Religious Studies, Philosophy, English, History, Oxbridge Applications
A First-Class Cambridge Theology graduate and qualified teacher who taught at Rugby School, Fenella specialises in home-schooling and in helping students overcome the fear of extended essay writing.
Fenella graduated with a First in Theology and Religious Studies from the University of Cambridge and completed an MPhil in Philosophy and Theology there. At King’s School Canterbury she achieved 11 A*s at IGCSE and 100% A*s in English and Religious Studies at A-level. She gained qualified teacher status through a PGCE with the University of Buckingham while teaching at Rugby School.
Fenella began tutoring at Cambridge, returning to King’s School Canterbury to help Oxbridge candidates. She has taught English as a volunteer in remote regions of Himalayan Nepal and rural northern Uganda. At Rugby she taught KS3, GCSE and A-level, helping younger students engage with philosophical ideas and older students structure complex arguments into coherent essays. She has worked with the school’s head of Oxbridge and several London agencies, guiding pupils through the Oxbridge application process and giving mock interviews.
Fenella values the time one-to-one tuition gives to work through each student’s particular challenges, as seemingly overwhelming problems often come from a simple misunderstanding. One of her greatest strengths is helping students overcome their fear of extended essays by breaking topics down and building clear plans, including for EPQs, students with English as an additional language and dyslexic students. In exam season she runs timed essay practice focused on the marking criteria.
