A-level Creative Writing tutors
4 UK tutors who teach Creative Writing at A-level.
Creative Writing covers the disciplines mainstream English Literature deliberately sets aside: short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, scriptwriting for stage and screen. It appears as a strand within English Language at GCSE and A-level (where it carries real weight in the writing papers), as part of EPQ projects, and as a standalone Open University and adult-learner discipline. Tutoring helps most with the workshopping habit: close reading of drafts, line-edit feedback, and the structural craft (point of view, voice, scene vs summary) that schools often don't teach explicitly. Look for tutors with published or produced work in the form they're teaching, ideally with workshop or MA-style facilitation experience rather than just 'writes themselves'.
A-levels are sat at the end of Year 13 (age 17-18) and are the standard UK university-entrance qualification, with most students taking 3 subjects (sometimes 4 plus an EPQ). Grades A*-E feed UCAS, and competitive university courses set offers at AAA or higher. Tutoring helps most with the step up from GCSE: A-levels demand independent learning, denser content, and exam technique that rewards structured argument or method-mark-aware working. Boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, CIE) diverge meaningfully, so match the tutor to the spec, especially in maths, sciences and modern languages where assessment differences are sharp.
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£70/hr

Joshua
35 reviews from First Tutors
11 yrs OnlineDBS verifiedEnglish & Creative Writing tutor (All levels) • 11 yrs experience
- English
- English Literature
- English Language
- +1 more
£42–£50/hr

Monica
6 reviews from First Tutors
Harrow 20 yrs In person · OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedEnglish, French, German and Theatre Lessons in Harrow
- English Literature
- English Language
- French
- +5 more
Group from £25/hr £40/hr

Charlie
4 reviews from First Tutors
Chesterfield 12 yrs In person · OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedHighly Qualified, Friendly English Tutor – 12 Years’ Experience
- English
- English Literature
- English Language
- +2 more
50% off first£50/hr

Dr Natalie
69 reviews from First Tutors
20 yrs OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedPGCE-qualified and experienced English Language, Literature and Creative Writing tutor | examiner | published poet | SEN trained.
- English
- English Literature
- Creative Writing
- +1 more
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