Experience
See in detail the experience that Jonathan How-Jones of GSG Tutors can offer in order to maximise your child's potential.
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Experience

Jonathan Howe-Jones CV

Tuition

2014 – 2023 Residential tutoring in Croatia, Dubai, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, UK and USA. Foreign tutees have gone on to win scholarships to Eton and Winchester and the top score in Harrow’s English entrance paper, as well as places at many of the top English schools.

Teaching Career

2018 Cothill House School, Oxford (cover post for summer term)
English, General Studies and Sport for Years 6 – 8
2013 – 2014 Istek Belde School, Istanbul
English Curriculum Coordinator K-12
EFL Years 9 and 4
2007 – 2013 Cothill House School, Oxford
Head of General Studies (Ethics, Current Affairs, History of Art)
French, English and Sport for Years 5 – 8
Leader of 3 Berlin trips annually; chess club; lecture schedule
2006 – 2007 International School Berlin
EFL and Sport for Years 1 – 6
2004 – 2006 Cothill House School, Oxford
English, French, Geography, History and Sport for Years 5 – 8
2003 – 2004 Sabbatical: work and travel in France, North and South America
2001 – 2003 Kant Schule, Berlin
EFL, French and Sport for Years 7 – 11
1999 – 2001 Prospect Technology College, Reading
French and German for Years 7 – 11
1998 – 1999 Westminster College, Oxford
PGCE in French and English
1998 Abingdon School, near Oxford
French for Years 7 – 11

Military Service

1996 – 1997 Oxford University Officer Training Corps – Adjutant
1995 Sarajevo, Bosnia: attached to SAS unit in British HQ, later Military Assistant to French general in French HQ
1994 South Armagh, Northern Ireland—patrol base commander
1993 – 1994 Salisbury, England
1992 – 1993 Dortmund, Germany
Also Hong Kong, Brunei, Denmark, Cyprus, Canada; ski instructor in Germany and Chamonix; paragliding

Education

1991 – 1992 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1987 – 1991 Brasenose College, Oxford (BA, MA Philosophy and French)
1982 – 1987 Winchester College (awarded academic scholarship)
1977 – 1982 Dragon School, Oxford

Relevant Skills

  • PGCE with up-to-date DRS clearance
  • Mother tongue English, excellent French, good German, conversational Russian
  • Touch typing and relevant IT skills
  • Full clean UK driving licence and qualified Advanced Driver
  • Swimming pool attendant with First Aid qualification
  • IB (Theory of Knowledge) and IGCSE (Cambridge EFL) training.

Jonathan Howe-Jones CV

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