Ms Lucinda

Lucinda is a British teacher based in Devon. She holds a BA (Hons) in English from Falmouth College of Arts and a Master's in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies, awarded with Distinction — so she comes to teaching English with a genuine background in the language and in academic writing.

Her teaching qualification is a CTEFL from Via Lingua in Madrid: 120 hours of on-site tuition with an assessed teaching practicum, meaning she was observed teaching real students at a range of levels before she was certified. She is also trained in safeguarding to Level 4, Prevent trained, and holds a Level 2 qualification in Caring for Children and Young People.

Most recently she spent two years tutoring for Devon County Council, working one-to-one with children who have special educational needs and with young people who had been permanently excluded from mainstream school. That work covered GCSE English Language and Literature and Functional Skills — and, just as importantly, helping students work out what came next.

Before that she taught English online to learners across a wide range of ages and levels, and began her teaching career in Seoul, working with students from primary age through to eighteen. She has also worked as a private live-in English tutor for a family overseas, teaching a teenager one-to-one in reading comprehension, writing and conversation.

At SpeakBrit she teaches across our Senior Academy and both teen programmes — ages 10 through to 18. That span suits her: it covers the stage where English shifts from everyday conversation into structured writing and argument, right through to GCSE-level analysis, personal statements and the academic English universities expect. It is the same ground she covered tutoring for Devon County Council.

She is also the person we turn to when a student needs extra patience, whether that's a diagnosed additional need, a difficult time at school, or simply a quiet learner who hasn't yet found their voice.