Who are they?
Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd
4 Carlton Gardens
St James’s
London
SW1Y 5AA
Telephone: 0207 734 0161
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gabbitas.com/tutoring
We have visited Gabbitas’s offices. In addition, 19 clients and 19 tutors have completed an on-line survey.
The Good Schools Guide review of Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd
This grandmother of all tutor agencies – and far more besides - has a staff of over 50 and offices in Europe, Middle East and Asia, as well as a Russian language desk within the UK head office. Tutoring has its own manager Kirsty Reed – it is either her or a tutor consultant that you’ll talk to if you have a straightforward tutoring query, with additional specialists on hand to deal with everything from a Russian speaking tutor to tutoring coupled with schools advisory . All this takes place in swish and roomy offices in St James’s, central London, where all staff are suited and booted and even tea-bags are displayed in a smart wooden box.
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The Good Schools Guide Education Consultants offer assessments in English, maths and in reasoning. Most schools assess these subjects when considering a child for a place. This is especially important for children coming from different countries with different educational systems. But there can be many reasons for checking a child's progress in these basic skills. Contact us for further information +44 (0) 203 286 6824.
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Review snapshot: This is the Innocent Drinks (as in smoothies) of the tutor world – run by bright young things that have come in and shaken up all the industry norms, resulting in a friendly, energetic, highly branded, internet-savvy company with a clear edge.
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Review snapshot: Tutors were consistently rated good or very good; a rating of average was as low as it got and even here numbers were relatively small. While there’s not much by way of formal training for tutors, resources are in ample supply – Lynne is on the must-invite list of every major examining board’s…
Areas covered: North west London locals make up the vast majority of the clientele - mostly in N14, N12, N3, N2, NW3, NW4, NW11, NW2, NW9, NW7 and HA8. Online tutoring has widened the company’s reach to include Cardiff, Nottingham, Potters Bar and even Cyprus…
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Review snapshot: ‘It’s on the more expensive side, particularly for more experienced tutors, but it’s absolutely my favourite. They’re honest, on the ball and have the best quality tutors,’ concluded another parent. read more
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Review snapshot: "Founded in 2006 by Kate Shand who is committed, passionate, energetic and hugely likeable. Clearly on a mission to deliver a top quality service to her clients – and her tutors – Kate is eloquent on the personal nature of the tutor-client-agency relationship and has a positively moral take on what she sees as her job."
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Review snapsot: Most tutoring is by trained teachers for GCSEs and A levels, with a little (but growing) amount at university level (‘but we hold our hands up if we can’t help, for instance we recently had to turn down a tutoring request from a property development student,’ says Matthew). Specialist subjects currently span biology, chemistry, physics, maths, further maths, English language, English lit, geography, history, RE, philosophy and ethics, psychology, French, Spanish, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, PE, business studies and economics. Small amount of 11+ and 13+ also on offer from non-teacher trained tutors.
The Good Schools Guide review of Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd