Meet The Team

Founder, Mentor and Assessor
Marlene Pretorius
Marlene is a caring and experienced teacher with 20 years of experience in education. Her background includes mainstream teaching, primary Montessori, special education, and four years of private tutoring, giving her a deep understanding of students with diverse needs. She specialises in assessing and tutoring children with dyslexia and in providing study skills support. Although not her main focus, she has successfully prepared students for the 11+ exams. Using engaging, hands-on, and game-based methods alongside trusted techniques, Marlene helps children overcome difficulties and reach their full potential. She is also dedicated to empowering parents with practical tools to support their children's learning journey.
Interested in joining our network?
We are quite a small network now, and focus on SpLD and behaviour difficulties, but we have big dreams about expanding our services in the get in touch if you are a specialist teacher/tutor, assessor, ADHD coach or therapist. Most of our coaching take place online but we would like to offer in person support in more locations. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
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