Cambridge and IB mathematics, and full Digital SAT preparation — taught by recent top graduates who sat these exact papers and know precisely what the examiners want.
Where some of our students have ended up
United Kingdom · Netherlands · Switzerland · New York · Boston · San Francisco · Cape Town · Johannesburg
Brij started because the gap between a South African classroom and an international university offer is wider than it should be — and it is almost never a question of ability.
Over four years and several hundred hours of teaching, working with students from early secondary school through to final-year applicants, one pattern repeats: the students who get through are not the cleverest ones. They are the ones who found out early exactly what was being asked of them, and had someone in their corner who had done it themselves.
That is the whole idea. Not more hours — the right hours, with the right person.
Your tutor sat these exact papers recently enough to remember what they actually demanded — not what the syllabus document claims. That is the difference between knowing the content and knowing the exam.
Students work harder for someone they like. We hire for both: people who are genuinely good company for an hour, and who are ruthless about the mark you walked in wanting.
No group sessions, no shared screens with four other students. Every hour is built around one student's gaps, one student's exam date, one student's target.
Session notes after every lesson and a written plan from the start. You should never have to ask how it is going, or wonder what you are paying for.
Anyone can sell you extra time with a textbook open. Every Brij student moves through the same four stages, and you can see exactly where you are in them at any point.
We find the real gap, not the obvious one.
Most students who are struggling in Maths are not struggling with this year's Maths. The first session is a proper diagnostic: we work backwards through the syllabus until we find the exact point where things stopped making sense, and we start there.
We plan backwards from the grade you want.
You get a written learning plan built from your target grade and your exam date — which topics, in which order, by when. No vague promises to 'work on the weak areas'. You and your parents can see exactly what the term looks like.
We teach for understanding, then for recall.
Sessions are active. You explain concepts back, work problems live, and get corrected in the moment rather than a week later. We build the bridge from where you are to where the examiner expects you to be — and we make sure you can cross it without us.
We test it under real exam conditions.
Understanding a topic and performing under timed pressure are different skills. We drill past papers with examiner-style marking, so the first time you sit a paper against the clock is never the real one.
Local tutoring rarely fits an international syllabus. We teach mathematics and the Digital SAT, and only these — so there is no time lost translating between systems, and nothing on this page we cannot actually deliver.
The full Cambridge mathematics pathway, from IGCSE foundations through to the AS and A Level papers universities actually weigh.
Analysis & Approaches and Applications & Interpretation, at both Standard and Higher Level — including the Internal Assessment, which is where a lot of marks quietly go missing.
Complete Digital SAT preparation — both sections, built around full timed mocks and the adaptive format rather than generic practice questions.
Studying something not listed here? Ask us — we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
Not three sizes of the same thing. Single hours whenever you need them, a group workshop built around the questions you send in, or the whole final year handled end to end.
One hour at a time. No commitment.
R400per session
Buy as many as you need · no discount, no lock-in
Anyone who wants maths or SAT help now — a topic that will not click, a paper next week, or a first session to see whether we are the right fit before committing to anything.
Valid for 6 months
Three hours. The topics you chose.
R450per seat
R150 per hour · vs R400 one-to-one
Any maths or SAT student who wants serious exam preparation without one-to-one pricing — and would rather work through the questions they actually find hard.
Next dates
Capped at 50 students
The whole year. The whole application.
R42 750paid up front
or R4 500 × 10 months · saves R17 250 up front
The final-year student aiming at competitive universities abroad who needs the grades, the SAT and the application handled together, by someone who knows all three.
Fully booked
Scholar depends on giving a small number of students genuinely high-energy, high-impact attention all year, so places are deliberately limited — and this year's are taken. Check back soon in case one opens up, or start with sessions or a workshop in the meantime.
Single sessions are R400/hour, billed as you go. Tell us where things stand and we will tell you honestly which of these is worth your money — or whether none of them is, yet.
Every 3-hour session is live, online and capped at 50 students — and built around the topics attendees send in when they book.
Exam Technique Intensive
Tuesday, 09:00–12:00 SASTOnline50 of 50 seats free
Past Paper Masterclass
Monday, 09:00–12:00 SASTOnline50 of 50 seats free
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The honest test of a tutor is whether a student would recommend them to a friend. These are from families we have worked with.
I had been getting 4s in Maths AA HL since the start of DP1 and genuinely thought that was my ceiling. Working backwards to find what I had never properly understood changed the whole thing. The past-paper marking was brutal in the best way.
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IB Diploma student, Johannesburg
Grade 4 → 7 in Maths AA HL
What sold us was the written plan after the first session. We had used two tutors before and never once had anyone tell us what the actual problem was. Here we could see the term mapped out, week by week.
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Parent of a Cambridge AS Level student
The SAT prep was the most organised thing I did in my whole application year. Full timed mocks every week meant that by the time I sat the real one it felt completely routine.
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Digital SAT candidate, Cape Town
1340 → 1510
Having the same person help with both my A Level Maths and my personal statement made a real difference. They already knew where I was strong, so the application actually sounded like me instead of a template.
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A Level Maths student, now studying in the UK
My daughter came out of the first session and said, for the first time, that she thought she could actually do maths. That shift was worth more to us than the marks, and the marks came anyway.
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Parent of an IGCSE Maths student, Durban
Sessions never felt like being lectured at. I was doing the explaining half the time, which is exactly when I found out what I did not actually know.
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IB Maths student, online from Nairobi
The things families most often want to know. If yours is not here, ask us directly — we answer every enquiry personally.
Every enquiry is answered personally. Tell us what you are working towards and we will tell you honestly what it will take.
Tell us the curriculum, the subjects and where things currently stand. The more specific you are, the more useful our reply.
A real response from a real person — not an automated brochure. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and point you elsewhere.
A short call to confirm the plan, agree a starting point and answer anything outstanding. No obligation, no pressure.
The full diagnostic. You finish it with a written learning plan mapped to your target grade and exam date.
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