The best English teachers on YouTube

English revision doesn't always feel like it has clear right answers the way Maths or Science can, which is exactly why the right teacher matters so much. 

A good English teacher doesn't just tell a student what a text is about, they show them how to build an argument, choose words based on their persuasiveness, back it up with the right quote, and structure their answer in a way that examiners will reward with marks. 

There’s hundreds of quality English teachers hidden in classrooms, but there’s also lots who are available to anybody, anywhere. To help you find the good ones, we've rounded up seven of the best English teachers and creators on YouTube right now, covering everything from Key Stage 3 (KS3) through to A-level.

MyEdSpace teachers with their own YouTube channels

Three of MyEdSpace's own English teachers run a YouTube channel together alongside their live lessons. These provide ample tips and tricks that will help, and provide a nice snapshot of their teaching style if you’re considering specialist subject-support.

LouisDoesEnglish (Louis Provis)

Louis Provis holds a BA from Oxford and Master's degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge, and is currently studying for a PhD in Education.

He's been teaching for more than 11 years, and his channel reflects that depth, GCSE and A-level content that goes deep on structure, form and how examiners actually mark an essay, rather than just skimming the surface of a text. 

Louis is also known for his buzzing live-stream sessions, which regularly get shared as highlight reels precisely because they manage to make English revision genuinely entertaining rather than a chore. 

For students who want a teacher who treats English as seriously as any other subject while keeping lessons engaging, Louis is an excellent watch.

AlexDoesEnglish (Alex Sarychkin)

Alex Sarychkin holds a BA in English Literature from Queen Mary University of London and has more than 10 years of teaching experience, having started his career back at his old school before building a huge online following.

His live streams reach thousands of students, who've given themselves their own name, "Alex's Army," a sign of just how engaged his community is. 

Alex's content leans into direct, practical advice, the kind of thing that helped him go viral for a set of results-day tips that were widely shared beyond his usual audience. 

His approach is especially good for students who want straightforward, no-nonsense guidance on exam technique rather than a slow academic deep dive. 

For GCSE English Language and Literature revision with a teacher students clearly trust, Alex's channel is a great choice.

EleanorDoesEnglish (Eleanor St John Sutton)

Eleanor St John Sutton holds a double first in English and Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania and scored in the top one percent of SAT takers in the USA, bringing more than six years of teaching experience to her videos.

One thing that comes up again and again in her content is a warning against "feature-spotting," the habit of just naming a literary technique without actually explaining what it does, which she pushes students to move beyond in favour of genuine interpretation. 

That focus on depth over box-ticking runs through her style more broadly, walking through exactly how a strong reading of a text is built line by line, which suits students aiming for the top grades who need to go beyond surface-level points. 

For students who want to see top-grade analysis modelled step by step, Eleanor's channel is well worth following. 

Independent English YouTubers worth knowing 

Beyond MyEdSpace's own teachers, English has one of the strongest independent creator communities on YouTube, built up over more than a decade by teachers who've helped millions of students.

Mr Bruff

Andrew Bruff, better known as Mr Bruff, has been making English revision videos since January 2011, and his channel has since been watched in more than 200 countries and passed 80 million views. 

Before teaching, he worked as a cleaner, a double-glazing salesman, a DJ and even cleaning wheelie bins, and that varied, down-to-earth background comes through in how relatable and unpretentious his teaching style is. 

His videos cover the full range of GCSE and A-level texts in real depth, from ‘Macbeth’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ to ‘Jekyll and Hyde’, and his GCSE English Language guide reached number one in Amazon's teacher training category. 

Mr Bruff has become something of an institution for English revision, with students across the world crediting him directly for turning around grades that once looked out of reach.

MrSallesTeachesEnglish

MrSallesTeachesEnglish runs one of the largest English revision channels on YouTube, with more than 750 videos covering both GCSE and A-level Language and Literature, updated constantly enough that channel search is genuinely the best way to navigate it. 

He splits his approach between quick revision fixes on TikTok and much deeper dives on YouTube, so students can choose between a fast refresher or a full topic walkthrough depending on how much time they have. 

He's also known for the occasional bit of fun, his Macbeth-inspired rap video has become something of a cult classic among GCSE students, precisely because it makes a densely quoted text stick in a way straight revision rarely does. 

For sheer volume and range across both GCSE and A-level, MrSallesTeachesEnglish is one of the most complete channels out there.

Getting the most out of English YouTube

These channels are high-quality free resources, and if your child needs to nail down a specific quote, technique or text the night before an exam, they're often exactly the right tool. 

What's harder to get from a video is the back-and-forth of a real lesson: getting feedback on your own essay, asking why a particular reading of a poem works better than another, or having a teacher spot a gap in an argument before it costs marks in the exam. That's where live, interactive teaching comes in, and it's what MyEdSpace's English courses are built around, with expert English teachers and former examiners running live lessons, workbooks and homework support from Year 5 all the way through to A-level.

If your child already enjoys learning from one of the teachers above, there's a good chance they'll enjoy learning from them live too, three of MyEdSpace's own teachers are on this very list.

Get ahead and stay ahead this year

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