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Jacob

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Cambridge PhD researcher and First Class Natural Sciences (Biochemistry) graduate offering A-Level Biology tuition, AQA, OCR and Edexcel, online and in Cambridge

Biology

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About Jacob

I grew up in Carlisle and went to the local state comprehensive. When I decided to apply to Cambridge, nobody at my school had been through the process, so I worked most of it out on my own. I got in, and I came out with a First and three university prizes, including one for the top ranked research project in my cohort. That experience is the reason I tutor, and it is why I treat admissions coaching as something worth doing properly rather than as a sideline.

My own research is on Antarctic fish. I look at how the proteins inside a species living in water close to freezing manage to keep working at temperatures that would shut down almost anything else. It sits somewhere between biochemistry, machine learning and climate science, and it is the kind of question with no textbook answer, which is exactly the sort of thinking an Oxbridge interview is designed to find. From October 2026 I begin a funded PhD in Cambridge's Engineering Department, working on how natural systems can be properly valued inside infrastructure decisions. So I have now been through Cambridge admissions twice, in two different faculties, and I teach and am taught in the supervision system every week.

Outside the lab I captained my college hockey team and coached university players, from complete beginners upwards. That is where I learned that explaining something well is a completely different skill from knowing it, and that patience matters more than cleverness. In 2026 I won first place out of sixty speakers at a national research conference, awarded for the clearest talk of the meeting.

I also do outreach with an underperforming state school, giving admissions guidance to students whose schools cannot provide it. I know what it is like to apply to Cambridge without anyone around you who knows how it works, and I take that part of the work seriously.

I hold a current Enhanced DBS check, I am registered as self-employed in the UK, and I am happy to provide references from current tutoring families and from my academic supervisors at Cambridge. I reply to messages quickly and I commit for a full academic year rather than a few sessions before an exam.

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HOW I TEACH

Biology at A-Level is where I am strongest. It was my degree subject, I took an A star in it myself, and I now do biological research professionally at Cambridge and with the British Antarctic Survey. That matters because the difference between an A and an A star is almost never recall. It is the synoptic questions, the extended answer marks, and being able to apply a mechanism to an unfamiliar context, which is exactly what research training teaches you to do.

Sessions combine full specification coverage with past paper technique and an honest diagnosis of where marks are really being lost, which is rarely where the student thinks. I teach students to reason aloud rather than recite, because a student who can explain why a mechanism works can handle a question they have never seen. I set work between sessions and give parents clear feedback on progress.

LESSON LENGTH

Standard lessons run 60 minutes, which suits weekly work through a topic. 90 minutes works better for timed paper practice, where you need room to sit the questions and then unpick them properly. Every new student starts with a free 30 minute consultation so I can find out where they actually are before any teaching begins.

MY EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Tutoring since 2022. First Class MSci Natural Sciences (Biochemistry), University of Cambridge, awarded the Alkis Seraphim Prize for the top ranked research project in my cohort, the Duncan McKie Prize for overall performance, and a Jesus College Scholarship. A star in Biology, Chemistry adjacent Natural Sciences papers, Maths and Physics at A-Level, and a Grade 9 in every GCSE. I lead journal club sessions for MSci students at Cambridge and deliver research training to postdoctoral researchers. Current DBS check.

WHO THESE LESSONS ARE FOR

A-Level Biology students on AQA, OCR and Edexcel, in Year 12 or Year 13. Particularly useful for students sitting at a B or A who want an A star, and for students aiming at Medicine, Natural Sciences or Biology at a competitive university. I also support first year undergraduate Biology and Biochemistry. Online anywhere, or in person near Cambridge.

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