Private tutoring, academic mentorship and university admissions strategy for ambitious students and families worldwide. More than three decades of teaching have shaped an approach that is diagnostic, exacting and intensely personal.
The process begins with a paid consultation. Its purpose is to understand the student properly, identify the academic or strategic issues, and determine whether I am the right person to help. Parents are then given a clear view of priorities, recommended next steps, and the likely structure of any ongoing support.
AGF is deliberately boutique. I work with a limited number of students and families, combining subject teaching with academic judgement, long-term strategy and admissions experience.
One-to-one online tutoring with a strong emphasis on diagnosis: identifying exactly where understanding breaks down, rebuilding from first principles, and converting clarity into performance.
End-to-end strategic support for applications to leading universities in the United Kingdom, United States and Europe, with each application shaped around the student's academic profile and ambitions.
Focused preparation for demanding tests, combining content knowledge with reasoning, timing, written precision and the ability to perform under pressure.
Broader educational strategy for families who need help making difficult choices: scholarships, academic positioning, curriculum planning and longer-term pathways.
A clear view of where a student stands, what needs to change, and how to plan intelligently rather than reactively.
Difficult material explained properly, followed by the practice needed to make understanding durable under pressure.
Course selection, essays, testing, interviews and positioning brought together as one process rather than a series of disconnected tasks.
My work over the past thirty years has centred on a single question: how students come to understand difficult ideas clearly, and how that clarity translates into performance under examination conditions.
My academic background combines the sciences with a longstanding interest in language, cognition and the way people learn. That combination has shaped a method that is both analytical and diagnostic: I am interested not merely in what a student gets wrong, but in where understanding first begins to slip.
Most academic difficulty does not arise from lack of ability. It arises from confusion left unresolved — often small at first, but increasingly costly under pressure. My work is to identify those points of divergence, rebuild understanding from first principles, and translate that understanding into precise, confident performance.
The aim is not simply higher grades, though grades matter. It is the development of a more stable and exact way of thinking. That is why my work frequently extends beyond a single subject into academic mentoring, university choices, applications and longer-term educational strategy.
The method is simple in outline but exacting in practice. The visible mistake is often only the last link in a much longer chain.
Find where understanding first breaks down, not simply where the final answer goes wrong.
Restore the concept from first principles, using intuition before procedure.
Introduce exact language, formal structure and disciplined written expression.
Use carefully chosen questions to establish whether the idea is genuinely secure.
Move from competence to mastery, particularly with unfamiliar questions and pressure.
A-Level, IAL, IB, GCSE, IGCSE, AP Calculus, SAT and ACT mathematics.
A-Level, IAL, IB, GCSE, IGCSE and AP Physics, with emphasis on reasoning and exam precision.
A-Level, IAL, IB, GCSE, IGCSE and AP Chemistry, from fundamentals to advanced exam practice.
SAT, ACT, LNAT, UCAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL and interview preparation.
The AI Study Companion remains part of AGF, but as a supporting tool: something students can use between live sessions for explanations, quizzes and revision grounded in AGF material. It is free for up to three enquiries, and available without charge to all students who work directly with Alastair.
The companion is designed to extend the same diagnostic approach beyond the live session. It can help a student clarify a concept, practise exam-style questions, identify a weak step and return to the relevant notes. All students who work directly with Alastair have full access at no additional charge.
Every new engagement begins with a one-hour paid consultation with Alastair Fisher. This is a substantive academic and strategic assessment: we review the student’s current position, objectives, relevant school or examination context, and the most appropriate form of support.
Private tutoring and admissions work are deliberately limited in capacity. The process begins with a paid consultation, not a sales call. Consultation fee: £200 for one hour. Where appropriate, a longer-term tutoring, mentoring or admissions programme can then be proposed.
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