Lucy

Skills & Experience

Relationship-Based Support
I have 25 years’ experience as a teacher, with a strong focus on SEND and children who struggle to access mainstream education. I build trusting, respectful relationships with children and use a calm, consistent and child-centred approach to help them develop confidence, emotional regulation and independence.

ADHD & Executive Functioning
I have extensive experience supporting children with ADHD and executive functioning difficulties, including challenges with organisation, planning, attention, working memory, task initiation and managing emotions. I provide practical strategies and structure while helping children gradually develop greater independence and confidence.

Therapeutic & Emotional Support
As a qualified child therapist with a distinction in my MSc, Psychodynamic Counselling for Children and Adolescents, I bring a strong understanding of children’s emotional needs. My experience with anxiety, trauma, SEMH and neurodiversity enables me to provide sensitive co-regulation and therapeutic-informed support while maintaining clear professional boundaries.

Education, Maths, English & Advocacy
I have extensive teaching experience across primary and secondary education and can adapt learning to a child’s individual profile and needs. I have particular experience supporting children in both Maths and English, including those who have lost confidence or developed gaps in their learning. I break concepts into manageable steps, build on strengths and celebrate progress, while working collaboratively with families, schools and other professionals to ensure children’s needs are understood and appropriately supported.

Professional Strengths
My strengths are my ability to build genuine relationships, understand the individual child and create a calm, safe environment in which they can thrive. I am patient, empathetic, reliable and highly adaptable, with a strong professional approach, excellent communication skills and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality, appropriate boundaries and high standards of safeguarding.

My teaching philosophy is centred on building a trusting relationship first, so that a child feels safe, understood and ready to learn. I use a calm, patient and child-centred approach, adapting teaching to the individual’s strengths, needs, interests and learning profile.

In Maths, I break concepts into small, manageable steps, use modelling and practical or visual approaches, revisit prior learning and provide plenty of opportunities for guided practice and success. In English, I focus on developing confidence alongside core skills, using scaffolding, discussion, modelling, structured writing and reading strategies to help children understand and express their ideas. For children with ADHD and executive functioning difficulties, I use clear routines, visual prompts, chunking, movement breaks and strategies for organisation, task initiation and working memory.

I also believe strongly in the team around the child. I value close communication with parents, school staff and other professionals, sharing relevant observations and strategies so that the child receives consistent support across settings. Where appropriate, I would advocate for the child’s needs while ensuring that communication remains professional, constructive and centred on their wellbeing and progress.

I believe that a good tutor is consistent, observant and flexible, able to recognise what may sit behind a child’s difficulties and adapt their approach accordingly. My background as a qualified teacher and child therapist allows me to combine strong academic teaching with a therapeutic understanding of the child, helping them develop confidence, independence and a positive relationship with learning.