Welcome to 'Personal Best' Tuition and Coaching
‘Personal Best’ is a Cheltenham-based provider of quality education, tuition and coaching specialising in:
- home tuition for students aged 9-16
- one to one tuition in schools
- professional development for schools
- interview coaching for adults
My mission is to provide a local, professional, value-for-money service in which every client is guaranteed a bespoke programme to meet their specific, individual needs.
1. HOME TUITION
Most young people are keen to achieve their potential but it is acknowledged that despite school intervention some struggle to do so due to a variety of different circumstances. ‘Personal Best’ aims to help every young person to bridge the gap between where they are now and where they aspire to be in the future.
Here are some of the things students say:
'I'd like to get A grades in my GCSEs but can't seem to get higher than a B'
'I just can't get into reading and I know this is holding me back.'
'I find writing really difficult'
'I have dyslexia and desperately need some strategies to help me to build on what I know I do well'
'School has never really taught me how to think for myself. I rely too much on teachers for help and answers'
'My spelling always lets me down!'
‘Personal Best’ represents the very best in teaching and learning by:
- understanding how children learn, how to make learning interesting and how to get the kind of results that every child deserves
- knowing what can impede learning and how barriers can be created at a very early age
- knowing that motivation and self-confidence can be restored with the right teaching and teacher/student rapport
- understanding the secrets of learning – a must if you are not too confident as a learner and need a bit of an insight into what it’s all about
Because of this, ‘Personal Best’ is able to:
- provide high quality home tuition and coaching to match individual needs, learning styles and preferences
- help your child succeed by unlocking the secrets of learning
2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS
Maintaining high standards in teaching and learning is at the top of every school's improvement agenda. 'Personal Best' works alongside teachers to ensure that lesson planning and delivery is of the highest standard allowing both teaching and learning to move towards 'outstanding'. The 'Personal Best' action research programme helps teachers and teaching assistants to identify what they are doing well, examine and prioritise areas for improvement and know how to make these improvements happen. Using a coaching methodology, the locus of control remains with the teacher or group of teachers. However, it is sufficiently rigorous to enable changes to be made and risks to be taken in a controlled and supportive atmosphere.
3. INTERVIEW COACHING
The process of applying for a job, securing and preparing for an interview and finally being interviewed takes many people way outside their comfort zone. After all, for most people it is not a regular occurrence for which you are naturally prepared. The 'Personal Best' Get that Job! programme enables you to get into a different mindset - the mindset of those 'can do' candidates whose confidence always seems to shine out! Using a combination of Coaching and NLP (neurolinguistic programming) methodologies the programme can show you how to act 'as if' you are at the peak of confidence; it enables you to use preparation time intelligently and avoid wasting many hours panicking or doing the wrong sort of preparation; it also shows you how to use your voice, your body language and your language so that any interviewer cannot fail to be impressed.
'Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of a fire.' ~W B Yeats
“We are absolutely delighted with the progress our son has made since he has been working with Barbara. The increase in his confidence and the change in his attitude has been more than we could have hoped for.” Parents of Year 10 student