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Study Skills & Executive Function
Teach the how, not just the what
- Evidence-based revision — retrieval and spacing, not rereading
- Long assignments broken into startable actions
- A weekly planning routine that survives a busy week
- Attention, environment and the starting problem, worked on directly
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What this program is
There is a recognisable student who works hard and does badly. They reread the chapter, highlight it thoroughly, and cannot answer a question about it a week later. They start the essay the night before, not from laziness but because a large undefined task is genuinely harder to begin than a small defined one. The problem is not effort or ability; it is that nobody taught the method.
This program teaches it explicitly. Retrieval practice and spacing instead of rereading, because the evidence on that comparison is unusually clear. Breaking a long assignment into named next actions. A weekly planning routine that takes ten minutes and survives a busy fortnight. Attention and environment design. And the starting problem, addressed directly rather than moralised about.
It works alongside subject tutoring rather than instead of it, and it is often the missing half — a student who understands the material but cannot deploy it under exam conditions usually has a method problem, not a knowledge problem.
The eight sessions
How you are studying now
An audit of current habits, tools and timetable, plus a short walkthrough of how the student actually revised for their last test. Almost everyone discovers they have been doing the least effective thing diligently.
How memory works
Retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving, taught with the evidence and then applied to the student's real subjects in the session. Rereading and highlighting are retired with an explanation rather than a rule.
Planning the week
A ten-minute weekly planning routine and a daily list that fits reality, including sport, commute and family commitments. Plans that assume an ideal week fail in the first ordinary one.
Breaking down the big thing
Turning an essay, project or exam block into named next actions small enough to start. Procrastination is treated as a task-definition problem first, since that is what it usually is.
Attention and environment
Focus blocks, phone and notification design, task switching and its real cost, and building a study environment that does not require constant self-control.
Note-taking that is worth rereading
Taking notes for future retrieval rather than for transcription, adapted to the subject — a maths note and a history note should not look alike.
Exam preparation as a project
Working backwards from exam dates across every subject at once, and building a revision schedule that puts spacing where it belongs.
Handover
Reviewing what stuck, discarding what did not, and leaving the student with a written system they own and can adjust themselves.
Format and logistics
- Live 1:1 online
- Weekly 45-minute sessions
- 8 sessions, with optional monthly check-ins after
- Grade 6 through university
- A briefing at the start and the end; sessions are the student's
- Any subject tutoring or test prep running at the same time
What you leave with
- A weekly planning routine the student has run for a month
- A revision method built on retrieval and spacing, applied to real subjects
- A repeatable way to break down and start large assignments
- A written personal study system the student can maintain without a coach
Pricing
Pricing for this program depends on format, cadence and length, so we quote it on the consultation call rather than publishing a number that would be wrong for most families. Ask an advisor — the call is free and there is no obligation.
Common questions
Please read before enrolling
Tutoring and academic support only. We supplement a student's school programme and do not award grades, credits or qualifications, and no specific grade outcome is guaranteed.
How to Study So It Sticks
Six sections, one sitting, plus a weekly plan to print
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