Maia

Education

University of Cambridge, B.A., Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion  

  • First Class Honours

    • Ranked 13th overall in the Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion cohort.

  • Senior Scholarship

    • Awarded in recognition of outstanding performance in Finals Examinations.

  • Bell-Wade Scholarship

    • Awarded for academic and sporting excellence.

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), Professional Acting Foundation Diploma

Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate, London

  • A-Levels: English Literature (A*), Philosophy (A*), German (A*)

  • Academic Scholar

Teaching experience

Maia is a highly qualified tutor, with over four years of tutoring experience.

Caring, personable, and inspiring, Maia focusses on boosting children’s personal confidence whilst simultaneously supporting them through their academic challenges. In Maia’s view, the surest way to improve a student quantitative performance – and overall attitude towards a subject – is by understanding what study methods work for them. As a result, Maia makes it a priority to carefully ascertain her students’ strengths and deficits and to devise a bespoke educational approach for each child with whom she works.

Maia’s students have won places at first-class U.K. Independent Schools, including St Paul’s and Merchant Taylors’ School. Many have also attained superb public examination results at GCSE and A-Level. Maia prides herself on having helped every student with whom she has worked attain a public examination result at least 3 grades higher than the outcome of their mocks.

She also boasts an impressive track record when it comes to university applications, with recent students receiving offers from the University of Oxford and the Royal Welsh School of Music and Drama.

Specialisms

Independent Schools Admissions

  • 11+, with a particular focus on Independent Girls’ Schools

  • Maia is an interview preparation and exam technique specialist

Subjects

  • English (7+, 8+, 11+, 13+, Common Entrance, GCSE, IB, A-Level)

  • Mathematics (7+, 8+, 11+)

  • Philosophy (A-Level)

  • Religious Studies (Common Entrance, GCSE, A-Level, Undergraduate)

  • Geography (GCSE)

  • German (GCSE)

  • Drama (GCSE, A-Level)

University Admissions

  • Oxford Philosophy and Theology Interview Preparation

  • Cambridge Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion Interview Preparation

  • UCAS Philosophy Personal Statement Support

  • UCAS Theology Personal Statement Support

  • Drama School Auditions

Maia has extensive experience of supporting SEND students and welcomes enquiries for SEND tuition in all of the above subjects.

Extra-curricular interests

Maia is currently in the nascent stages of her a career as a professional actor, having directed, and performed in, more than a dozen plays whilst studying at Cambridge. When she is not on stage, she enjoys playing netball, hiking in the Dolomites, and reading. She is also an excellent choral singer.

Testimonials

'Maia has been tutoring my son for 11+ English exams. From the first lesson we were impressed how brilliant she was with him. Maia explains everything very clearly, and is always well prepared and helpful. She is very knowledgeable and she understands perfectly how the English examination system works and what is worth focusing on. My son always looks forward to his next English lesson with Maia. We are very lucky to have found Maia.' — Mother of Year 6 student

‘Maia helped me to plan, adapt and re-draft my personal statement for my drama school applications. She gave nuanced and detailed feedback based on the drama school application process and gave me a very helpful mock interview. Our worked focused on our conversations about the message I wanted to put across and who I was as an applicant, and Maia always planned our sessions with a clear goal in mind. She was incredibly organised and well prepared; she had my drafts back to me within a few days and ensured I was able to submit my application well within the UCAS deadline.' — Year 12 student

‘My daughter’s Maths has gone from strength to strength. Maia has been amazing and we will see her very soon.’ — Mother of Year 5 student

‘My daughter really enjoyed the sessions and is full of enthusiasm, I think she feels much more positive about her exams. Thank you so much!’ — Mother of GCSE student

‘Maia’s feedback is very detailed and my daughter is really enjoying her lessons.’ — Mother of Year 2 student

‘Maia is an incredible tutor. She is cheerful, thorough, encouraging, and supportive. My experience seems to be that it is tricky to add lessons to any day. Adding them with Maia always brought joy. She tutored my son to a grade ‘9’ in R.S. so well that we are now engaging her support in another subject.’ — Mother of Year 10 student

‘Maia is amazing!’ — Mother of Year 13 student

Availability

Maia is available for in-person tuition in London and for residential tuition throughout the United Kingdom and around the world.

She is also available for online tuition.