Rebecca
Private Tutor in Forest Row
My Summary
About Me
I am a very experienced and creative educator - kind, fun, with a focus on raising the confidence of my students, and therefore attainment, working from a beautiful, comfortable, dedicated education room in my home, welcoming neuro divergent and sensitve, age 5-15. I have DBS and am fully insured. I utilise the nature around when this is suitable. All details are on my website. Here is an extract from my website:
BACKGROUND AND MISSION
My mission is to guide and support children and young people to develop their skills, feel happiness while they learn and experience their creative flow.
With over 30 years of professional teaching experience, I am excited to now be at the helm of my own world of creative education for children and young people, in a dedicated space in Forest Row, East Sussex.
I guide children through bespoke projects, inspired by their interests and create space for play and exploration.
I love creating a unique learning experience for each child, achieving this through the building of confidence, via tailored and free flow learning and playful activities.
My priority is to create a stimulating yet relaxing physical environment which is chemical free, with healthy lighting, ventilation and low technology use.
At the core of my work is the emotional wellbeing of the child. Only when that is fully supported, can easeful learning take place.
I consistently found learning in primary schools to be so fast paced, that just when a child was in a moment of flow or deep interest in a task, the direction changed, or they were, asked to stop, to line up, etc.
Then there was the ubiquitous use of of fluorescent lighting, playtimes cancelled due to light rain (severance from nature), a focus on being seated when children love to move. All this felt incongruous to me and, eventually I had to leave. Schools do their best, but if a child has an especially expressive nature, or difficulty with sustained concentration, then school can become very challenging indeed.
Children can then often feel that they are ‘behind’ or ‘not clever’ - and it is not the child’s issue but the system struggling to meet their needs.
I have also taught in special needs schools and, again, found, in many that there was little access to nature, strip lighting, poor ventilation, low quality food. I struggled in those environments and it was clear that many of the children did too.
My creative education and mentoring service may serve as a bridge between educational establishments, form part of a Home Education network schedule, provide an opportunity to power up on skills missed from being out of school, or transform negative school experiences.
Please note that I do not ‘tutor’ children for exams and I have no wish to enforce any kind of learning that engenders anxiety in a child.
In the past I have tutored children for scholarships and exams, but…my joy lies in a different realm of education; my mission is to raise a child’s confidence through exciting, fun, creative learning.
I want children to feel safe, happy and honoured for every little step they make - with no judgement. This approach is vital when a child is sensitive.
Attainment will occur naturally when a child grows in confidence through the right support and encouragement.
My Experience
I have over 30 years professional experience, from nursery through, KS1, KS2, KS3, SEND, SEMH. It is through this extensive experience that I can now support students to raise their confidence and activate or reinstate a love of learning by offering a bespoke service where each child is offered a unique approach and where they can, if needed, to be in the flow of directing their learning.
All details, including photographs are on my website.
Here is an extract:
Overview of a life of work with children, UK and worldwide.
Current: SEN Private Educator, since September 2025
Bespoke creative education and mentoring for sensitive children and young people, who may be; out of school, home educated, needing support for a return to school, delivered by a very experienced, kind, super creative, fun educator.
> 2021-2024 Facilitating creative education sessions, locally, interweaving, nature, ceremony, craft with groups of children.?
> Holistic Children’s Party’s? established 2023
> Professional teacher since 1994, in schools, teaching; EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, S.E.N; MLD, SLD, SEMH & Private ‘Prep’ schools, and private tuition, London, East Susses, West Sussex, Kent.
> Management Leader for KS2, primary school, London SE1.
Whilst still teaching, I was also involved in a great array of projects and initiatives with children:
> 2023 - summer 2025 teaching in Sussex primary schools, primary, secondary, SEN, SEMH and APC (Alternative Provision Service).
> 2022 School Presentations and workshops for grant funded ecology and environment issues, East Sussex primary schools for FoRM (Friends of the River Medway).?
> 2020 Delivered creative education workshops for children 5-9 at Yogi Art School, Arambol, Goa, India.?
> 2019 - 2025 Well Being Director for The Academy of Hope (UK based charity), educating and housing impoverished children in India.?
> 2017, 1:1 working with a child with SLD to access activities and be supported emotionally, in a play setting.?
> 2014-2017 Co founded Peace Button - The Mindful Movement for Children, delivering workshops to thousands of children, teachers & parents in England.?
> 2014-2017 Private work in schools in SE England for yoga and creative storytelling.?
> 2015 Governess, SW London, supporting a child at home to return to school.
> 2010, 2019 Teaching in NW India. Voluntary.?
> 2010-2012 Nutrition and craft skills workshops for children and families.?
> 2007 Teaching in primary school, The Gambia, West Africa,Voluntary.?
> 2007 Training of teachers from Sierra Leone, in The Gambia, West Africa.?
> 1994 - 2025 Professional teaching career (still going!)
> 1990/1 English Language Teacher to adults, London, UK.?
> 1988/89 English Language Teacher for children and adults, Japan?
> 1988, Nanny, Australia.?
> 1983, Children’s support worker, in loco parentis, residential camp, New York, USA.?
> 1982 Children’s support worker, in loco parentis, residential setting, (kibbutz) Israel.?
> 1981 Long term voluntary support for Down’s Syndrome children, for which I won an award from Bucks CC to visit the USSR.
Specialist skills with children:
> Mindfulness Educator,?
> Emotional Development Educator, using Circle Time, Art, Role Play,?
> Storytelling,?
> Yoga, (Trained 2007)?
> Sound Healing, utilising percussion instruments to support regulation,?
> Music and Movement facilitator, for children age 3 upwards,?
> Sewing and craft,?
> Creative poetry,?
> Creative writing,?
> Drama and Role Play,?
> Singing,?
> Gardening,?
> Bringing awareness to being a global citizen,?
> Respect for Self, Respect for others, Respect for the World,?
> The cultivation of Awe and Wonder.?
“My love for children is expressed through kindness, empathy, and creative, playful expression within an educationally focused, softly structured, emotionally safe environment.”
My Qualifications
BA (Hons),Humanities,1986
PGCE (1994)
Level 2 Counselling (2025)
My Availability
The calendar below can be subject to change, so please make contact. I mostly work Monday-Thursday but can be flexible.
My Fees
- Tutoring from £40.00 per hour
I charge £50 for a standalone hour. This is due to the often practical nature of my work, with set up and take down times. So, the price is reduced to £40 for 2nd, 3rd hours etc.
My Documents
- Utility Bill (added 04/03/2026)
- UK Passport (added 04/03/2026)
- DBS Check (added 04/03/2026)
- Other (added 04/03/2026)
- Reference: Reference from parent of tutor student (added 04/03/2026)
- Full CV (added 04/03/2026)
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