Carfax Private Tutors
33 St James's Square
St. James's London
SW1Y 4JS
Telephone: +44 20 7927 6207
enquiries@carfax-education.com
www.carfax-tutors.com
We have met with Carfax Private Tutors’ staff. In addition, 20 clients and 20 tutors have completed an on-line survey (sent to 148 clients and 46 tutors) and we have followed this up with additional short phone interviews with some of those surveyed.
As principal of both Carfax Private Tutors and Carfax College, Oxford (from which the tutor company ‘borrows’ some of its tutors), Carl Morris (30s) oversees everything to do with both client relationships and the recruiting, matching and training of tutors. Marketing, promotion and business development also fall under his remit. His serious and unflappable temperament certainly fits the bill, as do his academic credentials – Carl graduated from Oxford with a master’s in chemistry, latterly becoming an ACA qualified chartered accountant. He has worked in education for most of his professional life and still tutors in science and maths, having supported pupils across all the major curricula as well as organisations that provide tuition to underprivileged children. Hailing originally from north west England, he’s grounded and plain spoken, with perhaps a little less of the alpha persona we sometimes see at the helm of tutor agencies. Based in the college in Oxford, Carl regularly visits (pandemic permitting) their international locations.
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