Newman Tuition
First Floor
Winston House
349 Regents Park Road
London
N3 1H
Tel: +44 (0)203 198 8006
Email: hello@newmantuition.co.uk
Website: www.newmantuition.co.uk
We have met with Newman Tuition’s staff. In addition, 29 clients and 44 tutors have completed an on-line survey (sent to 1169 clients and 397 tutors) and we have followed this up with additional short phone interviews with some of those surveyed.
Founded in 2014, this company cringes at the term ‘agency,’ preferring ‘network’ instead. ‘I wanted to create a tuition network that focuses on the wellbeing of students – building their confidence and self-esteem, not just cramming information,’ says founder Zac Newman, a qualified teacher, mindfulness coach and public speaker with a background in NLP, psychotherapy and counselling. Zac runs the company with the help of his wife Katya, who oversees marketing and SEN, and Ros, a former teacher who heads up parent liaison. Also on board for now is young social media whiz Tyrell – Zac found him via the government’s Kickstarter Scheme (whereby employers create jobs for 16-24 year-olds on Universal Credit) – ‘the idea to help him as much as he helps us.’ It’s not the only good cause he’s involved with – Newman Tuition also provide discounted tuition to a range of charities, whilst Zac is a founding trustee of Hamakom, a mindfulness and meditation charity.
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