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Primary Foundations
Number confidence, reading comprehension and written sentence work, taught through short tasks and read-aloud practice. Parents receive a one-page note at the end of each half term.
- Years 3–6
- Maths & English
- 60 minutes
Primary · Secondary · Sixth Form
Small groups, marked work, and a line you can follow.
Cinder Line teaches maths, English and the sciences in groups of six, on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings. Every learner starts with a written assessment, keeps the same tutor through the term, and takes home marked work each week.
Programmes
Four routes, each built around one year band.
Learners are placed by the written assessment rather than by age alone, so a group always moves at one pace. Subjects can be combined across an evening where the timetable allows.
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Lower Secondary Core
The bridge year band. Algebraic notation, extended writing and practical science method, with weekly homework that is collected, marked and returned with comments.
- Years 7–9
- Maths, English, Science
- 90 minutes
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GCSE Intensive
Specification-led teaching with past-paper technique built in from week one. Learners keep a folder of graded questions so they can see exactly which topics still need a second pass.
- Years 10–11
- Maths, English, Triple Science
- 2 hours
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Sixth Form Sciences
Biology, chemistry and physics taught alongside the mathematical skills they lean on, plus supervised study time for coursework and practical write-ups.
- Years 12–13
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics
- 2 hours
How a term runs
Assess, teach in six, then write it down.
The same three steps run every term, in every programme. Nothing about a learner's progress should be a surprise at week ten.
Step one
A written assessment first
Forty-five minutes, on paper, before any place is confirmed. It tells us which group to place a learner in and which two or three topics the first month should target.
Step two
Groups of six, one tutor
Small enough that every learner is asked a question in every session, and steady enough that the tutor knows the working style behind each answer.
Step three
Marked work, returned weekly
Homework comes back annotated rather than ticked. At the end of term you receive a short written review with the recommended next step.
The tutors
Subject specialists who stay with the group.
Each tutor teaches their own subject only, and keeps the same groups from the first week of term to the last.
Amara Okafor
Mathematics · Years 7–13
Teaches method before shortcuts. Amara runs the GCSE Intensive maths groups and the sixth form problem-solving hour.
Daniel Reyes
English · Years 3–11
Builds writing from reading aloud. Daniel leads the primary comprehension block and GCSE literature essay work.
Priya Raman
Science · Years 9–13
Keeps practical method at the centre. Priya covers triple science and the sixth form chemistry and biology groups.
Session formats
Three ways to sit a term.
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Weekday evening group
One subject a week, 5.00pm or 6.45pm starts, running the full ten-week term.
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Saturday double block
Two subjects back to back with a break between, for learners in an exam year.
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Supervised study hour
A quiet room with a tutor on hand for questions. Open to anyone holding a term place.
Before you enquire
The questions we are asked most.
When do terms start?
Three terms a year, each ten weeks, beginning in September, January and
April. Places are usually confirmed in the two weeks before a term opens.
Can we try a session first?
Yes. After the written assessment we offer one trial session in the group
we have suggested, so you can see the pace before committing to the term.
What if a session is missed?
Materials and marked work are held for you, and the tutor sets a short
catch-up task. Where a parallel group has space, a swap can usually be arranged.
Is there an online option?
Sixth form groups can join online for up to three sessions a term.
Primary and lower secondary groups are taught in the room only.
Do we need to bring materials?
Bring a pen, a pencil and the school exercise book for the subject.
Workbooks, past papers and folders are provided with the place.
Enquire
Tell us the year group and the subject.
That is enough for us to suggest a group and a time for the written assessment. We reply to enquiries within two working days during term.
Sending this form starts a conversation only — no place is reserved and no payment is taken until after the assessment.