Testimonials

Everything was excellent. Thank you for your flexibility on the day too - 5 Stars

Kate, engaged the whole audience right from the start. Her delivery was clear, confidence and enthusiastic. All the young people were totally focused on what she was saying the exercises she asked them to do, which were all perfectly pitched. All those attending, including student teachers, learned an awful lot, not only about the subject being taught but about how to engage, hold and enthuse a classroom of 16 year olds! Thank you Kate.

Really good session. Kim was great and very engaging. Students spoke very highly of the support, skills being used in study hub sessions - 5 Stars

The exam buster session is extremely accessible in passing on key strategies to maximise revision and Jay is an inspirational messenger to the students and parents. We have used positively you for a number of years and we will continue to make this part of exam preparation package for students and parents.

5 Stars

We noticed immediate positive changes in student engagement and behaviour following the workshops. Students were highly engaged during the sessions and continued to reference the strategies and language afterwards in the classroom and playground. There was a noticeable increase in confidence, positive self-talk and willingness to participate, with students showing greater awareness of their emotions and goals. The overall buzz and excitement generated by the workshops carried through the school, reinforcing the impact of the learning beyond the sessions themselves. Positively You, led by Kim, delivered engaging and highly impactful resilience workshops for our Year 2–Year 6 students, along with an additional goal-setting workshop for Year 6. Kim connected effortlessly with students across all year levels, creating a safe, positive and energising learning environment. The level of engagement was outstanding—there was a real buzz and excitement around the sessions, with students actively participating and continuing conversations well beyond the workshops themselves. The strategies shared were practical, age-appropriate and empowering, particularly for our Year 6 students as they reflected on their goals and future mindset. We are already seeing positive shifts in confidence and language and we look forward to seeing the ongoing impact of this work across our school community.

The students were really engaged, Natalie was a fantastic speaker with incredible energy! 5 Stars

The session was very helpful. Each technique was clearly demonstrated, and this made the strategies easy to understand and apply. Students were able to recall information and answer questions effectively, showing the impact of the methods used. Overall, it was a very impressive and valuable session.

All year 10s enjoyed the super speed study skills and even the staff supporting participated - 5 Stars

Student feedback: • Positively you. -All because of the leading person - Jay. • Positively you it was fire • Mastering motivation - Man was enthusiastic • Motivation session because it was good • Mastering motivation as the guy talking was friendly and easy to engage with • Motivation - The person leading it was amazing and super fun to listen to. Hope I get to meet him again, he motivated everyone with 5 pounds

Our second year of having Kate visit. She was fab. Relates well to the students and gives all the right messages we want to give. Given the school's journey, the workshops fit in well and Kate uses her knowledge of us to add to it.

Great sessions to engage our Key Stage 4 students from Positively You. A lot to take away and put into practice - 5 stars!

Can I just say a massive THANK YOU to each and everyone of you for coming to our school! We have had a massive amount of compliments from staff here about the quality of the sessions delivered. We'll be using you all again so do look out for an email from me in the near future!

The workshop was very engaging and there was lots of positive feedback from the students. Also, the 'You Pads' were put to good use the next day in a tutoring session.

Students at JSTC had a "super" time during their Super Speed Study Skills workshop. Both staff and students came away full of new ideas and methods to aid their study. Matt was relatable and made the whole event fun!

Shenaz was enthusiastic, authentic and engaging, 5 stars! "Shenaz pitched the Super speed study skills session perfectly for our cohort. She understood our students and the area and this made it more enjoyable for pupils. The students said they appreciated the revision ideas and were really positive following the session. We would request Shenaz again for future bookings as our pupils really responded well to her."

Shenaz was fantastic, the students benefited massively from the session. The engaging nature of the session and the fact that students took advice away that will make a difference. The bespoke approach that Shenaz took- she took time to learn students' names and stayed and talked to those that wanted to. She was incredibly organised and made the event stress free. 10/10

All students were engaged for the entire 2 hour period. The presenter was brilliant with the students and got to know names really quickly. Students gained some really important study skills and saw the value in what they were doing in the session. Really personable with the students. Brought lots of enthusiasm and this was what engaged the students. The presentation was polished and adaptable to the students in the room. 10/10

Interactive and engaging, meeting the needs of the students and responding to how the students responded. Equips the students well with the skills they need to revise for their exams. Fantastic. 10 – Shenaz is excellent – and so engaging

Punchy, lively, a really good reminder of a wide variety of revision strategies Many of our staff said this was the best revision workshop provider we have had in recent years

Very good as ever. Can I pass on how brilliant the deliverer Shenaz was. Parents, staff and most importantly students were in awe of her. Outstanding at what she does and we will be asking for her as the deliverer from now on. Can she come and teach here please Sir? 10/10

Very interactive and informative- well delivered and you really captured their attention.

Very relevant to our pupils and really opened up the thinking for many of them. The students themselves commented on how positive they found the sessions. Fantastic engagement and the fun and active approach really engaged many of the pupils.

Engaging and relevant. A great experience for the students

The workshop was informative, giving accessible knowledge and strategies to all our staff. The workshop was on Monday and by Tuesday, many staff were commenting on ideas and strategies they would personally be using and those they’d be sharing and supporting our children with. For what could be a sensitive topic, Shenaz presented the material in a clear and understandable way. Shenaz ensured the day would be successful by getting to know the school and its requirements, prior to arriving. Shenaz quickly gets to know people and puts them at ease, which then allows for open discussion; Shenaz is a great ambassador for Positively MAD. Please pass on our thanks.

Thanks so much for the really engaging workshop. The students loved it! I saw a number of them at the end of the day, and they were 'buzzing' from some of the ideas. I know quite a few of them really well, and it is remarkable that they could tell me so much about Marco Polo after spending just 5 minutes on the topic 6 hours earlier! We will certainly be continuing with some of these ideas, and I would recommend that session to anybody. Clearly the principles would work with our HAPS when learning quotes for a literature exam.

Students found the workshop really inspiring. They loved the style of delivery and several of the more disaffected told me things they had learnt from it later in the day. Several staff stopped me to tell me how inspiring it had been and I’ve already been asked to look at what else you do.

I would just like to say how excellent yesterday was, the delivery given by Lisa was fun, bouncy, and informative with the majority of students engaging. I have also been made aware that the students left talking about the session. Very well organized, Lisa arrived in plenty of time and set up, had all resources to hand. Excellent session.

Thanks again for delivering the workshops yesterday. I've had lots of positive feedback from parents and students. Hope to see you again for our workshops next year.

The course was excellent and the students responded extremely well. I heard only positive comments about the day from the students. The examples of the different strategies they could use were excellent and the way they were employed during the day really demonstrated to the students how they could help them learn. I think the students will remember the main facts about the “Life of Muhammed Ali” for a long time. The way length of the session was exactly right and it fit well in to our school day. Jay led the sessions well and dealt with the students in a mature and respectful way. The way he added real life examples into the session and then finished the session with the importance of gaining qualifications was exactly what some of our students needed to hear.

Fun, inspirational and well worth the cost. Our students enjoyed the sessions, they have not only told me this, but they have gone to many teachers and told them how much they enjoyed the day.

Well planned, informed and a good blend between exam skills, revision strategies, resilience and motivation. Fantastic interaction with students, creating a positive learning environment. Shenaz,Thank you so much for the fantastic day that you ran on Thursday, we were really pleased and I know that the students enjoyed themselves and would have got lots from your energetic style and brilliant strategies. We will be looking at further intervention following the mock exams.

This course is perfect for students starting their GCSE studies. It reinforces what teachers say to the students but also introduces different techniques and proves to them that it works. This is the third consecutive year we have used positively mad as an induction to year 10 and we will use you again. Excellent. Rachel was enthusiastic and confident in her delivery and adaptable to the reaction of our students. It’s a lot to squeeze into a 2 and a half hours but this helps to keep the students engaged and interested in what they are being told. Thank you

Really good sessions, engaging and eye opening in terms of how easy it is to use some of the skills. Some very simple ways of showing the students how they can use these techniques. Most students I have spoken to about it both enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. I have overheard students discussing the session today both in tutor time and at lunchtime. Very energetic, very positive, good humour and engaged the students well for the majority of the session. Spoke to the students using language that engaged them.

Very well delivered, plenty of energy and lots of interaction with students which helped them to engage with new (and not so new) ideas in an exciting way Very positive feedback from students. Staff very happy with range of ideas that were introduced and provided consolidation of what we do…

This course will improve our students’ confidence with revision and was very useful.

Excellent presenter, content engaging and interesting – students were very positive about the session.

Dear Kim, Below is a letter written by one of our year 7 students: On behalf of Montsaye Academy, we would like to thank you for showing us new ways of how to learn and making us laugh. The best part of the year 7 workshop was where we had to learn the names of the European countries. The year 8's told me that they loved their workshop too! We look forward to using the new techniques you taught us when learning and revising for our tests. Thank you very much, Kuba Plotek (year 7) Kind regards, Claire Keel

I can't thank you enough Shenaz, the kids are absolutely buzzing...one of my more difficult ones has just come bouncing into my office with a mind map saying "I know it!!!!" and has just given me chapter and verse about the history ofimmunisations, I hugged her, we are all delighted! I've just done a pp for my assembly on Monday which I've attached...hopefully it will remind them what they've learned and I'll also give out the sheets too! Thank you again, you are a fabulous presenter and worth every penny!

Both the Exam Buster and Super Speedy Skills workshops were excellent. The students found them very useful and we even had some mindmaps produced today, using ideas from the workshops. Steve was excellent, his enthusiasm was infectious and kept our students engaged throughout. Giving workshops to two whole year groups in one day was very good and the parents twilight session was very useful and informative too.

Your sessions were very well received by students and the Ofsted team were also very impressed.

Hi, I have done my own evaluations and taken the highlights from it.

There was no negatives or improvements given on the 135 forms I received back.

Here are the main positives: •Showed us ways to help revise •It helped and was really good. •Good tips to help with exams •Learnt about positive thinking •New, good, helpful strategies for revising efficiently. •Very enthusiastic and engaging •Helped motivate us •Mad Mark was great. •Memory exercises were useful •Remembering 45 facts on Muhammed Ali •Showed us good revision techniques.

Rachel was brilliant, really lively and engaging throughout the day. The students learning a lot of new techniques to help them revise in the up-coming months. I think they were surprised about how much they could recall. We had a great day and I am now looking at ways to ensure that these techniques are used by students and endorsed by staff.

It was upbeat and positive. It was nice that the students were engaged and shown just how they need to use techniques to their advantage. All staff involved were complimentary about the subject matter and the manner with which Mark conducted himself. It was nice that the students had the time to trial the techniques and had a reminder of what was covered with them when they left.

The students really enjoyed the activities and were still talking about them after they had finished their session. All of the students that I spoke to afterwards said that they would recommend it to others. The feedback that I received from other members of staff was also positive.

The Super Speed Study Skills workshop was excellent – fun, with lots of ideas for pupils to take away. Pupil evaluation was very positive. Many said that they had tried one of the techniques last night.

Excellent presentation which engaged the students, despite there being a large number in the hall. Your presenter was enthusiastic and untiring!

I am Head of English at THS (Tennyson High School) a secondary modern school in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.

This year my department was the most improved in the country at KS3, with a third of our pupils gaining L5+ more than last year. This year we are predicting 75% L5+.

Your Positively Mad about English course has been more than instrumental in that success; we have improved KS3 and KS4 imaginative writing skills by at least two grades/levels; many of the resources supplied are used as posters to teach specifics; Speed Reading has become a real competitive sport!

I can honestly say that renewing my acquaintance with your course has reminded me how inspirational and innovative your ideas are – I should be using more of them in school to improve even more!

Thank you.

I attended the Bridging The Gap workshop last night at my sons school, run by Vicki. Fabulously inspirational, I am truly inspired. I am a 36 year old mother of three and am just starting a college course myself after last studying 20 years ago, I will take on board everything i saw and learnt and will utilise it throughout my study’s and the rest of my life. Vicki was a breath of fresh air and her energy will stay with me for a very long time. A big Thank you Helen