Our Philosophy

Tom left Harrow School in 1986, and successfully completed an honours degree in biochemistry and a master's degree in developmental psychology at Edinburgh University. Whilst studying, he worked all over the world with over thirty children as a private tutor for the educational consultants Gabbitas of Piccadilly. Most of these children had been predicted either a fail at Common Entrance or a low grade at GCSE and A level. All his Common Entrance candidates passed to their school of first choice and only A grades were achieved at GCSE and A level.

Drawing on this experience Tom began to formulate the theories and techniques which all our tutors use today. The most important of these being that with confidence, everything is achievable. Tom's master's thesis was written on the effect of stress on children's examination results which allowed him to examine in detail the most efficient way of passing examinations for different character types.

On graduating in 1990, Tom accepted a position as a corporate financier with Barclays de Zoete Wedd. He also established The Tutors Group in 1990 with the co-operation of Gabbitas and fully sanctioned by BZW. He left BZW in 1994 to concentrate on expanding The Tutors Group to include educational assessments and schools advice and placement for both UK and overseas parents.

Tom is currently writing a book on a global theory of education to reconcile child centred learning techniques with passing examinations.