Tutor Agencies - Section A
This section covers tutor agencies that actually know their tutors personally, ie they meet and interview them and keep in close touch.
We have visited and had extensive consultation with all the agencies in Section A. These are:
‘This is the seriously upper crust of the tutoring industry, kneaded and done to a crisp according to the precise educational recipe for your privileged progeny.’...
‘A bunch of committed teachers who have organised themselves into a sort of collegiate collective. They’re in it for the enjoyment of the thing.’
‘International families send their children here to study on a long-term basis’.
‘The tutors are his friends and most of his clients seem to be friends – or certain to become friends – and he is on dining and tennis-playing terms with...
‘Carefully tailored, micro-managed individual tuition with scrupulous monitoring, feedback and attention to detail.’
‘The grandmother of all tutor agencies – and far more besides…This is the crusty end of the market with nothing to prove.’
‘There is a unique sense of enjoyment here…this is an unpretentious but top class organisation which other parts …of the country could well look to and...
‘There is no shortage of West London tutorial agencies employing bright young Oxbridge graduates to top-up the education provided by costly independent London schools....
This is a real family firm. Also on the staff are his two long-haired Burmese cats.
‘They are all passionate about teaching, passionate about education.’
‘One of the few female run in this business in this crucial part of London and that does make for a different feel.’
The Good Schools Guide Review of Simply Learning Tuition
‘There is a dash of snob value, but we are particularly impressed by their care for children who do not...
‘This is the Dom Perignon rather than the Cava end of the market. Clients…quite likely are already employing butlers, housekeepers and cooks.’
Tutor agencies in this section meticulously check references, CRB records, etc but, partly because of the size of their lists, conduct their personal interviews only over the telephone.
‘This is Amazon – you get the quality, the delivery and all done in the mass market but direct to your door and at a discount.’
‘A database with a big heart that might well be able to find a gem of a tutor in the North West or Midlands or even elsewhere.’
The agencies in this section are those which have been recommended to us by approbatory parents, whose tutors are happy, whose credentials and approach we have researched and which...
‘A quick surf through a range of people offering their services on this site suggests a very diverse bunch.’
‘Coverage is wonderfully quirky – GCSE maths tutors galore in Southampton and Twickenham but you try to find a French tutor there…The John Lewis of the...
‘Parents tend to keep K&C as a personal secret – why give an advantage to your neighbours’ children?’
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Online tutoring is very much a growth business. It's cheaper than paying someone to come to your home, and can be more convenient. Some children...
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