Life Coach dedicated to helping students reach their academic potential!

My journey to academic success was difficult. It was riddled with frustration that I could not achieve the grades I wanted to especially during my A-levels. I was working hard, but admittedly not working smart. I did not know the correct exam technique or the correct way to revise. I went from achieving CCD in my Year 12 end of year mocks to achieving A*BB for my A Levels. Most notably changing the D in my Sociology A Level mock to an A* and not just any A*, the highest mark across both classes in the cohort! What changed in Year 13 was the way went about revising — rather than making pretty mind maps and notes I focused my time and attention on essay question based revision. This is what I like to call working smarter, not harder with students I tutor and mentor.

I have now gone on to achieving a lot of great academic successes. For example, I am currently studying the Bar Course part-time after being awarded prestigious and competitive scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn and the UCL Leonard Sainer Scholarship Fund. I have graduated from my LLM (Masters of Law) in Social Justice at University College London with a high merit and successfully graduated in Law with Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London with a 1st class.

I believe my skills and personal experiences would allow me to contribute effectively to this role. Firstly, I have an inspirational story to tell those I coach: I am the first in my extended family to attend university; I received free school meals throughout my time in school; I come from a working class background and English is not my first language. Regardless of this, I saw education as an escape and I held a genuine passion for it.

Secondly, I have several experiences mentoring/coaching students such as through my time as a Sixth-Form Law Society Coordinator, where I gave students advice and support in their journey to law. This included providing support for UCAS applications. I also mentored students through an app called Mentino and I have mentored current students in regards to exam success, revision skills and timetabling.

Lastly, I have a diverse range of experience with children and young adults through my roles surrounding tutoring, sports coaching, mentoring and being a legal education volunteer in schools. I have previous experience working with SEN children and possess a recent enhanced DBS check.