both her understanding of the subject and her ability to approach it with more clarity. He takes the time to explain challenging concepts clearly and always provides constructive, actionable feedback. My daughter enjoys the sessions and has become more engaged with her studies. David’s thoughtful and positive approach has made a real difference, and I would highly recommend him!

David has been a fantastic tutor for our daughter helping her to prepare for her English Language GCSE exams. He has a superb knowledge of what the different papers require and our daughter has made exceptional progress with David and massively increased in confidence. He is fantastic at spotting where students are dropping marks and giving practical advice on how to approach the exams. Our daughter has really enjoyed the lessons and it has been such a positive experience! Thank you.

David started teaching my daughter when she was in Year 10. Sophie was verbally fluent in English but could not write well, as English is her third language, and she did not have a good grasp of the written grammar. Over the two years, David worked magic and Sophie received a predicted score of 9 for her last mock exam this year. She likes David's lessons a lot and said that he could accurately point out places in her writing where she needs to improve, and considered David to be even better than her regular school teacher. As Sophie is finishing up her IGCSE exams this summer, we decided to ask David to help out with our son's English also, on Sophie's recommendation. He is THAT good!

David has a wonderful way of sifting through the work and finding what actually needs to be taught to my son. I like the way he interacts with my 10 year old and treats him like a little person. He gives regular homework and makes sure that this and any other extra work done by him is reviewed and feedback is provided. They work together as a team and David I feel has the best of intentions to help my son achieve his goal.

David tutored our daughter a while ago for 11+ English. I always found him to be very professional, organized and methodical in his approach. He always had a good supply of appropriate material that challenged her and pushed her to the next level. The two of them clicked very quickly and our daughter progressed very well. David is friendly and related well with her. Our daughter really enjoyed her sessions with him. She was accepted by all the top private and Grammar schools that we applied to. An excellent tutor who I definitely recommend!

We've had a fantastic experience with David in preparation for the 11+ exams. The support with English and creative writing has been outstanding. My boys have grown so much in confidence — not only in comprehension and creative writing, but also in tackling tricky verbal reasoning questions with logic and speed. Each lesson is engaging, well-structured, and tailored to suit [his/her] individual needs. I'm truly grateful for the encouragement, patience, and expertise David brings to every session. Highly recommended!

David ensures that my son understands the content, very enthusiastic, professional, clear and organised.
He is well prepared for each lesson.
My son has developed very well with English language since he started with David.

David works with my son (who has got dyslexia and ASD). David is very professional with an enthusiastic approach to teaching, and most importantly he is able to deliver the lessons in an effective and very engaging way. My son really enjoys learning English with David and looks forward to his lessons.

David is an amazing tutor and helped our daughter got accepted by a highly competitive school.

David has a flair teaching all ages and making the classes engaging. My daughter was seven and absolutely enjoyed the classes. David had a structured yet engaging way of teaching, and my daughter’s writing started making marked improvement after just a few weeks.

After the offer, we received a special commendation for her English performance - all credit to David’s amazing effort.

For anyone stumbling across David’s website, lucky you! And please give it a try!!!

David is an excellent tutor. He helped my daughter get into all top schools including St Paul's, NLCS and Haberdasher's.
He is a cheerful and happy person and his lessons are very enjoyable. I would highly recommend him

David has been working with my son for only a few months now, but already has managed to help with the confidence he needed as he approaches his 11+ exam this year. The sessions with David are always focused, well planned and enjoyable. David had prepared and shared a lot of material with us upfront, covering the key and advanced concepts that they go through during the sessions. My son always looks forward to the sessions with David due to the positive tutor-tutee relationship that has been built, in a very short time. He also often finishes their session feeling motivated and smiling. Both his writing and reading comprehension skills have improved a lot. I am hugely grateful to David for the attention, amazing and positive attitude, and the feedback he is always sharing with my son, but also with me, keeping me in the loop, and less stressed about the exams. I thoroughly recommend Davis as 11+ tutor.

David possesses a unique teaching style that focuses on rooting out the areas that candidates drop marks. For the GCSE course, he has perfected his instruction of all aspects, from the engaging story telling required of the creative writing, to the developed analysis necessary for discussing language and structure. His essential GCSE materials provide candidates with the key rubrics for attaining the top grades for the English Language GCSE. I would highly recommend him for anyone looking for to raise their general English level and simultaneously attain top marks at GCSE. Thank you. -Alex (Year 11)

David tutoring our son is the best experience with a teacher that we have ever had.
Apart from being a very dedicated and thorough tutor, he is an absolute pleasure to interact with, always prompt in communication and punctual.
Even with online lessons, he manages to create an environment where my son stays fully engaged; he provides the appropriate support, necessary materials and the expert guidance for my son to overcome his barriers.
A very skilled tutor, David is very methodical in his approach and provides clear instructions, which are very appreciated by my son, who feels he is learning a lot.
In my son’s words, David is ‘fun, easy to understand, but at a very advanced level at the same time’.
We are extremely pleased with David’s work and cannot recommend him enough!

David has been a fantastic tutor to my son over the last few weeks as he prepares for GCSE's this year. After a disappointing result in mock exams in February we contacted David through First Tutors. From the first session my son felt very comfortable working with David and has improved significantly since then. He looks forward to his sessions and is feeling much more confident and prepared. I would highly recommend David to others, he is easy to contact and communicate with and clearly has deep knowledge of how to respond to GCSE exam questions which he shares in a really accessible manner.

David is truly an exceptional tutor. From our first meeting, he put both my daughter and I at ease by explaining simple strategies related to her GCSE exam board and how they could work together to achieve her goal of a higher grade.

After only one lesson, my daughter had a lightbulb moment and everything that she had been taught at school over the course of the last two years made complete sense. David is able to help students break everything down to the lowest common denominator, which then allows them to strategically put all their building blocks in alignment so that they can answer or tackle any question put in front of them. This is a true life skill which David teaches with ease and competence.

Above all lessons are fun, engaging and David quickly builds up a rapport with his students so an hour of English becomes a thing of joy rather than something to be dreaded.

If it was possible, I would give David 6 out of 5 stars! He truly is the best tutor you or your child could ever wish for.