KS3 Creative Writing tutors in London
3 UK tutors who teach Creative Writing at KS3 in London.
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'.
Key Stage 3 covers Years 7, 8 and 9 (ages 11-14), the first three years of secondary school, before GCSE choices and content begin. It's a quieter period for tutoring than KS2 or GCSE, but the foundations laid (or missed) at KS3 drive GCSE outcomes more than students or parents usually realise. Tutoring helps most where confidence has dropped at the primary-secondary transition (especially in maths, where the algebra step lands here) or where a student is ahead and under-stretched. The 13+ for independent-school transfer is sat in Year 8, which adds a separate layer of preparation for that cohort.
£50–£60/hr

Heather P.
Wandsworth 17 yrs In person · OnlineDBS verifiedSecondary and GCSE English literature and language tutor, 17 years experience.
- English Literature
- Creative Writing
- English Language
20% off firstGroup from £30/hr £40/hr

Catherine W.
No reviews yetLewisham 10 yrs In person · OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedQualified Primary Teacher (NPQLT) & Nurturing 11+ Specialist | In-Person & Online
- 11+ prep
- Creative Writing
- English
50% off first Block discount£42–£50/hr

Monica
Harrow 20 yrs In person · OnlineQualified Teacher DBS verifiedEnglish, French, German and Theatre Lessons in Harrow
- English Literature
- English Language
- French
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