Louis

I am a native French tutor with over 10 years of experience and 7,000+ hours of one-to-one teaching, specialising exclusively in French for international school students across the IB MYP, IB Diploma, A-Level and IGCSE programmes. My path into teaching is unconventional. I hold a degree in applied mathematics, which gave me a systematic, structured way of approaching problems, something I bring directly into how I prepare students for exams. I began teaching during my university years, initially in maths and sciences, and spent time delivering educational workshops to children in underserved communities in northern France through a civic programme. That experience shaped my ability to adapt to students of very different backgrounds and abilities. Eleven years ago I moved to Italy, where I built my tutoring practice working with international families in Milan. Over time I developed a reputation for exam preparation, particularly oral assessments and Internal Assessments, and began taking on residential tutoring placements in Monaco, Geneva, Verbier and London. In London I worked with students at the Lycée Français preparing for A-Level French as a first language, competing directly with native speakers. In 2023 I co-founded a boutique education consulting practice in Milan serving international families across the IB curriculum. I have recently returned to full-time independent tutoring, which is where my passion has always been. I am currently enrolled in the DAEFLE (Diploma in Teaching French as a Foreign Language) awarded by the Alliance Française de Paris and CNED, and hold a CPD-accredited Safeguarding certificate. I teach in five languages: French, English, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

• Bachelor in Applied Maths

  2011 – 2014

  Université de Caen Basse Normandie

• Managing Director

  2023 – 2026

  I directed a tutoring agency that I created as I had a network of clients in Milan. The situation became too managerial so I decided to leave to teach full time.

• Private Tutor

  2015 – 2026

  Tutored over 7000 hours one-to-one for IB Students, online and in person in Milan. I also did some residential placements in Verbier, Geneva, London and Monaco.