IB tutoring · Milan
IB maths tutoring for The British School of Milan students.
Independent one-to-one tutoring in IB Mathematics and Physics for students at The British School of Milan, delivered online. The British School of Milan takes students into the Diploma Programme through the English National Curriculum and IGCSE, then the IB Diploma, and that route shapes which parts of IB maths feel hard, which is where this starts.
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How the BSM route shapes IB maths
- The route into the DP
- Students arrive in the Diploma Programme from IGCSE, which is a strong preparation for Analysis & Approaches: the algebraic manipulation is already there, and so is the habit of showing method. The jump is in abstraction rather than in technique.
- Where IGCSE students usually lose ground
- IGCSE rewards procedure; AA HL rewards justification. The first term of HL is where that bites: proof, sequences and the expectation that a result is argued rather than produced. Students who coasted on fluency at IGCSE often meet their first real difficulty here, and read it as a sudden loss of ability rather than a change in what is being assessed.
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Course choice and what to watch
- AA or AI, at a school with this profile
- An IGCSE background makes AA the default rather than the safe choice, and most students here can handle it. The honest exception is the student heading toward a data-, design- or business-oriented degree who is choosing AA for its reputation rather than its content. AI HL taken seriously is a better outcome than AA SL taken defensively.
- Protecting a high trajectory
- Families at a school with strong published results are usually not buying a rescue. They are protecting a 40+ trajectory, where the marginal grade point comes from exam technique and IA quality rather than from more content. That is a different kind of tutoring and it is planned differently.
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Where we usually start
- A first month that targets justification
- We start by taking a recent HL topic the student has already been taught and asking them to argue it, not reproduce it. That exposes very quickly whether the difficulty is the content or the expectation. From there the work is usually proof structure and the language of a complete argument, the two things IGCSE never had to ask for.
- Planning the IA before it is urgent
- At a school where families are protecting a high overall score, the Internal Assessment is the most controllable 20% available, and it is routinely left too late. Getting a research question settled early, one that is narrow, measurable and mathematically deep enough for the level, is worth more than months of extra content revision.
Common questions
Do you tutor students from The British School of Milan?
Yes. Lessons are online, so I work with students at The British School of Milan and other international schools across Europe. I am not affiliated with the school. This is independent one-to-one tutoring arranged directly with families.
Which maths courses do you cover?
IB Mathematics Analysis & Approaches and Applications & Interpretation, at Standard and Higher Level, plus IB Physics, the Internal Assessment in both subjects, SAT Math and Bocconi admissions preparation.
Do you follow the same syllabus as The British School of Milan?
Yes. The IB sets the syllabus, so it is the same at The British School of Milan as at every IB school. What changes is the order your teachers cover it in. Lessons follow what your class is doing that week, and your school's tests and deadlines shape the plan.
Can lessons be in Italian?
Yes. I am fluent in English, Italian and Croatian, and a lesson can run in any of the three or move between them. For students examined in English but more comfortable reasoning in Italian, that flexibility is usually the fastest route to understanding.
My child is already getting a 6. Is tutoring worth it?
Often yes, but for a different reason than a struggling student. Moving 6 to 7 is rarely about content: it is about the last few marks in extended-response questions, the quality of the Internal Assessment, and not losing method marks under time pressure. That work is precise and finite, and it is usually a shorter engagement than families expect.
Intellix Tutoring is an independent tutoring practice and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The British School of Milan. The school name is used only to describe the students I work with.