CasaLingua Director and Tutor

Most classes - French, Spanish and Italian - are delivered by Kim. Kim is an experienced teacher and teaches adults and children at CasaLingua Language School (Consett) as well as online. She offers one-to-one lessons for adults and has a proven record of achieving outstanding results with her GCSE and A level students.

Kim is responsible for the organisation and administration of all of the CasaLingua lessons and is also the person to which you should direct questions if you wish to become part of our tutor team.

Kim hosts in-house language themed events as well as collaborating with other businesses in the local area. If you want Kim to come to you, get in touch!

CasaLingua French and Spanish tutor

Melanie is a French native from Poitiers who has lived in the UK since 2012 and now works at a local North-East Primary school as a teaching assistant.

Melanie obtained her qualifications in France and has a LLCE (Langues, Litérature et Civilisation Étrangère) in Spanish and a Masters degree in Primary Teaching. She is also a Mum of 2 and is committed to raising both of her little ones as bilingual.

Melanie teaches CasaLingua’s primary French students and, in September, will start to deliver a number of new French courses for adults.

CasaLingua Spanish Tutor

Claire studied Spanish, German and French at Durham University and has taught languages to all ages for over 10 years. She is passionate about sharing her love for new languages and cultures.

Claire currently lives and works in the South of England and therefore teaches CasaLingua’s online Spanish courses, including Spanish for Holidays.

In September, Claire will add German to our online programme and will take charge of the Spanish GCSE group tutorials.

Gemma Lawley, a fluent French speaker and experienced practitioner, is a valuable member of our online team.

Before training as a teacher, Gemma spent two years living in the Midi-Pyrénées, working as an assistant. These formative experiences in France fuelled her enthusiasm to share the French language and culture when she returned to the UK.

Gemma spent a decade teaching French and German (upto KS4) in a Greater London Secondary school before moving up to York. Here, she worked for the University delivering French to adult learners. Gemma teaches our online French classes and will be our lead tutor for the GCSE French group tutorials. She also has some availability for one to ones.

David is a Secondary qualified MFL and Maths teacher currently working in the North-East. Kim and David worked in Secondary school together in the Italian department and they share a passion for Italy and this beautiful language!

Since starting with CasaLingua, David has taught online Italian and was responsible for our Holiday Italian course, which proved to be incredibly popular. Moving forward, David will continue to deliver a number of our Italian sessions, but he is also able to teach French and Spanish - so watch out for future courses! He is, of course, also able to offer GCSE Maths tuition should you ever need that!

I am delighted to be working with David and I know that many of my students will confirm that his enthusiasm is infectious!

Leroux Brits, the newest addition to our team, is an experienced and passionate educator in international and UK settings and is able to offer tuition in a number of disciplines.

Leroux has taught Psychology and Sociology at KS4 and KS5 levels as well as English Literature, English Language, and EFL/ESOL from primary to university level. In addition, Leroux holds a degree in Classical Languages and can teach Latin and Classical Greek up to KS5. Proficient in Dutch, he also offers introductory courses in this language.

After earning a master's degree from the University of St Andrews, he is currently working towards a four-year research PhD in Trauma Studies. Now based in Durham, Leroux can teach online or face to face at CasaLingua.