Every ILE tutor sat these exams recently and came away with an A*. They know which questions catch people out, because those questions caught them out first.
ILE was started by Tahan Islam, now reading Medicine at Cambridge. Maths, Further Maths, Biology and Chemistry at A-Level. Four A*s, 97% or above in three of them, and a Distinction in the Advanced Extension Award.
The tutors who helped him most were never the ones with thirty years in a classroom. They were the ones who had sat the paper two summers earlier and could still remember the panic. That is who we hire: current students at Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE and other leading universities, each teaching only the subjects they took top marks in themselves.
See how a typical term works →A mark scheme tells you what the answer was. Someone who sat the paper two years ago can tell you how to find it under pressure.
Tahan, founderWe do not hire generalists. Every tutor here is a current student at a leading university, and every one of them teaches only the subjects they took top marks in. Their own results are on the cards below, subject by subject.
Most students come to us predicted a grade or two below what they need. We work backwards from the exam date and close the gaps biggest first, because a topic worth eighteen marks matters more than one worth three.
The gap between an A and an A* is rarely knowledge. It is usually four or five habits in how answers get written, repeated across every paper. We find them by marking your work properly, then close them one at a time.
Medicine, Oxbridge and anything asking for A*AA needs the grades and an application that survives an interview. Our tutors sat those admissions a year or two ago. They prepare students for both at once.
Sitting an admissions test too? We prepare students for the UCAT, LNAT, TMUA, ESAT and TARA.
The same route for every student, cut to fit their subject, their board and the number of weeks left.
I was predicted a C going into Year 13 and honestly thought Maths was beyond me at this level. Within a few weeks I could see exactly what I'd been doing wrong. I sat the exam confident and came out with an A*.