"Wasn’t even sure if I was going to get over a 4 in language  so I watched your videos before both my language exams and came out with an 8. You are amazing ! Thank you so so so so much."

@echoparodys864 

"Had to come back to absolutely thank you. I got an 8 after repeatedly being predicted a 4."

@chrisilori8201

"Full marks in English lit and a 9 in English language thanks for your help!!!"

@michclle

"Just wanted to thank you so much. I was in a position where I wouldn’t get into the school I wanted because of my English grades, but your videos helped me achieve a 6 and a 7. Thank you so much, Mr Salles"

@Asteryx0

Are You Struggling to Bring Your Writing to Life?

👉 Do your descriptions feel flat and uninspired?

👉 Do you struggle to remember all those descriptive techniques teachers tell you that you need?

👉 Do you find 400 word descriptions pointless and boring.

👉 Would you rather write without spending ages planning?

👉 Do you know what the examiner really wants?

 "Hey sir, thank you so much for your vids! This year, I managed to get a grade 9 with your videos and your tips and lots of effort!! Please continue what you’re doing!"

@Ilorimain

 "Just got my GCSE results last week, and I would like to thank you for your help during GCSE season, and helping me develop my grades. I got an 8 in Literature and a 9 in Language."

@ivene02

"I went from a 3 and 4 in my first mocks to a a 6 and 7 in my GCSEs. Thank you Mr Salles"

@greendragon1869

 "Thank you so much for all your help!!!! I got a 9/9 in English and 63/64 in lit paper 1 after being predicted 6/6 at the start of year 11!!"

@portia1344

See the Difference
Before & After 

Before: Boring Description Full of Techniques 

The streets were lively. The fruit stalls gave off an aroma of freshness. Shops sold colourful clothes, with indigo, vermillion and azure visible in the windows. The shoppers walked by and their children whined because they wanted ice cream. Further down the street crowds stood like statues, to listen to a busker playing popular songs melodically on a guitar. There were more customers at coffee shops, where the delightful smell of fresh ground coffee wafted over. Some of them sat and couldn’t wait for their taste buds to be delighted by their cakes and croissants.

95 words

After: Brilliant Description Focusing on Contrast

By day, the streets were full of colour and life, from the fruit stalls, to the clothing mannequins, from the idle shoppers traipsing after their children, whining like fire alarms, to the buskers strumming clumsily at the guitar.

But, by night the streets were emptied, because the soul of the town had been stripped out of it, by glass fronted stores, fast food outlets, and coffee shops. No one lived here, except the homeless on their cardboard mattresses in abandoned doorways. Silence.

82 words

You might notice ⤵️

✓ Contrast is only one of many simple, surprising skills you will master.

✓ The power of lists is another.

✓ Start each sentence with a different word.

✓ Use metaphors and similes that work.

"This comment may be a bit late but nevertheless I wanted to thank you for these videos. I went from being predicted 6/7s all year around to in my actual gcse receiving not only a grade 9 but a mark of 157/160 in English lit!! I struggled so much with liking this subject and revising for it and your videos helped tremendously. If anyone in yr 10/11 is reading this then please subscribe to this hero because his videos are like magic. Once again thank you and keep making these amazing videos!"

@hannadlubak5723

"Thank you so so much sir. Thanks to your videos I went from a 4 to a 9 in lit and a 5 to a 9 in lang. I really couldn’t have got it without your videos and I will be recommending your channel to every single person doing their gcses."

@emilyparnell311

"Thank you so much for all your help!!!! I got a 9/9 in English and 63/64 in lit paper 1 after being predicted 6/6 at the start of year 11!!"

@portia1344

"I just wanted to say thank you so much mr salles!! Because of you I went from a 5 in English literature to an 8 and I was only 3 marks on a 9 in language! I’ll definitely be recommending you to all the younger people in my life so that they can use your videos as guidance"

@siyenah8149

"I managed to get a grade 8 in both English Language and English lit due to your videos and your newsletter. Thank you so much sir."

@UhunomaObayangbona

I was a husband, dad, a head of department and then an assistant head, running a YouTube channel on the side, and still wanted to spend time with my family and friends.

That didn’t leave a lot of time to learn exam techniques (without just copying what everyone else was doing).

But I knew I wanted the inside knowledge which would mean most of my students could gain top grades…

Over 20 revision guides later, I knew I understood the exam inside and out.

I read hundreds of exam answers, fully marked by senior examiners. I rewrote them, tore them down and built them back up again, in order to find out exactly how each mark was earned.

Then I wrote dozens of my own exam answers at every grade to exactly match what top grade students wrote. 

Each year I get hundreds of messages and emails after the exams, telling me how I helped students get top grades. In fact, 55% of viewers on my channel, Mr Salles Teaches English, say they got grades 8 and 9. And another 22% say they got grade 7.

Wait, what? How do students do across England then?

Only 4.9% of students in the country got a grade 9 in 2023. 7.1% got a grade 8. 9.6% got a grade 7. Add them all up, and 22% of students gained a grade 7 or more.

On my channel, it was 77%! (If 4200 students are to be believed).

Over 4000 viewers responded. And that was students just watching my videos.

I know, it's absolutely mental.

I think it’s fair to say that my advice can completely change your grades.

And I fundamentally believe that you can jump two or three grades very quickly.

Over 7000 students on my channel said this happened for them.

These results are fantastic. 

But how many videos did students watch? Were they the right ones, with the best advice, or older videos, where I was still learning what gets 100%?

This is what my viewers said:

Nearly 9000 students responded. At least 74% of said my advice really helped them and improved their grade.

But what if I could get 100% of my viewers top grades? How would I do that? Well, it’s pretty simple…

 "Hello Mr Salles, honestly I cannot express how grateful I am and have no idea how to thank you for your life saving videos. I came to the UK 2 years ago as an immigrant from Ukraine who was predicted to fail my English language and literature exams. I was sent to set 4 class and no one in my school English department cared to help me at least achieve a desired pass. However, everything has changed thanks to your videos which I discovered in the beginning of year 11! No joke, my life changed significantly since that moment. Instead of crying over English and thinking I am a failure who will never pass GCSEs, I  became inspired by you to do my best no matter what people predicted me to get! 

Now I am the happiest person on the whole Earth because I've achieved 8 in both language and literature.I am forever grateful for your help. I would never achieve this without your help and inspiration.

Thank you Mr Salles!"

@alyadcmbr

 "Hello sir, thank you for your wisdom in educating me in the art of English. I still hate this subject to be honest but I got a 7 in literature and language so thank u again for the help."

@jackroberts7356

 "Thank you so much for these videos. Due to some personal reasons I had to miss a lot of year 10 and all of year 11, but I managed to get a grade 8 in English lang and grade 7 in English lit thanks to your videos"

@aevi.animals

"Thank you so much. I got 8s in both language and literature after getting 6s all year all thanks to your videos."

@andioop-4310  

 "Hi Sir! I just wanted to say a massive thank you to you. I got an 8 in English language after being predicted a 6 and getting 6s and 5s throughout. Your videos helped me improve massively, specifically my favourite tip of yours for paper 1 especially, which is to keep writing as much as I can, and believe me I did! I also got a 7 in literature. Sort of wish I got an 8, but it's still an improvement since I got a 5 in the mocks before and I'm still thankful regardless, and once again your predictions and videos were perfect for last minute revision and really helped. Thank you so so much for your help Mr Salles, I truly appreciate your channel so much"

@MK-xr3kt