Louise Mac Manus-Hunter
History & Politics Private Tuition
11+ | GCSE | A Level | Oxbridge
Expert, personalised tuition from an experienced independent school teacher & Head of Department
10+ YEARS IN LONDON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS • HEAD OF HISTORY & POLITICS • 11+ & SCHOOL ENTRY • OXBRIDGE & TARA PREPARATION
Private Tuition & Academic Preparation
GCSE: £65 per hour
A Level: £70 per hour
Specialist, individually tailored GCSE and A Level tuition focused on secure subject knowledge, analytical writing, source evaluation and examination technique. Sessions can include targeted knowledge consolidation, essay planning, model answer & exemplar responses, timed practice and past-paper questions, covering Cambridge iGCSE, Edexcel, OCR and AQA.
History Tuition
Politics Tuition
£70 per hour
Specialist, individualised A Level Politics tuition focused on developing secure knowledge of current affairs, political systems and ideologies, analytical argument and confident essay writing. Tuition includes targeted knowledge consolidation, essay planning, model answers and exemplar responses, timed practice, past paper questions and examination technique. Support available for Edexcel and AQA.
£65 per hour
Individual preparation for selective school entry, tailored to each child and the requirements of their target schools. Tuition can include preparation for the Sutton SET, ISEB Pre-Tests and other entrance assessments, with focused work across English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, alongside examination technique and timed practice. Interview preparation is informed by first-hand experience conducting school-entry interviews and marking entrance papers.
11+ & School Entry
£70 per hour
Individual preparation for competitive History, Politics & International Relations applications to Oxford and other leading universities. Support can include TARA preparation, developing critical thinking beyond the curriculum, wider reading and academic discussion, application guidance and interview preparation. Sessions are tailored to each student’s strengths and target course, with a focus on intellectual confidence, analytical precision and responding thoughtfully to unfamiliar material.
Oxbridge & Competitive Course Preparation
Expert Teaching. Individual Attention.
Approach
Knowledge consolidation & targeted gap-filling
Essay planning, argument & analytical precision
Source analysis & interpretation
Past-paper practice & examination technique
Model answers & exemplar scripts
Timing, structure & precision of detail
Experience
10+ years teaching & leading in London independent schools
Head of History, former Head of History & Politics
Former Head of Most Able Education & speaker at the East London Consortium
First Class degree in War Studies, King’s College London
The Individual
Warm, encouraging & supportive teaching
Tailored to each student’s individual needs and goals
Clear targets, prompt, purposeful feedback
Building confidence, independence & academic ambition
Results
80% A-A*
A Level Politics
77% A-A*
A Level History
Tuition Arrangements
In-Person Tuition
Available by arrangement in Ewell & surrounding areas of Surrey and South-West London.
Online Tuition
One-to-one tuition via Google Meet, with lesson materials, resources and feedback shared digitally.
Getting Started
A brief, no-obligation conversation to discuss your child’s current position, goals & the most appropriate support.
Enquire About Tuition
Every student is different. Please get in touch to tell me a little about your child, their current studies and the support you are looking for. I’ll be happy to discuss how I may be able to help.