Press
MST in the news
From Muhammad's results-day story in the Manchester Evening News to his view of the Dulwich private-school 'arms race' — MST and Muhammad Ali in the national and local press since 2016.
Every piece below, newest first — verified live links
As featured in
Lead feature · Manchester Evening News · 21 August 2025
Man ‘who didn’t speak a word of English’ when he moved to Manchester ends up with stunning career – despite ‘shocking’ GCSE failure
Muhammad's own results-day story — nearly failing his GCSEs in Moss Side before a Cambridge PhD — told in his own words, the same honesty he brings to every family who worries their child has fallen behind.
Read the article→Press coverage
In the news, newest first
8 August 2023
The UK's ‘affluent village’ with 8 private schools and big celebrity status
Muhammad on the private-school ‘arms race’ around Dulwich — and why MST now runs Pay What You Can group sessions so tutoring isn't only for families who can afford it.
Read→7 August 2023
The South London neighbourhood where tutors charge £10,000 a year and uniform shops sell out before new school term
MyLondon's own reporting on the same story — Muhammad on the odds facing a child sitting a top private school's entrance exam without a tutor.
Read→24 August 2022
Muhammad Ali in The Guardian
Muhammad Ali featured in The Guardian's coverage of London private tuition.
Read→28 September 2019
‘Schools are strapped for cash and can't give one-to-one attention’: Meet tutor who quit ‘banking’ to teach children
Muhammad on why schools are short of one-to-one time, and what that means for the pupils who fall through the gaps in the classroom.
Read→2020
Children help the world go round
MST's sponsorship of Ambler School's One World Day — a reminder that the practice's roots are as local as Romilly Road.
Read→Winter 2019/20
Festive fundraiser at Ambler School
MST donated an Amazon Fire as the prize for Ambler School's Winter Fair — a small local thank-you to the school community MST has taught in for years.
Read→14 September 2016
Muhammad Ali: tutor
An early profile of Muhammad as a working Islington tutor, years before the national press coverage that followed.
Read→Archived
Increasing body of evidence suggests that 11-plus does not promote social mobility
Muhammad's take on the 11-plus and social mobility debate. The original page is no longer live — kept here as a record of the piece rather than a working link.
Press enquiries
For interviews, comment or appearances, contact Muhammad Ali directly: [email protected] or 020 7686 4307.
Before you go
Tell Muhammad where your child is stuck.
“I take the first call myself, and it costs nothing.
Tell me what is going wrong, and I will tell you honestly whether I can help — and what the first few lessons would look like.”
Muhammad AliFounder and tutor — PhD physics, Cambridge
