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Our tutors

We know that tutoring is only effective when delivered by high-quality tutors. Our tutor pool contains a mix of undergraduate and graduate students, qualified teachers and experienced professionals from other fields.

Our tutors

Our tutors are self-employed and are paid a minimum of £20 to plan and deliver a one-hour tutoring session. Our tutor pool contains people with a range of experience, including qualified teachers and experienced professionals. Around 70% of our tutors are undergraduate and graduate students at local universities.

We pay our tutors fairly and we are thoughtful about how we recruit. Fewer than half of tutors who submit application forms become tutors with us. All tutors have at least a grade B/6 in their tuition subject and receive dedicated, subject-specific training before tutoring with us. Our tutors supporting those resitting their GCSEs in college have additional training as mentors.

Before being approved to tutor with us, all tutors go through the following process:

Initial online application with scored competency questions
Online interview with scored questions, including a simulated tutoring session. Every candidate is interviewed by two members of our staff team.
10-12 hour assessed online training, consisting of a mix of self-paced online learning, assessed tasks, and live sessions with our staff team of qualified teachers. The training contains guidance on the various GCSE specifications and the National Curriculum. You can find out more about our tutor training here.
Safeguarding training
Two references
Enhanced DBS check and barred list check

Our tutor is amazing and is part of the team here. She has worked superbly with staff and children alike in providing highly effective targeted support."

Lisa Houghton, Ashurst Primary School

Building confidence and aspirations

Our tutors don't just provide academic support; throughout the programme, they strive to build confidence, foster aspiration, and encourage a love for learning in their pupils. Tutoring sessions not only provide a safe and supportive space for pupils to ask questions and work through the topics they find more difficult, but also the chance to have conversations in a small group with a successful adult role model.

Many of our tutors are students at Russell Group universities, and an increasing proportion have engaged in Widening Participation programmes before attending university. They're very well-placed to talk with pupils and students about their own journey to higher education and what options are available to pupils after leaving school.

I had my favourite tutor and he was the best and explained things to me in a way I understood properly."

Year 7 pupil, Abraham Moss Community Academy

Ensuring high-quality tutoring

Our in-house quality team ensures that all tutors deliver high-quality tutoring sessions. Tutors are assessed against rigorous quality matrices, with our monitoring and support taking two forms:

Lesson plan spot checks: tutors are required to submit a lesson plan, which is reviewed by a member of our quality team. Tutors receive developmental feedback to help strengthen their practice. Where areas for development are identified, we support them so that they are equipped to deliver high quality tutoring which meets our expected standard.
Lesson observations: We use lesson observations to provide more in-depth support and insight into tutor practice. Following every observation, tutors receive detailed developmental feedback to help them reflect on and further improve their delivery.

We are very proud of the quality of our tutors: in 2025/26, 96% of tutors observed were delivering good or outstanding tutoring. The small number who need more support are provided with a bespoke programme of coaching and are reobserved. Over the last 3 years, 100% of these reobserved tutors have been graded as good or outstanding.