The main student is a 6-year-old boy. He is bright and enthusiastic, and receptive to teaching. He can speak English, French and German, but cannot read or write to a satisfactory level in any language.

He very much enjoys sports, including swimming, tennis and judo. He is learning to play the piano.

He attends a local school until 16:20, (on Wednesdays he finishes at 12:00)

There is also a 3-year-old girl. She attends kindergarten in the mornings.

The tutor will be required to teach the boy to read and write in English to an acceptable level. As he is attending school and does several after-school activities during the week, there are restrictions on the available time. There will be enough time for 1-2 hours tuition on Monday to Wednesday, and 2-3 hours on Saturday and Sunday.

The boy may go Colet Court (the preparatory school for St. Paul’s). The tutor will be required to work with him to get him up to the required standards, particularly in his written English. He will take the entrance examination in January 2008.

The tutor will help the boy with any homework that he has, where necessary. Additionally, he should be encouraged to do other extra-curricular work which will help with his English. This could take the form of investigating areas of interest to him, artwork, projects, excursions, etc.

The tutor will work with the girl in structured play in the afternoons, Monday to Wednesday, and for some time at the weekends.

The tutor will be expected to be available for some time in the evenings before the children go to bed, to help with reading and being read to, etc.

It is expected that the tutor will be available for between 25 and 35 hours per week. The exact details of when the tutor will work will be agreed with the family, and there is some flexibility within these overall parameters.

When in Paris, the tutor will not be required to work during the mornings. They will be available for work between noon and 7pm, Monday to Wednesday. On Saturday and Sunday they will be expected to work for some of each day, though these hours are not yet defined. The tutor will be given Thursday and Friday off, in lieu of the weekend.

The detailed breakdown of the week when in Normandy has not been specified. The assumption is that the tutor will work the same number of hours per week and will have two consecutive days off. These are likely to be Saturday and Sunday.

The tutor will be entitled to 9 weeks paid holiday per year. For the initial period of the contract - until the end of August - this will be calculated on a pro-rata basis. The tutor’s holidays will be taken at a time convenient to the client and will be arranged in advance. As the main period of intensive work on the boy’s English will be done over the summer (in Normandy) the tutor will probably not take much holiday during July and August.

The family live in a large apartment in central Paris within a few minutes walk of the Arc de Triomphe. The tutor will be provided with two rooms on the top floor of the same building. One room is being split into a kitchen and bathroom; the other is a combined living room/bedroom. There is a toilet down the corridor, shared by the other residents of the floor.

When the family are in Normandy, the tutor will have their own room in the house. Some building work is being planned. After this is complete, in December, the tutor will have use of a kitchen and a bathroom separate from the family. Until then, kitchen and bathroom facilities will involve a certain amount of sharing.

A car will not be provided when in Paris. In Normandy, the tutor will be given access to a car.

The tutor should have a good level of French, which is particularly important for life in Paris. They will also need to be able to help the boy with his homework, which is in French.

The family have a small dog, so the tutor should be comfortable with pets.