The smartest way
to study

A human tutor is only available for one or two hours a week at fixed times, and they cost upwards of £50 an hour. Director of Studies is available every evening, never cancels, adapts to your child's specific strengths and weaknesses, and gets more effective the more it's used. It gives every student affordable access to world-class private tuition.

The AI tutoring is a live voice conversation — your tutor asks questions, listens to your answers, and adapts in real time using the Socratic method. The study guides are structured audio lessons on specific texts and topics that you can listen to at your own pace. Both are built for GCSE and A-Level humanities and work best together.

Yes — intro lessons for every text are completely free to access with a free account. The full audio library (in-depth character, theme, context and exam technique lessons) unlocks with a paid subscription, which also gives you access to the AI tutoring.

We currently support AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CIE, CCEA, and SQA across 22 different subjects. Content is built directly from the official exam board specifications.

Yes — Director of Studies is built and tailored for both GCSEs and A Levels, with content and exam prep guidance integrated directly from the specification, past papers, and examiner reports.

Yes. We are fully GDPR compliant. We never share student data with third parties. You can request full account deletion at any time.

Director of Studies was founded by the studysesh team. David is a Bye-Fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, having previously studied at the University of Oxford. Erin is a learning science communicator and content creator at the University of Cambridge, helping almost half a million students learn more effectively.
We believe that the future of learning is Socratic, and that high-quality, personalised education should be accessible to every student.