02Portfolio support
GCSE, A-level anduniversity portfolios.
Most students lose marks in places they cannot see. Not because the work is weak, but because the portfolio is not answering what the assessment objectives actually ask for.
Portfolio support is one to one, by appointment, and built entirely around your exam board and your deadlines. It begins with an honest diagnostic against your specification, and it produces a written plan you and your parents can both see.
Saturday mornings, 9.30am to 1.30pm, so it never clashes with school.
Start with a diagnostic
60 minutes, including a written plan
£70
We look at the portfolio as it stands against your board’s assessment objectives, AQA, Edexcel, OCR or Eduqas. We identify exactly where marks are being lost and agree what to do about it. Helen will provide you with a written plan after the session.
Then ongoing sessions
- GCSE, 90 minutes
- £90
- A-level, Foundation and university portfolio, 90 minutes
- £105
- Paired session, two students on the same board and year, 90 minutes
- £65 each
- Block of six sessions, paid in advance
- 10% off
What sessions cover
- 01Artist research pages that genuinely earn AO1 marks
- 02Recording and developing ideas, AO3, where most marks are lost
- 03Structuring and pacing a sustained investigation
- 04The A-level Personal Study: structure, argument and referencing
- 05Final piece planning and refinement
- 06Preparing for the timed exam, ten hours at GCSE and fifteen at A-level
- 07Presentation, mounting and sequencing, which is free marks most students leave behind
- 08Foundation and university portfolios: curation, interview practice and personal statements
Why Helen
Helen is a qualified teacher with QTS, a former Head of Department and Sixth Form tutor, with postgraduate study in 20th-century art history and a professional career in design. She has taken students through GCSE, A-level and on to art school.
Worth having to hand when Helen calls
Exam board and specification, year group, current predicted grade, target grade, coursework deadline, and whether your school has set the theme.
Helen holds an Enhanced DBS certificate on the update service. A safeguarding policy is available on request.
How to book
There is no online checkout here, and that is on purpose.
Tell us which course interests you using the form, and Helen will call you back for a proper conversation about whether it is the right fit. Places are then held over the phone.
It takes five minutes and it means nobody ends up on the wrong course.