Sandra

We help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places at top universities.
We focus on three main areas:

Grades

In order to help our students achieve the grades they need to win a place at a top university, we match them with a volunteer tutor for a weekly, subject-specific, tutorial.

Confidence & Articulacy

To improve our students’ skills in communication we offer weekly workshops on a range of themes – including arts, culture, science and formal debating.

UCAS & Careers Support

We offer careers advice and support through the UCAS process, to make the process as clear as possible for those students who are the first in their family to go to university.

‘Valentine’s Day Debating’ by Shona McIntosh

In honour of the season, last week’s motion in the Senior Debating club was ‘This house believes that Valentine’s Day is a cheap ploy to sell tacky goods.’ My students have a noticeable tendency to come up with a point that shows how the motion – any motion – is offensive to someone’s religion. I… [more]