For parents choosing UK universities

Stop second-guessing the university shortlist.

Answer a short set of questions and get a personalised, evidence-based verdict on your child’s options, built from real admissions data rather than opinion. Your child’s five, tiered for free, and a full sample report, before you pay anything.

Free snapshot first. No payment details, no subscription.

Beyond the training data

Why this is unlike asking ChatGPT.

I asked a leading AI chatbot for the offer rates on a classic Economics shortlist, then checked the same five courses against the course-level admissions dataset the reports are built on. It was confidently wrong on four of the five, in both directions. A general AI recalls; EduStrategy looks it up.

Economics atAI chatbot, from memoryThe real offer rateWhat that gets wrong
LSEaround 11%15%Close. The one course everyone knows.
Warwickaround 25%57%Reads as a long shot. It is a genuine target.
Batharound 30%60%Twice as open as the AI remembers.
Nottinghamaround 70%92%Far more welcoming than remembered.
Leedsaround 75%50%Reads as a banker. It is a coin flip.

A wrong number at either end reshapes the whole shortlist. And a chatbot cannot tell you what successful applicants actually achieved. Warwick publishes A*AA; the grades that most commonly get in are A*A*A*. That gap is in every EduStrategy report.

Chatbot figures are a leading AI model's genuine from-memory answers, recorded July 2026 before the data was checked. Offer rates are historical course-level figures, not personal probabilities.

Three ways in

Start with a sense check, or get the full strategy.

Every tier uses the same signature table and every report is checked and adjusted by me before it’s sent. Start small if you like. Whatever you pay always counts toward the next step up.

Quick reassurance

The Sense Check

£39 one-off

You’ve picked your five, I check them. Against the grades students actually got in with, not the numbers on the website. You’ll know what’s realistic, what’s risky and what I’d change before you apply.

  • Your five checked choice by choice, against the grades students actually got in with
  • 10 courses plus 3 joint swaps, tiered into reach, target and safety
  • Grade scenarios, and which to pick as firm and insurance
  • Delivered within 24 hours, checked and adjusted by me before it's sent
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1-2-1 with Caroline

Strategy Together

£249 report included

The Family Strategy, plus we decide together. Two 30-minute calls, the first makes sure the report knows everything that matters, the second settles the decisions. You finish with choices made, not a document to argue about.

  • Two 30-minute calls with me, a real sit-down, not a form
  • Everything in the Family Strategy report
  • You finish with decisions made, not just a document
  • Delivered within 24 hours, checked and adjusted by me before it's sent
Book Strategy Together

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The three tiers, side by side

What’s in each.

Every tier uses the same signature table, course, tier, typical offer, the grades students actually arrived with and the offer rate. The tiers differ by how much I cover, not by the format.

What’s insideSense Check £39Family Strategy £99Strategy Together £249
Your five, checked choice by choice
Reach, target and safety suggestions10 courses20 courses20 courses
Joint courses worth a look3 courses6 courses6 courses
Grade scenarios, if grades drop
Firm and insurance, which and why
Follow-up questions on screen, before it's written
What you told me, and what changed
My take on your list
Personal statement plan
Supercurriculars plan
Month-by-month plan
Two 30-minute sessions with me
Checked and adjusted by me before it's sent

Payments credit upward, £39 counts toward the £99, the £99 counts toward £249. Nothing is held back from a report to sell you a session.

Start small. Step up when it helps.

You never pay for the same analysis twice and nothing is held back from a report to sell you a session.

1

See where your five land

Answer a short set of questions and get a free snapshot of your shortlist tiered into reach, target and safety, before you pay a penny.

2

See a full sample

Every tier has a full sample report written for a made-up student, so you can see the shape and the voice before you buy.

3

Unlock and I check it

The report is written from your answers and real admissions data, then it sits with me for a final read. Delivered within 24 hours, checked and adjusted by me before it's sent.

4

Never pay twice

Start with the Sense Check and every pound credits toward the Family Strategy. Both credit toward Strategy Together.

Real data. Checked by me.

Every number comes from published entry requirements and historical offer rates. That is evidence, not promises. I read every report myself before it goes out, all tiers, no exceptions.

See where your five land, for free.

A short set of questions, a free snapshot of your child’s shortlist and a full sample report to read. No payment details asked.

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