Our tutors, and how matching works

Why there is no profile list here

Because a directory answers the wrong question. Scrolling through a hundred profiles tells you who writes a good biography, not who will teach your child well. The information that would actually help you: how they handle a student who has lost confidence, whether they can diagnose a problem rather than just cover a syllabus: does not fit in a profile card.

So we match instead. You tell us the subject, the level and what is going wrong; we find the specialist who fits that, and you meet them before anything is booked. The trade-off is real: you cannot browse. What you get instead is a considered match and the ability to say no after meeting them.

What we ask of every tutor

• Subject depth first. People who have used the material seriously, not only studied it. The difference shows the moment a student asks why something works rather than how.
• Evidence they can teach it to this age group, against this specification, recently. Knowing a subject and teaching it are separate skills.
• Willingness to be direct. A tutor who tells you in week three that something is not working is worth more than one who lets it run.
• Written feedback after every lesson, from the person who taught it.

What we will not do

We will never name a tutor before one is actually assigned. If you ask whether we have someone for a subject and we do not yet, you will be told that rather than reassured. A promise made at the enquiry stage and filled afterwards is how families end up with whoever was available.

We also do not publish invented profiles, fabricated credentials or testimonials we cannot verify. If a tutor's page appears on this site one day, it will be a real person who agreed to be there.

How the match is made

Before the trial class we establish the exact syllabus, the year group, where the marks are going and what the timeline is. That is usually enough to know whether we have the right person. If we do, we propose them and arrange an introductory call, and we tell you how long that will take. If we cannot, we say so, that is a short conversation and an honest one.

Continuity

The same tutor teaches every week. A tutor who has watched a student attempt four papers knows things about how they think that cannot be written into a handover note, and swapping people around destroys most of that. If a change is genuinely needed, we will suggest it rather than wait for you to ask.