Esme

Esme grew up trilingual between the UK, France and Italy. After achieving 13 A*s at GCSE and an A* in A-level French at 15, she won an academic scholarship to Shrewsbury School, where she became the first female Head of School, achieved A*s in Latin, History and Spanish and earned the highest Pre-U French mark in the country. At the University of Cambridge, where she was twice awarded a college scholarship, she took a First in Modern Languages (French, Italian and Ukrainian) and then studied Politics and International Relations, after a year abroad working in Paris and Rome. She went on to an MA in International Security at Sciences Po Paris.

Esme has tutored a wide range of ages, subjects and curricula, from teaching Latin grammar to primary pupils and tutoring the French national primary curriculum to designing and running History of Art seminars for mature students.

Esme begins by understanding each student’s goals and how they learn, then designs resources around their needs, whether they are focused on results or on broader intellectual skills. She builds solid foundations such as essay writing, and teaches students not just what to know but how to approach a range of questions, building their confidence for the hardest ones.