Struggling with exam stress or test anxiety?

Just can’t seem to maintain your motivation to study?

Worrying that you’re not good enough, that you’re not worthy?

Or simply feeling overwhelmed by how much you’ve got to do?

Then allow me to help you get to the heart of the problem, and let’s get you back in control of your mindset, and lay the foundations of your success.

Finding it hard to fit in the hours?

Getting derailed by distractions, or losing time in the “dark playground” of the perpetual procrastinator?

Feeling low in energy, and relying on coffee, sugary treats and energy drinks to get through the day?

Or just a bit stuck when it comes to planning the perfect study timetable?

Then work with me to design a complete study system, based on proven productivity strategies, but 100% personalised to your way of working.

No more excuses.

No more wasted time.

No more late nights and last-minute panics.

It’s time to take control of your routine, and discover your perfect path to Getting Things Done.

This one’s a bit of a personal favourite – no-one teaches this stuff. (So much so, I wrote a whole book on it.)

The tactics you use to keep your mind “match-fit” through exam week.

The memory-recall and problem-solving strategies you use in the exam itself.

How to read the examiner’s mind and give them EXACTLY what they want.

It all adds up to a BIG winning margin on exam day: and the best bit about this part is you don’t even need to do any more studying to improve your grade!

If you have exams to take, I’d recommend we spend at least some time discussing the test-day tactics that will make the most difference to your mark, and coming up with a bespoke exam “gameplan” to help you land the grade you deserve.

Do you have a lot of writing to do – either in the form of timed essays in exams, or as written assignments, coursework or dissertations?

Then learn to write.

“What?” – I hear you say – “I’ve got as far as [e.g. college / university], I think I know how to write by now!”

You’d be surprised…

I know first-hand how taking your writing to the next level can take your GRADE to the next level.

I was a borderline candidate for a top grade in my final year at Cambridge University. If I’m honest, I already thought I was a pretty great writer.

But I was persuaded to spend 4 sessions working 1:1 with a writing coach – I discovered there was SO MUCH more I could do to write better. I upped my game, and got the top grade.

Since then, writing has been an enormous part of my life, as a published author and widely-read blogger, and I love passing on my passion for well-crafted academic writing to help the next generation of students boost their essay and assignment scores.

A tutor acts as an extension of your teachers (or lecturers), helping teach you the material you need to know for your course, reinforcing your knowledge and understanding, and helping you to practise using it.

I had an extensive background in conventional tutoring, so I know that a good tutor can be a great source of support in helping you get on top of your course materials.

But unless you can afford to retain a tutor’s services for hours every single day, you will have to supplement tutoring with your own independent study.

And that’s where study coaching comes in: I’ll show the techniques you need to know in order to be far, far more effective in your own study time, and get far better grades than you would otherwise.

If your budget can accommodate it, study coaching can be a great complement to traditional tutoring – for VIP Fellowship clients, I’m even happy to speak to your tutor(s) to make sure their lessons support the study plan I’ve designed for you.

On the other hand, if budget is relatively tight, you’ll find that a small investment in study coaching (perhaps just 1-3 sessions) could transform your ability to get results on your own – saving you months of regular tutoring bills.

These days, I’m almost entirely focused on study coaching – however, I’m always happy to consider individual circumstances. I have most experience tutoring in the UK school exam system, especially GCSE and A-Level sciences and business studies.

Please email me directly to discuss.

The person who is going to be coached – the student – is almost always on the initial consultation call.

Mums and Dads are very welcome to join too, especially if you are the one who found me in the first place.

Occasionally, parents value being able to discuss more delicate / sensitive issues around their child’s education with me directly – I’m very happy to have these conversations, this normally means we need two separate consultation calls (the first just between me and Mum / Dad, and the second with your child, either with or without parents).

Consultations do not carry a cost, and are designed to confirm we’re a good fit before we enrol you on a coaching programme.

If you feel things are not working out after our first session together, please let me know as soon as possible. We can end our coaching programme at that point, switching you onto the appropriate package (a single session) and refunding the difference between what you have already paid for the package your chose, and the price of our 1-session “Problem Solver” package (currently £175).

The 1-session package is non-refundable unless we were unable to deliver the session.

You will never find my prices discounted below the standard prices shown on the rate card.

I am unable to offer scholarships at this time: I would encourage you to start by absorbing the considerable amount of free material I have created for the blog and podcast.

I can, however, offer a bounty for successful new client referrals, to substantially reduce the cost of your next coaching session – see “can I refer a friend” below.

Please do.

As a “thank you” for successful referrals, I will be glad to apply a 50% discount to your next study coaching session.

You may “stack” multiple referrals – so for every two successful referrals, you could earn a completely free session.

Just be sure to ask your friend to mention that you sent them my way, so that I know to offer you the referral bounty.

Note that discounts and free sessions are not transferrable to other students, and may not be sold or traded in for cash or other products / services.

Last-minute cancellations and reschedule requests deprive other clients of coaching time, so my cancellation / rescheduling policy is designed to encourage you to be courteous to your fellow students, and uphold the appointments you requested.

For coaching sessions, you may reschedule sessions an unlimited number of times, provided you give a minimum of 48 hours’ notice each time. I reserve the right to charge the session fee for late-notice reschedule requests, or for outright cancellations. I will apply discretion and judgement: “first time offenders” are always offered a free pass, and long-standing clients (especially VIP Fellowship clients) will normally be offered more flexibility.

Absolutely.

Qualification-wise, I hold a First Class degree from Cambridge University where I “majored” in Psychology, with a particular specialism in learning and memory.

I have full DBS clearance (“Enhanced” level), the UK government’s standard certification system required to work unsupervised with young people (minors).