Owl Tutors
2a, The Plough Brewery
516 Wandsworth Rd
London SW8 3JX
Telephone: 0203 457 8474
Email: enquiries@owltutors.co.uk
Website: www.owltutors.co.uk
We have met with Owl Tutors’ staff. In addition, 24 clients and 26 tutors have completed an on-line survey (sent to 555 clients and 114 tutors) and we have followed this up with additional short phone interviews with some of those surveyed.
Teacher-turned-banker Lawrence Drew turned to full-time tutoring only to find that tutor agencies didn’t seem to value his teaching experience. ‘They routinely put me forward for the same jobs and the same rate of pay as people with no classroom experience,’ he told us, still aghast. Spotting an opportunity, he founded Owl Tutors in 2011 – an agency that only takes on qualified teachers and pays them well.
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