About your tutor

Meet Kieran, qualified French teacher

A degree qualified, classroom trained French teacher who now tutors online. Kieran has years of full time experience teaching French in UK secondary schools, and works with students across the UK, Australia, Canada and the US.

500+ students taught
5+ years teaching full time
BA + PGCE degree and teacher trained
4 countries' curricula covered
Kieran, qualified French teacher and online tutor
Kieran exploring France walking down an old alleyway

From the classroom to your screen

I studied French at degree level, then trained as a teacher and have spent every year since in front of a class. I have also taught English as an Additional Language alongside French, which changes how you explain grammar to someone starting from scratch.

Classroom teaching gives you something tutoring alone cannot: you watch hundreds of students sit the same exams, so you learn exactly where marks get lost and which explanations actually land.

My family live in France, so the language has never been a subject to me. It is how I talk to people every day. I tutor online because it lets me work with the students who want it most, wherever they happen to be, and give them the attention a class of thirty never allows.

Qualifications and experience

Properly trained, properly experienced. Here is the full picture.

BA (Hons) French Studies

A full degree in French, including time living and studying in France.

PGCE Modern Foreign Languages

The full UK teacher training route, with supervised placements in secondary schools.

Qualified Teacher Status

Classroom trained and qualified to teach French in UK secondary schools.

Years of full time classroom teaching

Planning, teaching and marking across Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level in UK secondary schools, state and independent.

French and EAL teaching

Teaching French alongside English as an Additional Language, which sharpens how you explain grammar to someone learning from scratch.

Online tutoring worldwide

Working one to one and in small groups with students in the UK, Australia, Canada and the US.

You don’t have to be perfect, you just have to try.
Kieran, French tutor
French exam revision materials

Who I work with

I teach complete beginners through to degree level, and whether you are sitting an exam or trying to order lunch without switching to English, the lessons are built around what you actually need.

  • Complete beginners starting from zero, with no pressure and no jargon
  • Couples and families preparing to move to France, learning together at the same pace
  • People already living in France who need day to day French for the doctor, the bank, the school run and the neighbours
  • Adults learning for travel, work or to talk properly with French family
  • GCSE and A Level students following AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas
  • Australian senior students sitting the HSC, VCE, QCE, SACE or WACE
  • Canadian students in Core French, French Immersion and DELF
  • US students taking AP French Language and Culture
  • University students needing help with translation, oral assessment or a year abroad

Start with a free intro chat

Fifteen minutes to talk through your goals and ask me anything. Lessons only start once you are happy to go ahead.

The intro chat is free. Lessons are paid and booked separately, only if you decide to go ahead.