Where it stopped making sense, and how to fix it
One to one lessons that start by finding the gap, not by going faster. A plan you can see, and a child who stops dreading the subject.
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Photo: Bhupindra International Public School / PexelsThe tutoringTeaching one person at a time
In a class of thirty, a child who missed one idea has no way of saying so. One to one, that is the first thing we find — and it is usually further back than anybody expected.
We work with what school is doing rather than against it, and we tell you honestly how much can be covered before an exam rather than promising a grade.
What we teach
Primary
Reading, writing and number confidence, before a dislike sets in.
Exam preparation
Past papers, technique and timing, with the gaps filled as we go.
Resits
Starting from what went wrong last time rather than from the beginning of the book.
Entrance exams
For a school or a course, with the format practised until it holds no surprises.
Maths
From the basics up, taught until it makes sense rather than until it is memorised.
Languages
Reading, writing and actually speaking, out loud, from the first lesson.
Sciences
The ideas first, then the questions, then the exam technique.
Essays and coursework
Planning, structure and how to answer the question that was asked.
Study skills
A revision plan that fits a real week, and how to start when starting is the hard part.
Online lessons
The same lesson by video, which suits teenagers more often than parents expect.
Adults
Coming back to a subject years later, without embarrassment.
Where we work
The room, the desk and the whiteboard — nothing exciting, and that is the point.
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Photo: Skyler Ewing / PexelsStarting lessons
The first few weeks, step by step.
- Step 01
A first chat
What the subject is, where it is going wrong, and any exams coming up.
- Step 02
Find the gap
A short session working backwards until we find where it stopped making sense.
- Step 03
Regular lessons
Building from there, with something short to practise between them.
- Step 04
Progress updates
After every lesson: what we did and what to work on. For parents too, where it is a child.
Questions parents ask
How many lessons will it take?
We will tell you after the first one, honestly. Some need a term, some need six weeks before an exam.
Where do lessons happen?
At home, here or online — whichever works.
Will you tell me how it is going?
After every lesson, briefly: what we did and what to practise. No surprises at the end of term.
My child says they hate the subject.
That is usually fear rather than dislike, and it changes once something clicks.
The exam is in three weeks.
Then we will be honest about what can be fixed and what should simply be practised, and spend the time on the questions that carry the most marks.
Can you guarantee a grade?
No, and nobody honest can. We can tell you what is realistic and work hard for it.
Where lessons happen
Here, at your home in the area below, or online.
1 Example Street, Anytown
Exam coming up?
Get in touch now rather than in the last month. It is the difference between fixing and cramming.
Ask about lessons
Send the subject, the year group, what is going wrong and when the exam is, if there is one. You will get an honest answer about what we can do.
When lessons are
Exam season books up early; ask sooner rather than later.
- Monday to Friday
- after school until 8pm
- Saturday
- mornings