About Me
📚 [Your degree/qualification here]
🎓 [Years of teaching experience]
✅ Experienced Examiner
Why Learn with Jacqueline?
Exam-Focused
Every class is built around what actually comes up in IGCSE and A-Level papers — no filler, no wasted sessions.
Small Groups
Maximum 6 students per class so every child gets proper attention, real feedback, and the confidence to speak up.
Results That Show
Students regularly achieve their target grades and go on to study English at top universities. Results speak for themselves.
About Jacqueline Mary Thorogood
Hello — I’m Jacqueline Thorogood, and I’ve spent well over a decade doing the work I love most: helping young people find their voice in English. I’m a qualified English teacher with extensive experience preparing students for IGCSE, A-Level, and 11+ examinations. Before moving into private tutoring, I worked as an examiner — which means I know exactly what the mark schemes are looking for, and exactly how to help students earn those marks. My approach is different from the large tutoring agencies. I keep my groups deliberately small — never more than six students — because I believe every child deserves to feel seen in the classroom, not just present in it. Online learning via Zoom means my students can join from anywhere in the world, and many of my families are expats who simply want access to rigorous, British-standard English teaching wherever life has taken them. Whether your child is preparing for their IGCSE Language paper, working through A-Level coursework, or building the analytical skills they’ll need for the 11+ — I’ll meet them where they are and take them further than they thought possible. I’m currently based in Malaysia and opening my first cohort of online students from January 2027. If you’d like your child to be part of it, I’d love to hear from you.
Credentials at a Glance
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QUALIFIED TEACHER
Formally qualified with QTS. Not just someone who was good at English — a trained professional who knows how to teach it.
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FORMER EXAMINER
Has marked IGCSE and A-Level papers. Knows exactly what earns marks and what doesn’t — and teaches to that standard.
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10+ YEARS EXPERIENCE
Over a decade teaching IGCSE, A-Level, and 11+ English. Experience with a wide range of learners, from those who struggle to those aiming for top grades.
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ONLINE VIA ZOOM
All sessions online — so students anywhere in the world can access expert British English teaching, whatever their timezone.
Why Small Groups?
Six students isn’t an arbitrary number. It’s the size at which every student in the room can contribute to a discussion, have their written work read and returned with proper feedback, and receive genuine individual attention — not just a seat in a virtual classroom.
Large classes produce average outcomes. Small groups produce exceptional ones. That is why every Thorogood English group is capped at six, and why that cap will never change.
My Approach to Teaching
I cap every group at six students. I mark every piece of written work individually. I teach technique in the service of understanding, not as a substitute for it. And I try to make my classroom the kind of place where it’s completely safe to not know something yet — because that’s the only condition under which learning actually happens.
If you’d like to understand more about why I teach the way I do, I’ve written about it in detail on my Teaching Philosophy page.