Bringing History to Life

Are you a home-schooling parent struggling to teach your child?

Are you a parent unsatisfied with the quality your child’s education?

Are you a student anxious about your A-Levels or GCSEs?

I can help you get the grades you need for pennies a day…

Have you ever read a textbook and realised that something was factually wrong? It happens, even when the textbooks aren’t that bad, “When the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was allowed to join NATO in May 1955, Stalin’s fears increased.” It sounds good doesn’t it? The problem is that Stalin died in 1953! You can’t always rely on some textbook for the facts. The truth is publishers rush books into print and leave grievous errors for (poor) teachers, parents and children to stumble over.

And teachers do stumble. There are some excellent teachers out there, but many don’t read much after university. They use textbooks as a crutch. That means they repeat the same mistakes as the textbooks. I remember watching my “mentor” make mistake after mistake during my teacher training. How can kids get it right when their teachers can’t?

This is where I can help you.

I’M JOHN MCKERROW

I have been teaching history since 2000. I spent nine years at university earning three history degrees including my PhD from McMaster University. I love history and believe students deserve more than boring, bland teaching and sterile textbooks. My online lessons are not only exciting and accurate, but they will also teach your son or daughter how to ace their exams.

But it’s not enough for children to know their history. They also need to know what the examiners are looking for. I teach the exam techniques to ace GCSE and A-Level questions. I should know how. I’ve been an examiner since 2010.

MY COURSES

I provide expertly researched audio and video lessons for GCSE and A-Level. I teach the Edexcel International GCSE and the Cambridge (CAIE) International A-Levels. The topics are exciting, harrowing, riveting. They shaped our world:

My courses will give your child the knowledge and understanding needed to ace his or her exams. For each of my video lessons, I provide corresponding pages from recommended books. I also suggest you take “smart” notes. For many lessons, I also give you my own materials or provide links to other resources.

A-Level

  • The Holocaust
  • Stalin’s Russia, 1924–41
  • Hitler’s Germany, 1929–41

GCSE

  • Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24
  • Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53 (Stalin’s Russia)

Students Praise John McKerrow’s Teaching

John taught me throughout my A-Levels, laying a solid foundation for me to undertake a degree in History and War Studies at King's College London. His teaching method was thorough and effective, though off-syllabus teaching and seriously good fun in his lessons were never compromised. John allowed me to achieve an A* at History A-Level, stoking my passion for the subject and ultimately giving me to the tools to pursue History at a higher level. I would highly recommend John's services.”

Isambard Barten

Dr McKerrow not only helped me achieve top grades in history but was able to develop a genuine fascination and passion in me for the subject. He is able to enrich students with encyclopaedic historical knowledge whilst also efficiently directing them toward maximising their scores according to the relevant mark scheme. Ultimately, John is a fun and interesting teacher who is able to captivate young people naturally and effectively.”

Thomas Smaldon

John McKerrow taught me at West Buckland School for a total of four years during the last two years of which I completed my History A-Level. I went on to study ancient history at university and have since graduated. I found John's teaching fantastically useful and to the point whilst also allowing me to explore areas of the topics which I found most interesting. John's teaching meant that history was the highest A-level grade I achieved, and the skills he taught me most definitely transferred to my degree.”

Jack Chapman

I was honoured to be taught by Dr McKerrow from the start of my GCSE’s through to the end of my A-Levels. He maximised my potential throughout my school years and his style of teaching is excellent, as he is able to adapt to each of his student’s respective needs.”

Josh Payne

"I was absolutely privileged to have Dr McKerrow teach me throughout my whole school career, and I have never seen such genuine passion and desire to share, explain and discuss topics as he displayed. Before the books were out of the bag, or the pencil case hit the desk, he was ecstatic to hear our thoughts on the area we happened to be discussing at the time! Under his tutelage, I achieved consistently excellent grades in my history assessments and felt as though his teaching style was what truly catalysed my obsession with history, as he was not purely an authoritative figure, but he treated the class as equals and valued any contribution, no matter how seemingly small. John has a unique ability to make complex concepts simple to understand, without losing crucial details and nuances - which made discussing topics and writing exams a considerably easier task!"

Alfred Reynolds

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