GCSE English May Half Term Tuition Course

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Either residential or non-residential but I'm looking for a GCSE revision/catch up course for this May half term or possibly a week in July at the end of the term. My son is not an EFL student so a course not mainly geared towards international students. He doesn't like studying English and has had a lot of disruption at school with no consistent teaching pretty much from the start due to staff sickness, mat leave and lots of different covers. He is doing 12 GCSEs including 3 languages (2 MFL), the individual sciences and Further Maths so he's a bright kid and all predicted grades 9s and 8s except English which he got a 6 (needs a 7). It's very much showing the lack of proper consistent teaching. So he's free this half term to commute to any of the local private schools for some intensive holiday tuition, residential if necessary. We're South Wiltshire. Thanks.

What year is he?
Seems a bit late if y11, and unnecessary if y10.

I don't know of any local to you, but ETC are running theirs and still have a couple of spaces available. They're in Gravesend and don't offer accommodation, but it's three days long (27th-29th) so if you/dh/grandparents/aunt or uncle could go with him, you can stay in a Travelodge or airbnb nearby for very reasonable prices. The Extra Tuition Centre: Students
Edit: I've just seen that you're also open to July, so he's year 10 I'm presuming? You'd be better getting a weekly tutor via superprof (either in person or online), he's got plenty of time to learn at a more gradual pace rather than it being shoved at him.

He hasn't had a dedicated English teacher see him through a full academic year ever in his secondary school career, mostly has had are subs who weren't even specialists in the subject. It's been a sh*t show. Theres no reason to believe it will suddenly improve in Y11. All his other scores are high including French he only started studying properly this year so I know he's bright enough to do better. So it's not unnecessary as the school isn't going to do anything about it.

A local tutor will give him long-term support and consistency.

A week’s cramming at this stage isn’t going to be much help when new things come up in Year 11.

I would go for a weekly tutor rather than cramming. A cramming course will assume they are familiar with stuff and will be refreshing it, not teaching for the first time. A tutor can assess then plug in gaps and work methodically through the syllabus.

Try Justin Craig. Their intensive exam courses are good.

You would also need to have an idea of exam board and, if he is also studying English Lit, which poems, plays and books he has studied/is studying.

I agree, a weekly tutor would surely be better in year 10 and through to year 11. The intensive courses I have seen cost £££ like four figures. Agree also you need to know which board, which books - do you have that info?

Try Verity Bell, someone here recommended it. She does online classes and is very good.