Our mission and vision
We’re a charity. We give young people the one-to-one tutoring, mentoring and careers guidance that better-off families often pay for, alongside school, so they can reach the goals they set for themselves.
Our mission
We give young people one-to-one tutoring, mentoring and careers guidance alongside school, and help with the cost for families who need it.
Our vision
A country where a young person’s education depends on their effort, not on what their family can afford, who they know or where they live.
What we do
Our name says it: education, mentoring and media.
Education
Structured, curriculum-based one-to-one tutoring, online, from Year 5 to A level.
Mentoring
The relationship between a tutor and a student that goes beyond the syllabus, including careers guidance.
Media
Free revision videos, study resources and NSEMM Advice, for students we can’t reach one to one.
How we got here
NSEMM started in 2020 in a small town in Kent, when Adrian Angol-Henry and Socks Ansell were in sixth form. They couldn’t afford a tutor, so they became one. When they went to university in Nottingham, NSEMM came with them.
- Nov 2020
Revision videos
We needed help to keep up at school and couldn’t afford tutoring, so we started making revision videos. Other students noticed, and it grew from there. In June 2021 we started tutoring as TutorEagle.
- Sep 2021
A small company
It was always meant to be a charity, but we didn’t know how to set one up. So we registered Tutor Eagle Limited and ran it as a small company that put every penny back into lessons.
- Jun 2022
On BBC Radio
We talked about our work on BBC Radio, which helped more families hear about affordable tutoring.
- Feb 2023
University of Nottingham
We met deans of medicine and a head of school at the University of Nottingham to talk about educational inequality.
- Apr 2023
Becoming NSEMM
We became the National Society for Education, Mentoring and Media, to cover mentoring and media as well as tutoring.
- Oct 2023
Meeting Lilian Greenwood
We met Rt Hon Lilian Greenwood to talk about educational inequality.
- Feb 2024
First school workshop
We ran our first workshop in a school, at Skinners Kent Academy, and started working with schools directly.
- Jun 2024
Disability Confident
We signed up to Disability Confident at level 1 (Committed).
- Aug 2024
A registered charity
When we found out we could get free legal advice, we set NSEMM up properly as a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO).
- Jan 2025
Library tutoring
We started free tutoring sessions in Nottingham libraries with Nottingham City Council. In July we launched our own website, built by our team. Library tutoring is now paused while we look for new funding and volunteers.
We’re a charity, so everything we raise goes back into our work. Gifts to our Community Education Fund pay only for lessons.
Our goal for 2026/27
We aim to reach more young people in England and Wales by training a network of mentors to run information, advice and guidance workshops in communities.
Run by students
Most of our tutors are university students who sat GCSEs and A levels recently. They know which topics students find hard and how to tackle them.
We started NSEMM as students ourselves, and most of our trustees are, or were recently, students.
Our charitable objects
We’re a charitable incorporated organisation, registered in England and Wales, number 1209673. Our objects are set out in our constitution and on the Charity Commission register. These are the kinds of work they allow.
Educational services
Online one-to-one tutoring from Year 5 to A level, mentoring and careers advice.
Community outreach
Academic and arts education in schools, libraries and community centres.
Performing arts, music and culture
Music and drama lessons, performances, recording sessions, cultural events and creative workshops.
Results support
Advice on exam results, clearing and university applications.
Want to help?
Apply for lessons, or join our team.