As students navigate through GCSEs and A levels in the UK, the significance of mock exams in this January period is apparent.

With school interviews on the near horizon, we’ve put together some fun exercises to get your child ready.

As the curtain comes down on 2023, we look back at our top five moments of the year.

We surveyed 250 new families that work with us, asking them about their experience with Oppidan and how effective mentoring has been for their children.

As the year draws to a close, we’re looking back at some of the amazing guests we’ve had on Heads & Tales over the past months.

At this year’s ISC, Henry Faber was joined by Wellington College’s James Dahl to discuss ideas around mentorship and essential skills, with a focus on how to enable personal growth pupil engagement as part of a student’s school journey.

As AI continues to transform the way we operate in our digital world, the discussions around its impact on education broaden.

With the curtains closing on 2023, it’s been nearly a year since Jess, our Creative Executive, set about designing the first cover for our monthly broadcast.

As the Christmas holidays approach, having a mentor at home is the most effective way to support your children, both academically and pastorally.

The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to keep the kids busy than diving into some festive reads. Wherever you are for the holidays, encouraging your children to get lost in a book is the perfect way to make sure their brains don’t go into standby.

Episode 25 brings Justin Pinnells, Academic Director of Catalyst at Winchester College. An articulate and sophisticated thinker, Justin’s episode includes: How he would change GCSEs for the better, his vote for the best online learning platform for students and why we need to be worried about AI.

Following the successful pilot mentoring project with British Education Korea in September 2023, Oppidan's office in Seoul opens December 1st 2023 with the wider launch of its programme to families and to the school for students across prep and secondary.

This week on Heads & Tales, we are delighted to be joined by a giant of the education world, Dr Joe Spence, Master of Dulwich College.

At Oppidan, we talk a lot with schools about character education. But what actually is character education?  According to Ofsted, there are 6 areas that schools should tackle in order to develop effective character education.  

Personal statements have been the shop window for UCAS applicants since the beginning of time. Big news: they’re disappearing.

After playing a mischievous prank on their school housemaster, Charlie & George were given a novel punishment; run a party for his 6yr old daughter’s birthday.

How many girls does it take to change the continent of Africa? One. It takes just one talented STEM student armed with excellent A-Levels, ready for the world’s best universities, to change the continent of Africa.

Episode 21, and it’s Sharath Jeevan, the Executive Chairman of Intrinsic Labs. Sharath was awarded an OBE in the 2022 Queen's New Year's Honours for founding and leading STiR Education, arguably the world's largest intrinsic motivation initiative.

Poetry is everywhere. It’s used to sell to us, to make us pay attention. It’s our favourite song lyrics and the quotes we carry with us for comfort. It can go viral – but sometimes, no one will ever read it at all.

With it, comes Will Orr-Ewing, Founder of Keystone Tutoring and Arka Learning. Will is a friend of Oppidan and an expert on all things 1:1 support. This episode includes: His ‘most unpopular opinion’ on the key trend within education, the truth about the tutoring system and what he would do to make GCSEs and A-Levels more effective.