A highly efficient and professional Surrey tutor agency that has a big local following and strong reputation for top-quality tutoring in almost every subject.
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Overview
We have met with Academic Tutors Surrey staff. In addition, 20 clients and 26 tutors completed an online survey (sent to 120 clients and 83 tutors), with at least eight of these respondents also interviewed briefly by phone.
- Type of tutoring offered
- In-person
- Online
- Home schooling
- UK areas covered in person
- Home Counties
Who are they?
Brother and sister team, Teresa (Tess) and Tim Whipman, are at the helm. Tess originally started a business supplying tutors to agencies, predominantly a franchised tuition agency (Tutor Doctor) in West London. Three years later, in 2019, the company
What do they offer?
Great quality tutoring across Surrey – around 60 per cent of which is in-person, the rest online. ‘Practically all the requests are for in-person tutoring in the student’s own home, but sometimes the cost or availability of the tutor means they wind
- Education levels
- Primary
- KS3
- 7 Plus
- 8 Plus
- 11 Plus
- 13 Plus
- Common Entrance
- GCSE
- A Level
- IB
- Uni Application
- Oxbridge
- Uni Tuition
- Subjects available include
- English
- Maths
- Sciences
- Computing
- Humanities
- Languages
- SEN
- Support for students with special educational needs
The finer details
The company finds its tutors mainly by advertising on Google, LinkedIn and tutor sites – and existing tutors make recommendations from their own networks too. Equally, local tutors apply directly to Academic Tutors, having heard how good they are.
- Tutor Association
- Member of The Tutors’ Association
- Charitable/pro bono work
- None
Costs and conditions
Registration fee of £29. Online tuition is £40-£50 per hour; in-person tuition is £55-£60 per hour (travel included). The company takes an average fee of £15 per hour as commission. ‘Excellent value,’ reckon clients, and both they and tutors say the
- Cost
- £45-60/hour
£29 registration fee
What the tutor company says
‘At Academic Tutors, we support high performers looking for A*s (state and private), students challenged with SEN (including via EHCPs and pupil premium) or simply offer students gentle support for any age group to fulfil their academic potential. We
The last word
A highly efficient and professional Surrey tutor agency that has a big local following and strong reputation for top-quality tutoring in almost every subject.
