What will determine your child's university – their ability or their school? No matter how much the UK's top universities are said to encourage entrants from the state sector, the reality remains – students from the best independent schools consistently have a far greater chance of entering the best universities.
So we asked ourselves:
What could we offer to maximise the chance of any student getting into a university worthy of their intelligence, ability and potential regardless of their background?
We attended one of the best universities in the world and we were oblivious to just how lucky we had been. Only at Oxford did we begin to appreciate the unfair advantage that going to a top private school had given us in getting into a top university.
At school, we were drilled, tutored and trained to get those places.
We were coached over and above the curriculum. If we were struggling with any element of our studies – great tutors were available, around the clock one-on-one - to fix that problem.
We created Spires to provide the one-on-one tutoring experience that gave us the edge in our final exams. Our aim is to make that experience affordable to as many parents as possible and level the playing field in those pre university examination years. Trading Since 2016