Sam

Sam grew up in a small northern town and attended Humberston Academy, where he achieved ten A*s at GCSE and special recognition for the top results in his year, and Franklin College, where he gained A*s in Maths and English Language and won the national final of the Debating Matters competition. He read Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford, then completed an MA in Medical Ethics and Law with Distinction at King’s College London before training for the Bar.

At college, Sam helped run a mentoring programme for students taking two maths A-levels, leading lunchtime sessions, setting problems and checking work. He has since returned to his school and college to give short talks on the learning process and how to navigate it successfully. Debating and mooting competitions run throughout his CV.

Sam believes understanding, not just knowledge, is the cornerstone of learning. His approach mirrors the Oxford system: first a clear, logical structure that breaks a topic into its core parts, then a tutorial-style discussion that tests the student’s knowledge and connects it into a whole. By the end, the aim is for students to be able to explain the topic to someone else and answer any question on it.