Raj Bonsor

• Raj joined Save My Exams in 2024 as a Senior Curriculum Expert for Psychology & Sociology

• Before this, Raj spent 15 years teaching GCSE and A Level students in Essex. Alongside psychology and sociology, she taught Level 3 subjects including criminology, health & social care, and citizenship, and held leadership roles such as Subject Leader for Psychology & Sociology. Her favourite topics to teach are research methods and attachment

• She also has extensive experience as a private tutor and as an examiner for GCSE and A Level Psychology, and has collaborated with senior examiners on developing A Level Psychology mark schemes

• Her passion for the subject began when she chose to study psychology at A Level herself, and she has since taken pride in inspiring students to go on to study it at university

• A keen advocate for technology in education, Raj helped students and colleagues make greater use of digital learning resources, and used AI to create teaching materials and support students with revision and feedback

• She has also supervised EPQ students and mentored trainee teachers, all of whom went on to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

• Outside work, Raj enjoys health and fitness, travelling, spending time outdoors with her family, and watching sport, particularly football

Education

• Raj graduated from the University of Derby with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology

• She completed her PGCE M Level with QTS at the University of Wolverhampton

Expertise

• Raj has taught sociology, criminology and health & social care at KS4, and specialises in GCSE and A Level Psychology

• She excels at fostering critical thinking and has developed techniques that help students draw connections across psychology and sociology topics

• She loves writing challenging questions and designing revision and retrieval templates to strengthen students' revision strategies

Top revision quote for students

• "I always remind my psychology students to put cognitive neuroscience to work in their revision: the more you practise recalling information from memory, the stronger the neural connections become, and the more durably it sticks in your long-term memory."