There are two children, an 8 year old girl and a 6 year old boy. Both children attend good private schools in London and are doing well. Both children are bright, capable and curious, and they have a full life both in and out of school.

The children respond best to teachers who are understanding and compassionate, who are not strict or uptight, but at the same time able to earn the respect of young people through being fair and straightforward. The children's favourite teachers are creative, upbeat, and non-judgmental. Not surprisingly at this age, the children learn best from a visual-verbal style, so it will be essential that the Tutor is able to adapt his or her ideas into practical and hands-on activities that excite and engage young learners. The ideal candidate will have a sense of humour, enjoy life and all it has to offer, be youthful, sporty, and easy-going, while at the same time be mature enough to be mindful of the potential hazards that different activities may involve.

The children's parents feel that no matter how well intentioned the schooling, the British curriculum simply lacks traditional elements of classical thought and learning that they would like to add back into their children's learning through the appropriate activities offered by a suitably qualified and experienced Tutor.

With this in mind they are looking for a very special educator to fill this wide-ranging position, limited only by the Tutor's imagination and abilities.

The ideal candidate will have received a classical education, including Latin and Greek, and be familiar with such elements as the history of thought from a philosophical perspective. He or she should also be musically fluent and play at least one instrument well. In addition, language skills are essential and the Tutor should have fluent French and at least one other of Spanish, Italian, Mandarin or Japanese. The Tutor will also need to be fit and healthy, enjoy many sports and pastimes both indoors and out, including painting, art, or art history and drama, as well as sports such as chess, tennis, fencing or a martial art. The family have a 130' sailing yacht, so the Tutor will also need to have sea legs.

There are two main modes to this role, the after-school and weekend enhancement work, and the vacation work.

During term time the children are already quite busy, so the Tutor's additional activities will need to be integrated thoughtfully into their free time. For example, one day the Tutor might collect the boy from school and take him to a museum or art gallery on the way home, and then work with the girl on her homework. On another day, when the girl is less busy, this may be the other way round. Weekends provide more time for the Tutor to spend with the children, perhaps working on more extended projects, or finding and accompanying the children to suitable cultural events, or developing their skills in chess or other sports.

During vacations, which are mostly in Europe or on the family's yacht, the Tutor will often be asked to accompany the family. On these occasions, the Tutor will be expected to prepare suitable activities that utilise the local environment to continue the curriculum enhancement. It is possible that these periods of travel may increase and even extend to periods when the children are taken out of school and home-educated by the Tutor instead. The Tutor will therefore need to be highly organised and able to incorporate the core subjects offered in school into the projects and extended study they prepare for the children.

When the position is based in London during term time, the Tutor should expect to be working an average of 3-4 hours a night on weekdays starting from when the children's school day ends, and about 6-7 hours a day at weekends, starting around 11am.

When travelling with the family the Tutor will need to be flexible about working days and times, but should not expect to be with the children for more than 35 hours per week.

Preparation will be in addition to these times.

The Tutor will get an average of two consecutive days off each week, on days convenient to the Client. The Tutor will need to be flexible about which days these are to accommodate the family's plans. The Client appreciates that this arrangement is somewhat antisocial and will try to give the Tutor as much notice as they can of which days these will be from week to week.

The Tutor will be entitled to a minimum of nine weeks paid vacation per annum as per the Terms. These will normally be taken during Term time so that the Tutor is free to accompany the Client during vacation periods.

In London the Client will provide a travel card for use on public transport in London. In all locations the Tutor will have access to car as required but should not expect to be provided for one for their general use.

Travel, and all expenses this incurs, will be met by the family on all journeys where tutoring takes place.

Furnished accommodation with Internet will be provided for the Tutor if required.

The family will provide, or reimburse the Tutor, for all meals that occur during tutoring time.

The Tutor should be a non-smoker and hold a clean driving license.