Hugo M

My name's Hugo, I'm a big sports fan, I've played professional rugby and alongside my twin brother I am a screenwriter.

Education

Oxford University - Theology and Religion

London Film School -Screenwriting MA

Bio

I moved from Australia when I was 3 and have lived around schools and education all my life. Both my parents are heads of private schools around London and my older sister is a teacher too so it was not surprising that I also went into work within education.

After leaving Oxford with a first class degree and an Oxford Blue for rugby, I set myself the challenge of working in the city for a year then moved on to do an MA in Screenwriting with my twin brother at London Film School. Since then the two of us, alongside our jobs as Oppidan Mentors, have been starting our careers as hoepful writers. Recently we have reached the point where we have an agent at Curtis Brown representing our writing and have had several meetings about projects of ours.

Away from mentoring and or writing, I am a big rugby and golf fan, I love drawing and sketching, and I have recently returned from 6 months in France where I went to learn French alongside Swedish which I have been learning since 2020.

Approach

I have done over 1000 hours of mentoring for Oppidan and I have mentored on a variety of topics and subjects. Having been to Eton and having a father as a former house master there, I have a lot of hours of Eton 11+ work, which is a very strong area of my mentoring. Overall I feel I have developed a specific and successful approach with applications for schools from 11+ all the way up to Oxbridge applications.

Outside of 11+, I have tutored practically every Common Entrance subject, Maths, English, French, RS and History at GCSE level, and humanities at A Level and beyond. Having got a first from Oxford, I have worked also with university students on applications and on university time management and mindset.

In addition, I have greatly enjoyed the over 4 months of combined residential work I have done with Oppidan in the Bahamas, Spain and Italy and like to incorporate my sports/art and literary interests into longer-term opportunities like that.

What parents say

"Hugo had offered fantastic insights into the interview process and has been enormously encouraging and supportive throughout." Father of 13-year-old, March 2024

"My son takes his sessions with Hugo very seriously and he’s learning a lot from him. Hugo's feedback is so detailed that I could see what he is teaching him and what improvement my son has made. He knows at exactly what point my son needs improvement and focuses on it. My son has gained confidence in his writing and interview skills since working with Hugo." February 2023

“Hugo is a brilliant mentor. He is consistent in every lesson. I highly recommend him.” Father of Year 8 Student, June 2022

“Blake had good rapport with his mentor.” Father of Year 6 student, July 2022

“My son has been offered a place to Radley, which we gladly accepted. Don’t think he would have made it without the help he got from Hugo both with the tutoring for the ISEB and the interview practice.” Father of Year 6 Student, March 2022

“Hugo has been an invaluable help in preparing my son for his interviews. You couldn't have matched a better mentor to my son.” Mother of Year 6 Student, April 2021

“Hugo is thoughtful, creative and challenges my son to expand his knowledge of the subject.” Parent of UCAS applicant, September 2020

“Sessions seem to be going well. The mentors seem invested in getting a positive response and outcome from my daughter. So far, so good!” Parent of Philosophy and Ethics Pre-U student, August 2020

“Hugo brings a cornucopia of fun, exciting, intriguing and practical methods for my son to learn, explore and develop and build confidence.” Mother of 11-year-old, July 2020

“Hugo is an excellent communicator and understands what my son needs to work on and is directing him accordingly.” Mother of Year 5 student, July 2020

“Hugo is really engaging and very responsive to Nicky’s needs, making the tasks/skills that Nicky needs to develop in order to grow seem fun and achievable instead of overwhelming.” Mother of 12-year-old, July 2020