Our mission

World-class biology tutoring, for every student, not just those who can afford it.

A great tutor can change a grade, and a future. We're combining expert, AQA-specialist humans with AI so that level of teaching isn't locked behind £50 an hour.

The problem

Brilliant tutoring shouldn't be a luxury.

The students who most need help often can't reach it. A private specialist runs £40–60 an hour, so the best teaching ends up with the families who can already afford it.

Phlo answers that with both: a human specialist where it counts, and an AI tutor for everything in between, available any time, at a fraction of the cost.

£50/hr
typical cost of a private biology tutor, beyond most families
24/7
when students actually get stuck, rarely during a booked session
1
subject we obsess over today: AQA Biology, done properly
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Olivia K, founder of Phlo
Founder
Olivia K
First Class Biomedical Sciences, Bristol
The founder's story

Built by someone who's sat in the exam, and taught the spec.

Phlo was built by Olivia K, a First Class Biomedical Sciences graduate and experienced tutor with 500+ one-to-one lessons taught. Lessons that were never about reciting the textbook, and always about the marks.

That obsession with the mark scheme became the Phlo standard, the bar every Phlo tutor has to clear.

1st
Class Biomedical Sciences, Bristol
500+
1:1 lessons taught
100%
specialist-tutor standard

“I don't teach the textbook, I teach the mark scheme. That's the difference between knowing biology and getting the grade.”

Olivia K, Founder of Phlo
Why we're different

Not another tutoring marketplace.

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AQA-specialist, not generalist

We go deep on one board and one subject, the AQA Biology spec, line by line, instead of spreading thin across everything.

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Proprietary exam intelligence

Years of past papers and examiner reports analysed in-house, so students revise the topics that historically matter most.

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Built by people who've sat there

Made by a recent top-tier biology graduate and tutor. We remember the pressure, and we build for it.

What we stand for

Our values.

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Spec-obsessed

Every answer maps to the mark scheme. We teach what earns the marks, nothing wasted.

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Accessible

Great teaching shouldn't depend on your postcode or income. AI keeps the door open.

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Honest

Clear pricing, realistic claims, and we'll always tell you when AI alone is enough.

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Student-first

Calm, encouraging, never childish. Built for the teenager revising at 11pm.

Come and see the difference.

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