First-principles walkthroughs, interactive labs, live sessions, exam-style drilling and AI marking, with a real person watching your child's progress. It starts with a free one-to-one session, so you know exactly where the marks are slipping before you spend a penny.
The free session includes
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Capable students rarely lose the A* on ability. They lose it on support that isn't there when it matters. Here's how the options stack up.
| Compared on | 1:1 Tutoring | Revision Sites | A* Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live teaching | ~1 hour a week | βPre-recorded videos only | βTwo live sessions every week |
| Stuck at 10pm? | βWait for next lesson | βAI chatbot only | βPersonalised video answers: AI efficiency and human support |
| Marking & feedback | ~Next lesson, if set | βSelf-marking with mark schemes | βInstant AI marking, every attempt |
| Accountability & parent visibility | ~Occasional updates | βNone | βWeekly parent updates, with compulsory tests coming soon |
Students came out of Edexcel A-Level Maths Paper 1 this summer saying it looked nothing like the past papers they'd trained on. Within days, an online petition demanding a fair review had passed 20,000 signatures.
Around 15,000 people signed within the first 24 hours, and the exams regulator Ofqual said it would be watching closely how the paper was marked.
Grade boundaries shift to absorb a brutal paper, but in the exam hall what separated students wasn't what they'd memorised. It was whether they could stay calm on questions that looked nothing like the textbook. That skill is trainable: first-principles understanding, plus regular practice on unfamiliar, exam-style problems. It's exactly what this system builds, and the free session shows you where your child stands on it today.
Based on public reporting (Tes and others, June 2026) and the public Change.org petition. A* Machine is not affiliated with the petition or its organisers.
Six parts, one system. The free session is part one.
The free 1:1 session: we go through your child's recent work together and find exactly where marks are leaking, whether that's gaps, technique, or timing, then agree the plan. You're in the room, hearing it first-hand.
Walkthrough videos and interactive labs teach the why before the what, mapped line-by-line to the exam specification. Nothing off-syllabus, nothing assumed.
Timed drilling on fresh exam-style questions, with AI marking on every attempt. Errors get fixed while the concept is fresh, not carried silently into the next topic.
Two live group sessions every week with qualified tutors: working through exam sets, taking questions in real time, and keeping momentum up between tests. Every session is recorded if your child can't make one.
Regular parent updates on real progress: what your child worked on, where marks are moving, and what's next. Compulsory marked tests are coming soon, adding a formal checkpoint on top of the weekly communication.
Personalised video answers, a student community, and a direct line to me. Questions get solved when they happen, not saved up for next week's lesson.
We teach the why before the what: walkthrough videos build each idea from first principles, interactive labs let students drive it themselves, and exam-style drilling locks it in, with a real person guiding them the whole way.
No sales call, no four-figure programme. After the free session and the 7-day trial, the platform is one flat monthly price, and you know it before you book.
Risk-free: free 1:1 session, then a 7-day free trial set up on the call. After that, a 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee: change your mind within 30 days of your first payment and every penny comes back. No questions, no conditions.
Hi, I'm Nick, founder of A* Machine. During my own A-Levels I kept hitting walls no textbook or weekly tutor could get me through: stuck on a past paper at 10pm with nowhere to turn, grinding material that never came up in the exam.
I went on to graduate with a BSc in Applied Mathematics, but that frustration stayed with me. A* Machine is the platform I wish I'd had: laser-focused on what actually shows up in A-Level papers, and there the moment you're stuck.
It's a relaxed 30–40 minutes on a video call, with your child there and you welcome to sit in. We go through recent work and mocks, pinpoint exactly where marks are being lost (knowledge, technique, or timing), and agree a plan for the months ahead. At the end we set up their 7-day full platform trial together, so day one is already structured. No pressure, and if it's not a fit the plan is yours to keep.
Before results force the issue. If your child's next mock were their final grade, would you be comfortable with it? Starting early means gaps get fixed while there's still time for the fix to compound. Starting after disappointing results means doing the same work with less time and less confidence.
Mocks don't create problems; they expose problems that already exist. Waiting just means discovering them with less runway. Students who start before mocks walk in calmer, and treat the result as feedback rather than a verdict.
A tutor is one reactive hour a week: whatever your child happens to be stuck on that day. This is a system for the whole week, with structured walkthroughs and interactive labs, timed exam-style drilling with instant AI marking, and a real person to ask the moment they're stuck. The free session will show you the difference concretely, on your child's own work.
Right now we teach Edexcel and IAL (UK 9MA0 and 8MA0, and International WMA01), with the other boards on the roadmap. If your child sits a different board, mention it when you book and we'll be straight with you about whether it's the right fit yet.
The membership is $20/mo (about Β£15, charged in USD by Skool) for the founding cohort of 5, and the first of those memberships has already been taken. The price holds for the last 4 who join; after that, it rises. Cancel anytime, and there's a 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee: change your mind within 30 days of your first payment and you get every penny back, no questions asked. The free session costs nothing, and the trial is set up together on the call, so you only pay if you stay past the free week.
Most students settle around 3–5 focused hours a week alongside school. Because everything maps to the syllabus, none of it is wasted motion; it usually replaces less effective revision time rather than adding to the load.
You'll see it rather than sense it: parent updates on real exam-style marks, and a direct line to me whenever you have a question. No waiting for parents' evening to find out where things stand.
The pressure already exists. It comes from the exam date and from not knowing what to do about it. Structure is what removes it. When each week has a clear plan and marks start moving, stress goes down. That's the most consistent thing students tell us.
Of course. The platform and community are open directly: start your 7-day free trial here. The session is there if you want a personal plan first; most students find it worth the forty minutes.
Book the free 1:1 session: a diagnosis of where the marks are going, a plan to get them back, and a week inside the platform to see it working. If it's not for your child, you've lost forty minutes and gained a plan.
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