Yes, all mentoring sessions take place on our secure online platform. This allows us to connect your child with high-level professionals from across the globe, ensuring they aren’t limited by their local geography when seeking world-class career and academic advice.

Mentoring is not subject tutoring. However, by improving Metacognition (study skills) and Focus, most scholars see a natural lift in grades as a byproduct of better habits.

While a tutor focuses on specific subject mastery (like UK GCSE Maths or USA AP Biology), a mentor focuses on the “big picture.” They help scholars with goal setting, time management, and building a growth mindset. For scholars considering US Colleges, mentors are particularly helpful in navigating the holistic admissions process that goes beyond just test scores.

Our mentors are graduates and professionals recruited from some of the UK’s most competitive universities and industries, including medicine, law, finance, technology, and engineering. Every mentor goes through a rigorous selection process that assesses not just their academic record, but their emotional intelligence, communication skills, and ability to inspire. All mentors are also enhanced DBS-checked and fully trained in the GT Scholars Success Habits Framework™ before working with any scholar.

We look at your child’s career interests and academic goals. If your child is interested in a career in tech or finance or is considering studying in the USA, we aim to pair them with a professional who has global experience or who has navigated that specific industry and educational path.

We give priority to scholars who have been on one of our programmes for at least one full term, and scholars that have consistent attendance and participation. We want to gain all of the benefits of being mentored, but this can only happen for scholars who are genuinely committed to their growth.

If you’re on the 1-to-1 mentoring programme, you’ll typically have 6 hours of mentoring over a 12-week term. Your mentor will work with you to arrange weekly sessions (30 mins per session) or fortnightly sessions (1 hour per session).

We will initially select the mentor based on a detailed profile of your child. We’ll ask as many questions as possible so that we get a good match from our pool of mentors. However, if the chemistry isn’t right in the first few sessions, we will rematch you with a new mentor.

Yes. Supporting international university ambitions is a key strength of our mentoring programme. Our mentors have direct experience of applying to and studying at leading UK universities, and many have professional networks in the USA. They can help your child build a competitive university profile, craft compelling personal statements, prepare for admissions interviews, and develop the strategic clarity needed to navigate highly competitive application processes – whether the target is Oxbridge, Russell Group, the Ivy League, or other top-tier institutions.