Enrol for an 8-lesson online short course in English to boost skills in one area of knowledge (Years 1-6). Check out our annual schedule of short courses here.

Classes are 70 minutes long and have a maximum of 6 students of similar academic abilities.

Primary courses cost £40 per lesson. The total cost for an 8-lesson course is £320.

If you join a course that has already started, you will only be charged for the remaining lessons.

Year 1 - Reading Skills (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 1 reading skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students develop fluent and accurate reading skills.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Understanding the meaning of words
  • Making inferences from reading
  • Understanding predictions from reading

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 1 and students starting Year 1 this September.

This course follows the KS1 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 1 - Spelling and Vocabulary (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 1 spelling and vocabulary. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students feel confident with spellings and vocabulary.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Spelling words with all 40+ phonemes, days of the week and common exception words
  • Adding prefixes and suffixes to spell words
  • Beginning to use punctuation
  • Using capital letters for names of places, people, days of the week and I
  • Using clauses to join sentences

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 1 and students starting Year 1 this September.

This course follows the KS1 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 2 - Spelling and Vocabulary (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 2 spelling and vocabulary skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students feel confidence using spelling rules and vocabulary.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Practicing spelling using phonic knowledge
  • Adding suffixes to spell longer words
  • Learning how to use punctuation correctly
  • Learning how to use the four different sentence types
  • Using expanded noun phrases
  • Using subordinating and coordinating conjunctions

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 2 and students starting Year 2 this September.

This course follows the KS1 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 2 - Writing Practice Course (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 2 writing skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students write fiction and non-fiction texts.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Planning writing
  • Writing narratives and fiction
  • Writing non-fiction texts
  • Writing poetry

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 2 and students starting Year 2 this September.

This course follows the KS1 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 3 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 3 spelling, punctuation and grammar skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students become confident in these areas.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Spell Year 3 words
  • Using punctuation correctly
  • Understanding KS2 grammar

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 3 and students starting Year 3 this September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 3 - Writing Practice Course (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 3 writing skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students write accurately and confiedently.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Writing short stories
  • Planning writing
  • Scene-setting through writing
  • Description writing
  • Using headings and sub-headings

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 3 and students starting Year 3 this September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 4 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 4 spelling, punctuation and grammar skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students practice their skills.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Spell Year 4 words
  • Using punctuation correctly
  • Understanding KS2 grammar

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 4 and students starting Year 4 this September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 4 - Writing Practice Course (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 4 writing skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students write coherent and accurate texts.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Organising writing
  • Writing non-fiction
  • Writing fiction
  • Writing narrative and speech
  • Evaluating and editing writing

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 4 and students starting Year 4 next September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 5 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 5 spelling, punctuation and grammar skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students accurately read texts.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Spell Year 5 words
  • Using punctuation correctly
  • Understanding KS2 grammar

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 5 and students starting Year 5 this September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum..

Year 5 - Writing Practice Course (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 5 writing skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students write complex texts.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Writing with purpose
  • Writing for a purpose
  • Writing from research
  • Organising and presenting writing
  • Advancing narratives
  • Improving writing

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 5 and students starting Year 5 next September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 6 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 6 reading skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students read and understand complex fiction and non-fiction texts.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Spell Year 6 words
  • Using punctuation correctly
  • Understanding KS2 grammar

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 6 and students starting Year 6 this September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.

Year 6 - Writing Practice Course (8 Lessons)

This 8-lesson course will teach students Year 6 writing skills. Our experienced tutors will use a range of interactive teaching techniques to help students write fiction and non-fiction texts.

Skills taught on this course include:

  • Writing articles
  • Writing explanations
  • Writing persuasive letters
  • Writing balanced arguments
  • Writing fiction

All class workbooks will be provided by the tutor. This course is suitable for students currently in Year 6 and students starting Year 6 next September.

This course follows the KS2 National Literacy Curriculum.