Matthew Tett

About

Matthew’s first degree was a BA (Hons) in Language and Communication from Cardiff University, followed by a PGCE in Secondary English (11-18) at the University of Bath. Matthew also has an MEd in Professional Development, from the University of Exeter, and an MA in the Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing from Cardiff University.

Since qualifying as a teacher, Matthew taught in five secondary schools in Surrey, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. His roles included coordinating each of the three secondary key stages, as well as whole school key skills and being an assistant head of year. Matthew has had significant student success across the years, including exam results far in excess of UK national averages at both GCSE and A Level.

For over 20 years, he has been an examiner for AQA. As a senior examiner and team leader for 15 years, he has also been a GCSE and A Level reviewer and advisor, and delivered CPD sessions for teachers as part of AQA’s A Level in Creative Writing. He also leads standardisation and moderation sessions with online teaching colleagues.

He has also worked for the International Baccalaureate and WJEC Eduqas as a writer and reviewer.

Matthew is the co-author of three KS3 English textbooks for Harper Collins’ Aiming For… series. He also writes and edits ‘Writing in Education' magazine for the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). He was a contributor to AQA’s ‘Marking Time’ newsletter and has had many articles and works of fiction and poetry published in ‘Haus-a-Rest’, ‘The Cardiff Review’ and ‘Liberally’.

Matthew currently teaches GCSE English to adult groups, and also young people, on a one-to-one basis.