Miguel brings over 20 years of teaching experience across UK and international schools to his work with GCSE, A Level, and IB Diploma Mathematics students. A former Head of Department at two leading international schools, he has taught across MYP, GCSE, iGCSE, A Level, and both DP Analysis and Approaches and Applications and Interpretation, and now examines GCSE Mathematics for Edexcel and AQA, bringing current assessment insight directly into his teaching. That breadth of experience has shaped a clear teaching philosophy: real understanding comes from doing mathematics, not watching it done. In the piece below, he sets out why he […]

If you’ve started looking into selective school admissions, whether that’s a grammar school place via the Kent Test, a spot at a sought-after independent through the ISEB Common Pre-Test, or something in between, you’ve probably already discovered that the landscape is more complicated than it first appears. There isn’t one exam. There isn’t one standard. And there certainly isn’t one simple path through it.

Having worked with families preparing for everything from the Cambridge Select Insight(CEM Select) to CAT4 assessments and Stage 2 bespoke written papers and digital bespoke tests (Eton and Harrow), I want to give you an honest, practical […]

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Medicine is a highly competitive course in the UK, even more so than an application to Oxford or Cambridge. You need to be well-prepared. That means having a game plan in place even before you complete your I/GCSEs:

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