Testimonials

We thought the workshop was first class and the students really enjoyed it. Students were more aware of their friends - 5 Stars

Kim was excellent with the students and held their interest throughout - excellent feedback from both students and staff.

As always, Alan engages our students from beginning to end and the students are keen to try out the new techniques they have been taught.

The sessions were motivating and Alan is a very engaging presenter. The students came away with useful revision strategies which will help them prepare for their upcoming mock exams.

Kim delivered Super Speedy Study Skills to Year 10 and it was great to see the students enthused and engaged. It was perfectly pitched as they approach their first set of GCSE mock exams and we're pleased to have 2 further sessions booked in for the cohort in Year 11 to support them and to strengthen resilience for revision and exams. Student feedback has been excellent. - 5 Stars

We’ve worked with Positively You for the past four years, and they’ve very much become our go-to company for Study Skills support. The Super Speed Study Skills session with Year 10 was excellent, the content is always high quality, and the presenters engage really well with students. We’re already looking forward to welcoming you back in September for Part 2!

Alan was enthusiastic and entertaining. The study methods he explained were relevant and memorable. In the lesson following the session, students spoke about how the study techniques they had learned could be applied to their geography work.

Really happy with the service provided. Good presenters who get the key messages to students - 5 Stars

Students came away from the workshops feeling more confident about revision and exams in general! After having our Positively you “super speedy study skills” students feel more confident about how to revise and are equipped with different techniques! Jay made the session interesting and engaging throughout. The resources were also brilliant so that students could take these away and remind themselves of the techniques they had learnt. Thanks for another year of wonderful workshops! Ridgeway Academy!

A fantastic experience for the year group, focusing them on their presentation skills for interviews.

The session was really engaging and the students were so enthusiastic about the quality of the workshop - 5 Stars

The workshops are very engaging. Year 11 students have been talking more in tutor time about how to revise and how to make revision timetables. 5 Stars

Very valuable advice presented in a professional manner.

This was a great session, students got a lot out of it. They left feeling confident and supported - 5 Stars

Alan was excellent. He has a great stage presence and engaged the audience. The pupils enjoyed the activities and liked participating. It was nice that Year 7 and 8 focussed on doing one thing (mindmapping) well. Our pupil voice has shown 93% enjoyed the workshops and 85% felt they were able to walk away with 3 golden nuggets - 5 Stars

Natalie has provided extremely valuable pupil and parent resilience workshops. Both were extremely engaging with lots of practical ideas - 5 Stars

Students, especially year 11, appear to be more focused and considering the best ways for them to study and revise. Positively You deliver engaging and interactive workshops that our students genuinely enjoy. The sessions are dynamic, full of energy, and designed to keep students actively involved from start to finish. What makes them stand out is the simplicity and effectiveness of the techniques shared - students leave with practical strategies they can immediately apply to improve their learning and mindset. These workshops have now had a real impact on motivation and confidence across our school for a number of years and we always look forward to inviting Positively You back into our school.

The event was well run, engaging and insightful. From initial booking to the end of the event all the positively you staff where incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. Thank you for a great event. 5 Stars

I cannot recommend Positively You's Exam Busters session enough. Their approach is engaging and supportive. Any schools looking to improve their grades and reduce stress needs to work with them. This is a great opportunity for students to reflect on their study habits and begin making the necessary changes to achieve their best.

Alan is such a fabulous presenter. He is engaging, charismatic and extremely knowledgeable. He makes all the revision techniques just seem so 'doable' which is vital when trying to engage and encourage Year 11 students. Thank you Alan. - 5 Stars

Natalie was an excellent presenter and the students really engaged with the session and many said it was their favourite of the entire induction process. It is a pleasure to work with Positively You! - 5 Stars

The resilience session was the perfect way to finish a progressive project we delivered to 2 schools. The skills and techniques tied in really nicely to our aims for the project. Following the session, I felt confident that the students could employ the techniques in their everyday lives. Thanks for a brilliant session. - 5 Stars

Kim's Pathway to HE session was brilliant and allowed the students to develop a toolkit of skills which will help them thrive in the classroom and beyond. It was the perfect chance to get an outside voice to encourage students to put their energy into the right places. The skills and techniques tied in really nicely to our aims for the project. Following the session, I felt confident that the students could employ the techniques in their everyday lives. Thanks for a brilliant session. - 5 Stars

Alan is so engaging and inspires the students to see how the brain works to revise best. He delivers the workshops with such lovely humour it helps the students and staff to feel relaxed and listen. Staff absolutely love attending the workshops with the students to gain inspiration themselves. - 5 stars

Natalie was amazing, engaged our most challenging students and delivered a fun and effective session. 5 Stars

We received some brilliant workshops from Positively You on our drop down day. They were extremely engaging, the students found them very useful and the presenter was great. Very useful sessions to help our students with their resilience but also to think about their future.

Brilliant workshop for the students, they will take a lot from this in terms of what can help them with their revision for the exams. Presenter was entertaining and funny, helping to engage students. Made it personable for them and kept them engaged the whole time.

Positively You have been a little gem to find in the educational world. The organisation and friendliness of all the staff are fantastic. The presenters are so enthusiastic, and they convey this to the students and the staff. Staff that sat in on the sessions went on to use the ideas in their own classroom as they enjoyed it so much. Students could not wait to have them back in - for Year 11s to say this is something. Thank you so much to you all.

Kim was fantastic and really engaged our students. The sessions were really useful and informative and I was impressed by how much was covered in a short space of time. Thank you for delivering such really helpful workshops.

Natalie's enthusiasm is so refreshing, she is really engaging and our students really benefitted from the session, introducing new strategies to help them with their exams.

Thank you to Jay for his workshops today - he was engaging, knowledgeable, and relatable, and we have already had positive feedback from students.

It was an absolutely amazing experience for staff and students. Students came out feeling like they knew practical ways to revise. Staff left the session feeling enthused about their teaching. Alan was an amazing presenter.

The Year 10s received a fantastic opportunity to experience a session with Positively You, who are experts in study skills, revision techniques and building exam confidence. The Super Speed Study Skills sessions were a great success with two form groups per session attending a 1-hour interactive workshop. The Year 10s showed great maturity and were really engaged for each session. The organisers and our Headteacher reported that the Year 10s were really impressive. The session was organised at a really good time in the year as the Year 10s will be able to put their new skills into practice along side our Marriotts 4-step revision process in time for the upcoming mock exam window.

Positively You visited us yesterday and Alan’s session with our Year 7 students was transformative. Through his engaging workshop, which focused on fostering academic resilience, he help to empower our young learners with invaluable tools to navigate challenges and setbacks with confidence and perseverance. The interactive session not only equipped students with essential skills but also instilled a resilient mindset that will serve them well beyond the classroom.

The workshops were very engaging and pupils really enjoyed the practical tips, thank you! - 5 Stars

Everything about the day was super. Alan was personable and, despite a sore throat, delivered the material with energy and enthusiasm. He engaged with the pupils brilliantly and they all got a huge amount out of the day. Many of the pupils have commented to me about how valuable they thought the day was. Thank you.

Kim's energy was infectious. Year 12 students responded very well to the Resilience workshop activities and both its reflective and interactive elements! Year 13 students found key elements of the Wellbeing workshop useful and appreciated the opportunity to talk about mental health.

A really good session. We will be asking the students to put into practice what they were taught over the coming weeks and I am sure it will give them inspiration for their revision.

Kim was an excellent presenter, the students listened attentively to her as she was full of energy and enthusiasm. The students could rapidly see the impact that the revision techniques introduced could have, which got their buy-in for the activities. All students left with a new technique that they could apply to their studies- thank you!

The presenter was really enthusiastic and delivered a great presentation that the students found very informative and useful. The content that was covered was invaluable at this stage of the academic year and where they are with their learning.

The Super Speed Study Skills workshop was engaging, energetic and most importantly, inspiring. The students, and our teachers, witnessed first hand the impact an effective study strategy can have on their memory and how it can raise student attainment. I look forward to working with Positively You in the future.

The presenter was excellent and teachers that were present all commented on this. Kim got the students engaged and involved. The workshops all received positive comments.

We had the pleasure of the Exam Busters session led by Jay. In just a few hours, he transformed the students' approach to studying and understanding complex topics. His insightful strategies and personalised guidance equipped them with the tools to tackle challenging exam questions with confidence. Not only did he impart valuable knowledge, his encouragement also boosted student morale.

Excellent energy from Kim who engaged the students well. Some great techniques to support their studies and ability to recall key information - 5 stars!

The sessions delivered were extremely helpful. Students found the session very interactive and engaging and were able to demonstrate a range of knowledge and skills developed as a result of the training.

It was a really purposeful session, which the students got a lot out of. It has provided them with tools to help them prepare for their upcoming mock exams - 5 stars!

Natalie had fantastic energy and was great at engaging our Year 11 students. The techniques she showcased could make a real difference to the students' ability to remember, recall and revise key information.

Natalie did an amazing job keeping our Year 10s on task, focused and motivated. They really engaged with the different activities during the session. Thank you so much!

Really enjoyed the sessions - staff and pupils had much to take away from it. Jay was excellent in his engagement, both in his delivery and his 'behaviour management/ setting standards'.

Rohan took our session supported by Jay. This was a fantastic session. Rohan captured the minds of our Year 10s as he is very relatable. It would be great to have the online sessions so that form tutors could continue the conversations with the lead up to mocks end of June. The strategies that were used through the session proved to work with our students. The engagement from the Year 10s was very impressive.

I just wanted to say thank you for your delivery over the last 2 days, it has been great. The schools and students really enjoyed your Future You and Making Informed Decisions sessions. It was great watching your sessions too and meeting you both.

The Goal Setting, Resilience and Future You sessions were thoroughly enjoyable. Perfectly pitched for their targeted audience and expertly delivered by Alan from Positively You. We have already enquired about further support next year.

Thank you for the sessions you delivered to our students, the advice offered was unique and valuable and has been well received by our students. The presenter was really engaging and the students really appreciated this. The feedback from students was really positive and I think the sessions were really well put together and aimed perfectly at our students.

As always, Matt was an outstanding presenter. His humour and expertise helps make the sessions extremely engaging. The students spoke incredibly highly of him, especially some our less motivated students. A brilliant experience that students and staff enjoyed.

The pupils were really engaged throughout the session. The workshop was pitched just right, with a good mix of humour to break the ice, information to ensure the pupils knew the seriousness of the approaching exams.

There was very little we could improve about the event - students even commented that they wish they had received it earlier! Kim was great at using praise and mentioned that our students paid attention and engaged well. She dealt with their exam fears and included tasks to calm their nerves. The tasks were interactive and hands-on.

It was wonderful to have Natalie. She was extremely enthusiastic about revision and making it successful. She provided lots of different strategies for the students and got involved with the groups as they were working.

The students enjoyed the mind mapping exercise and discovered some excellent tips for revision and the transition from GCSEs to A-Levels. The workshop was well-paced with the right amount of breaks to retain their attention. The presenter was highly energetic and knowledgeable.

The Resilience workshop that Positively You delivered was targeted towards a small group of students who specifically needed support. The presenter, Jay, interacted personally with the students and was able to have actual conversations with them, which was great. The workshop was really engaging and will help students make changes that will impact their approach to their upcoming exams.

Natalie was an engaging and dynamic presenter. The workshop was full of variety, not just talking and Natalie even included several personal stories to help relate to the pupils. We would absolutely book more Positively You workshops in the future.

A well presented workshop - Jay thoroughly engaged with our diverse range of students. Parents also really enjoyed the Twilight Session and felt that it gave them a lot of ideas to help them support their children.  

Our students took part in the Resilience workshop and the event was a great success! Natalie was friendly and had a really positive energy about her. "Really great workshop, full of skills for life."

Dave and Matt delivered the Super Speed Study Skills workshop to our students. The event was super engaging and the presenters showed a lot of energy and personality. This workshop was a fantastic way to engage with the students outside the classroom environment. We have already booked more workshops for next year - 5 stars.

The session was so useful and is already transforming our student's revision. David, the presenter, was AWESOME! The students lifted what they had learnt and put it into their lessons that very day. David was so engaging as a presenter and we would definitely be interested in looking at more workshops in the future.

Dave from Positively You presented Exam Busters and Mastering Student Motivation at our Sixth Form. He was knowledgeable and enthusiastic and really won over our reluctant Year 12 and 13 students. Based on the success of these workshops, we would be very interested in working with Positively You again in the future - 5 stars. "These workshops gave our students the confidence and skills to revise more effectively and reignited their spark for learning."

Our students took the Exam Busters workshop and loved it! Alan proved to be a strong leader and was very engaging and dynamic, 5 stars! "Excellent programme"

4 stars for Alan who was confident, engaging and interesting presenting our Exam Busters workshop. Students were engaged and content was good. Parental event was well received, 4 stars for our event. "Positively You provided an excellent Exam Busters workshop that had students engaged and provided them with practical tips on how to improve in the forthcoming challenges."

Matt presented the Mastering Student Motivation workshop with, 'how good is your memory' and the students were motivated to take responsibility for their own future. Mat was friendly, motivated and was an excellent presenter, 4 stars for the event.

Kim and Matt presented our Exam busters workshop. A 5 star event, we enjoyed everything about it!  They were outgoing, funny and excellent. The event was, "wonderfully engaging, exciting and inspirational. The students were all buzzing!"

5 stars to Kim for our Exam busters, Creative approaches to learning and Super speed study skills workshops. They were engaging, exciting and informative. Pitched perfectly to the audience attending. Our workshops were pitched perfectly for the audience attending. It really got our students thinking about different techniques and approaches to mastering their memory and developing their Study Skills.

Natalie and Dave presented our Exam busters, Wellbeing and Parent twilight sessions.  They were dynamic, engaging and relatable; 5 stars. "Thank you so much for conducting the workshops last week! We have had some really positive response from students, parents and staff. They seemed to really enjoy being able to take some dedicated time to consider the skills they'll need to revise well. Your time is much appreciated. The formatting and layout of the day was really good too. It felt seamless and the students really benefitted from how well you structured it. They also found you both really engaging." Engagement was brilliant. Students really resonated with a lot of the anecdotes and methods used to engage them. We rate the event - 5 stars. "Positively You are an excellent team. From the initial discussion to the event itself, it is a slick operation with children's development at its core. Our students were lucky to experience the Exam Busters workshop and the Wellbeing Workshop and have taken away many useful techniques, strategies and ideas in the run up to their exams."

5 stars for Kim! She was very warm and friendly and made the Resilience session very enjoyable. She was effective, a positive role model and friendly. "Thank you for the session."  5 stars for the event!

I really enjoyed the Resilience session by Kim, lots of useful tips and strategies for everyone! I've already had many staff ask if we can get you in to talk to our GCSE students, which I think would be a fab idea! Hopefully I will in touch very soon.

"Kim was a great presenter very animated something I think is important for a virtual webinar as it help to keep students engaged." She was fun, informative and engaging presenting our Exam Busters workshop; 5 stars.

Great feedback for Jay after presenting Exam busters, "The students got some great techniques to take away for their exams". 4 stars for Jay as he was, "understanding, clear in the skills and knowledgable".  "Students left some positive feedback about the workshop. A few comments said the course could have been shorter as a lot of talking at them from the course leader. The Exam skills given where a great way of studying more efficient and applying the skills for their exams."

Dave delivered our Exam busters workshop, it was engaging, informative and clear - 4 stars! "An excellent workshop delivered with pace and passion."  

Natalie presented our Exam busters & Super speed study skills workshops, "It was engaging and lively with staggered breaks for them to absorb info". 5 stars - "Highly recommend, students fully engaged in the material & high energy."

Matt delivered our Exam busters workshop with fun and energy. He was very helpful; 5 stars! Matt was charismatic, knowledgeable and patient.  "Kids got a great deal out of this session and came out ready to get organised. The presenter was funny and understood the pupils keeping them motivated throughout the sessions."  "Amazing beneficial workshop."

Dave presented our Mastering student motivation workshop, it was interactive & relevant; 5 stars!

5 stars for Natalie! Fun, relevant, engaging, interactive, useful Creative approaches to learning workshop. An inspirational 2 days for staff and children. Natalie brought creative approaches to learning alive and we will be continuing to use these to help our children learn. Highly recommend.

Kim presented Making Informed Decisions, she was very engaging and the content was great for the session that I had in mind - I also incorporated post-16 options. Positively You provided a professional service during the booking stages of the activity. Kim, our presenter, was both engaging and informative, providing a mix of content and time for the students to interact with the session.

Kim, Natalie and Gareth were interesting, relevant and engaging delivering Exam busters, Bridging the gap and Resilience - 4 stars! The students appreciated the input and activities. The staff were upbeat, positive, flexible on timings as needed and very professional. "We organised a big event for a group of school sixth forms. Positively You staff supported the event really well and made the process much easier to manage. They were engaging and flexible in approach which supported the staff as well as the students who really enjoyed their sessions."  

Students were given a range of tools and strategies for meeting the greater demands on sixth form in the Bridging the Gap workshop. Matt made the session fun and engaging and took the time to spend extra time with some students at the end of our workshop to show and teach them some magic tricks! Matt has great presenting style and his personality is engaging. I would recommend Matt and wouldn't hesitate to book him again for the same session next year. 10/10

The Exam busters sessions were excellent and the students benefitted tremendously. Jay was so engaging and so easy to work with and very accommodating. 10/10 as always!

Jay was engaging, creative with his choice of anecdotes and examples and clear. Yes- hugely. On Tuesday morning, many approached me to tell me that they found the sessions really useful and had helped them to organise their revision. It was perfect timing for the year group. 10/10- Jay was one of the best presenters we have had! Jay- personable, hooked the audience, set the expectations at the start- clarity of the students' role as audience. Practical nature of revision strategies.Seeing how useful the students found it and how practical the revision strategies were was amazing!

Session 1 (Exam Busters): There were clear messages. It gave students clear examples of what they can do to support themselves with revision. Session 2 (Super Speed Study Skills): Ideal for year 10, good focus on what they need to do to be successful Timing went well. Just under 2 hours was perfect time. Delivery was very good, very engaging and appropriately pitched. 10/10

Fast paced and informative, Natalie has so much energy making the workshops fun and keeping the students engaged. 10/10

Wonderful ideas, good opportunities to explore strategies and time to consider application to our own practice. Kim has excellent energy, a brilliant focus on outcomes and she supported all the staff to consider how to embed improving memory into lessons.

Very well organised and delivered. Natalie was positive and motivational. Thank you Natalie for your time in advance of the session, discussing what I required from the sessions. The sessions went really well and the students found it useful. 10/10

Interactive session that got parents thinking 10/10

The workshop offer valuable exam revision techniques to students as well as an opportunity for students to self-reflect.

Very informative and you were able to hold the students for long periods of time by breaking up the information. Students also enjoyed the tips and methods to help them learn and remember / recall. Parents were pleased and we received emails to say how happy they were that staff we bringing this information to use in the class room to help their children. 9/10

Shenaz was engaging, non-stop, pacey and really bought into what our students needed. She was very impressive indeed. The principles of developing greater resilience for our students was well presented. 10/10

Jay was excellent and there were some very positive messages; ideal for the first day of term for the new Year 12 students

We were very pleased with the event and we felt that our students did benefit from this.

Rip Roaring Resits: I thought the workshops were excellent and both Kim and Natalie were brilliant – they helped to inspire students to achieve their best and gave them very useful techniques for learning and remembering. Feedback from the teachers has been extremely positive, with some staying behind after the class to personally say thank you. Other teachers have said they will continue to use the skills taught and many students took screenshots of different slides for their own reference moving forward. As always, I thought the workshops were extremely valuable and Kim and Natalie were both a delight to have in college. Their positive attitude shined through in their workshops and feedback has been extremely positive by both students and staff! Thank you!

I am confident students can revise for their upcoming exams using some of the techniques shown. Time management was great

Natalie’s delivery was excellent. She was passionate and engaging and the students got a lot from the sessions. Natalie was well organised and well planned and the day ran very smoothly.

Thought very good and targeted at the right level and subject specific which was good to see. This enabled the methods delivered in the original course to be revisited and used with subject specific relevant information. Very good. Kim was great lots of energy and very inspiring. Always a good feel to the MAD sessions. 10/10

The workshop was well conducted. Students were very positive about the workshop and engaged throughout. We will be booking again for next year. 10/10

The workshop information was useful and interesting. I thought the interactive aspects were great. The presenter was engaging. The memory game was interesting. The students said they would use the information gathered to use for revision purposes.

I have copied and pasted the survey from my year 11 cohort and summarised the main comments made. 1. Did you enjoy the workshop? Yes – engaging, yes – he had good energy levels and kept everyone focussed, yes – good tactics to help you stick stuff in your brain 2. Did you feel like you benefitted from this? Yes – good revision tactics, gave a different style that maybe haven’t seen before, lots of easy tips and tricks. 3. How did you rate the presenter? All liked him – energetic, engaging, enthusiastic, efficient, got to the point in the small amount of time he had (this was due to our school timings and not any problems with positively mad) 4. Would you recommend this to other students? Yes Many staff commented that he allowed the students to be very proactive and didn’t let them switch off/mind wander. He earned their respect early on. Allowing them to have 5 minute brain breaks helped too and they cooperated with him every time. The mad pads allowed students to make the necessary notes they needed. Everything went smoothly and he was well liked. Thank you!

Students found it informative and beneficial, it was delivered well with a clear message. On time, arrival set up easy and engaged the students

As always, brilliant! Students were engaged and found it useful. Superbly run as always.

Very good workshops, presenter (Natalie) interacted well with the pupils. The day went very well, thought the pupils took a lot from the day and hopefully remember a lot of the techniques used

It was indeed interactive and as well as informative. As a school we are always trying new things and one of our key focuses is to work more with parents. The session Kim delivered certainly helped us make that connection we were hoping. WE are going to try to continue this type of support for parents to support their child. Really positive and still testing students on their knowledge on Marco Polo and the elements of the periodic table. Kim was friendly, easy to talk to and nothing was ever a problem. She was indeed MAD – top session

Excellent activities for bridging the gap between GCSE and Sixth Form. Smooth, slick and very professional. 10/10

Very enthusiastic presenter meant students remained energised throughout. Very good; we would definitely have you back

Really interesting - it was great to have such a wide range of ideas. Very well organised and delivered.

The day was really informative and engaging. Staff feedback is overwhelmingly positive with everyone taking away action points and ideas to carry out both within their classroom and personally. Natalie’s presentation style was a good mix of seriousness balanced with upbeat, informal anecdotes and great ideas. The information within the course made us think more deeply about our own mental health and well being as well as the impact on, and signs for, young people’s mental health. Many staff have already implemented some of the ideas with their classes.

It was brilliant that it gave students so many practical tips for revision. Kim was really engaging and it was nice that she gave examples of how the techniques worked such as the mind map and using objects around the room. The students have commented how useful it was and we’re looking forward to working with you again.

Natalie was lively and engaging, staff and students really enjoyed the literacy session. They learnt plenty of skills for improving literacy, planning, and comprehension. Definitely beneficial for our target students.

Kim was fantastic and controlled the room really well. The content was well structured and covered the areas that we had been focusing on during the term and therefore reinforced the message.

The worksheets, resources and tasks provided to the students were very useful and will form a part of our tutorial programme moving forward. Jay was energetic, enthusiastic and pitched his presentation at the correct level for our students. He gave the students breaks when appropriate and struck a good balance between student led work and more directed work.

Superb as always, students felt very positive about the course and application. Kim’s enthusiasm was infectious and students thought her message was very powerful. The day was excellent. We have had several parents feedback how great they thought the twilight session was.

Students found the skills and tips useful and the presentation engaging. The session was received as positive and a motivating 'welcome back' start to the new year.

Both courses were very intensive, detailed with lots of good strategies to help combat anxiety, develop resilience and to introduce different methods of revising. 2 very good enjoyable sessions. The Upper 6 in particular enjoyed Rachel’s workshop and felt she communicated very well with the girls

Enthusiastic presenter - helpful for research.

The course content was very good, relative for the year 11 students.

I felt that the course was well pitched between activities and lecture speaking. Practical strategies were given that have enabled students to extend their repertoire of study skills. Rachel was great in adapting to our timing constraints and she was extremely professional throughout.

Excellent- the course really delivered what we were looking for. Resources were very good as was the presenter. The students were very engaged and enjoyed the whole course. Many commented that they had gotten a lot from the material they looked at and were hoping that it will help them with their exams.

The bridging the gap course was extremely engaging and useful for the students. It had a good balance of interaction and theory. Really positive feedback from the students. Rachel was excellent, very engaging and well planned for the day. I would highly recommend her as a presenter.

The course content was great. I was really impressed at how the students were able to use the information given to them at the beginning and then recall it all several hours later. The skills taught will prove very beneficial to our students and also to staff in school, skills we can build on in the weeks to come. There was a lot of information delivered over the course of the day but not too much for the students to take it all in. Jay, our presenter, was excellent. He quickly got the measure of our students and identified and built relationships with the few who may have become disengaged with the seminar. He was lively and entertaining – all the students are talking about him today. A great session overall, thanks very much!

We had an incredibly productive day when 'Positively Mad' spent presented to our Year 7. Shenaz was engaging and professional with the youngsters whilst instilling some key memory techniques and mind-mapping skills. The aim was to settle the new pupils into our way of establishing independent learners whilst showing that education is accessible to all. Shenaz was superb at keeping the pace and content relevant to our school. The parents' session was particularly well attended and it gave us the chance to share the experience the children had with their parents. We pride ourselves on strong parental support and were delighted with the way Shenaz presented to them: they were involved in some activities and fully on board with the key messages of home learning and independence. Thanks to 'Positively Mad' and, in particular, to Shenaz for an excellent day. See you again soon.

The Exam Busters course provided some very useful tips on memory and revision techniques. It was interactive to an extent which meant that the majority of students were able to engage.

Jay provided excellent training for our students. Nothing but positive comments so far.

• Students were engaged • Set at right level for most students • Good range of numeracy skills practiced

Our students thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and there were many positive comments. Natalie was positive, engaging and held the students attention very well.

The material was excellent and Rachel was very good. She was punctual and brought all her own equipment. She had a lovely positive manner and the majority of our students engaged with the session and learned from it. The evening session for parents was good too and parents were grateful to have the opportunity to find out what the students had been learning.

It was a very engaging course and the students participated fully. The students thought it was going to be boring and were truly surprised at how much fun it had been. Sophie was excellent with the students. We are now looking at how we can build on the techniques presented to further enhance the students’ performance. Sophie was excellent, turned up on time and was very organized and interacted really well with the students. She took time to talk to form tutors later who had been in the presentation.

Very effective – Year 11 were very positive and some went on to the next lesson using the techniques The explanations struck home with Year11 and they could not believe how much of Mohamed Ali’s life they remembered. Just right with the timing. Brain gym and change of activities kept the interest.

The course was really well structured and allowed students to focus in on clear and simple techniques that they can take away and use in their A Level studies. The Goal Mapping session fitted well with the earlier Bridging the Gap session to provide some excellent ideas to students that they can use. The overall feeling from both students and the staff present was very positive. Rachel was excellent – well prepared, knowledgeable, with a relax, yet purposeful style – an excellent presenter. She was also able to hold the students’ attention for the whole session (no mean feat with 100 students for 4 hours!!).

Thanks for your efforts today - all was well received and I think that it gave the students a number of strategies to consider utilising in the coming months. The pitch and pace were fine so thanks again.

We loved the day. We thought that Jay was very engaging and both students and staff enjoyed the sessions he delivered. We were able to take strategies from the training to support our students and staff have talked passionately about the grid strategy for revision and the mind mapping. As a pastoral team we are going to use the reflective ‘what have I done well this week’ with all of the students.

We were extremely happy with the course content. We have been delivering the induction program ourselves for the past few years and it was very similar but it is all in the delivery. Rachel was superb! She had our students’ full attention and the she got across her messages loud and clear. We are looking in to booking the Exam Busters session for our year 11 students as well as having you back next year to provide the positive and inspirational start to our KS4 students.

Fantastic day, Jay was amazing pupils were buzzing with ideas.

Extremely well organized. Our presenter (Kim) was engaging, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Pitched at a level suitable for both students and parents. Lots of helpful hints and strategies for revision.

Students engaged and the content was well lead. Enjoyed by students and supporting staff thought it was well delivered and shared excellent strategies

The two areas. Study skills and Motivation very relevant topics. The Students really got into the first session on study skills and to some degree the same with Motivation. Natalie was very positive and praised the students for their involvement and enthusiasm throughout the day. A very worthwhile and enjoyable day. Very good indeed, Natalie was excellent

It was a very successful day thank you. Natalie worked very hard and the kids all enjoyed it. More importantly I think they actually picked up some great tips. I know I did.