Bringing history to life
Accurate, exciting and relentlessly exam-focused tuition from a PhD historian and working Cambridge International examiner. Your child deserves better than bland teaching and sterile textbooks.
A limited number of private students each year · GCSE · A-Level · Oxbridge
Royal Irish Rifles · The Somme, 1916
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- Are you a home-schooling parent struggling to teach your child?
- Unsatisfied with the quality of your child's education?
- Is your son or daughter anxious about their GCSEs or A-Levels?
- I can help you get the grades you need — for pennies a day.
- PhDMcMaster University
- ExaminerPearson Edexcel, since 2010
- Est. 2000A quarter-century teaching
- AuthorPublished historian
- GuaranteedMoney back, no questions
Stalin died in 1953.
This is where I can help. Your child deserves better.
Have you ever read a textbook and realised something was simply wrong? It happens — even in the good ones. One reads: “When the Federal Republic of Germany was allowed to join NATO in May 1955, Stalin's fears increased.” It sounds plausible. The problem is that Stalin died in 1953.
Publishers rush books into print and leave grievous errors for teachers, parents and children to stumble over. And teachers do stumble: many read little after university and lean on textbooks as a crutch — repeating the same mistakes. How can children get it right when their teachers can't?
Nine years at university. Three history degrees. A quarter-century in the classroom.
I have been teaching history since 2000 and spent nine years at university earning three history degrees, including my PhD from McMaster University. I love history, and I believe students deserve more than boring, bland teaching.
But it isn't enough for children to know their history — they 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.
History should be exciting, harrowing, riveting — because it was. Your child deserves more than bland teaching and sterile textbooks.John McKerrow
Dr John McKerrow · Founder
Expertly researched audio & video lessons
I teach the Edexcel International GCSE and the Cambridge (CAIE) International A-Levels. The topics are exciting, harrowing, riveting — they shaped our world. Each lesson pairs audio and video screencasts with recommended reading and my own materials.
GCSE
Edexcel International- 01Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24
- 02Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53 (Stalin's Russia)
- 03The Cold War, 1943–72
- 04Modern China
A-Level
Cambridge CAIE- 01The Holocaust
- 02Stalin's Russia, 1924–41
- 03Hitler's Germany, 1929–41
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John taught me throughout my A-Levels, laying a solid foundation for a degree in History and War Studies at King's College London. His teaching was thorough and effective — and seriously good fun. He allowed me to achieve an A* and stoked my passion for the subject.
Dr McKerrow not only helped me achieve top grades but developed a genuine fascination and passion in me for the subject. He enriches students with encyclopaedic knowledge while directing them to maximise their scores against the mark scheme.
I found John's teaching fantastically useful and to the point, while still letting me explore the areas I found most interesting. History was the highest A-Level grade I achieved, and the skills transferred straight to my degree.
I was honoured to be taught by Dr McKerrow from the start of my GCSEs through to the end of my A-Levels. He maximised my potential throughout — his style is excellent, adapting to each student's needs.
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I guarantee you'll love what McKerrow History has waiting for your son or daughter — or your money back. For tutoring, if you aren't satisfied with your child's first online session, I'll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
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