Meet Rachel.

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Rachel Girling, director of Sowing Seeds Tuition, has over 16 years’ experience teaching Literacy, English Language and English Literature across the UK and overseas, from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5. As a former Assistant Principal and Head of English, she understands the important balance between academic success and personal success. She has made it Sowing Seeds Tuition’s mission to support every child’s emotional wellbeing on their educational journey as a child, from primary to secondary school. With several Ofsted graded ‘Outstanding’ lessons and inspections under her belt, and her as a GCSE examiner, she is an expert in her subject and has a wealth of knowledge to cater to the needs of all abilities.

Welcome to Sowing Seeds Tuition. We are an OFSTED registered tutoring services for children, focusing on individual needs and learning styles. We offer bespoke educational support to help students thrive emotionally and academically to reach their full potential.

Rachel Girling

Director

How Sowing Seeds Started

I am married with 2 children and value the importance of balance and prioritising our own mental health. I completed my English and Media degree in South Wales, my English PGCE in Leeds before moving to Western Australia to teach. My time in Oz taught me so much about creating experiences for children and that it doesn’t have to be inside a classroom. In many ways, the sense of community in the school and being exposed to a more fluid and creative approach in the classroom has stayed with me. When I returned to the UK, I soon became Reading Coordinator and then Assistant Head of English, Head of English and Assistant Principal.

It was a tough decision to leave mainstream education but one I know has helped change my life for the better; given me more time with my family; and that decision has helped children and families outside of school. I set up Sowing Seeds Tuition in September 2022 after working in secondary education for 17 years. I love teaching, and teaching my subject; I’ve helped with primary transition; whole school literacy; curriculum design and intervention; and enhancing student experience as well as student leadership. All of this was possible because I had an incredible team in every role to help make sure every child made progress by creating learning experiences and a love of their subjects.

As an Assistant Principal, I also visited homes and got to meet parents who were worried about their child (in their bedroom in their safe space) because their child couldn’t come to school due to their mental health. They were on waiting lists and were trying to do what they could with the limited support outside of school available. The attendance team and pastoral support was fantastic, but if a child couldn’t get into school, they weren’t accessing the support to help make the adjustments needed. Many of the students on the student leadership team voiced the need for more mental health support for the students in school. And this got me thinking…