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Clarenden Tutors

Tutor company ·
  • In-person
  • Online
  • 50-100 tutors
  • £30-100/hour
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A growing London company that’s more thorough than many, especially when it comes to supporting tutors and taking care to get to know the child and their individual needs. Brownie points too for the soft skills training for all tutors, which ultimately affects everything from the student’s motivation and confidence to effort and self-sufficient learning. ‘They deliver on their promise and offer a bespoke service with a catalogue of impressive tutors, as well as being an extremely helpful and knowledgeable company,’ summed up one parent.

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Overview

We have met with Clarendon Tutors’ staff. In addition, 24 clients and 21 tutors completed an online survey (sent to 117 clients and 84 tutors), with at least eight of these respondents also interviewed briefly by phone.

Type of tutoring offered
  • In-person
  • Online
  • Home schooling
  • UK residentials
  • Overseas residentials
UK areas covered in person
  • London
  • Home Counties

Who are they?

Founding partners are Orlando Simon and Henry Serocold, who met at Eton. Both are very hands-on - a major plus point, according to families we spoke to: ‘You get to speak to the owner who understood our situation quickly and worked hard to find a


What do they offer?

A core group of around 80 tutors (there are 350 on their books altogether) tutor across all London postcodes, with families in Stoke Newington to Wimbledon and most places in between. Even with online tutoring, clients tend to be mainly London based,

Education levels
  • Primary
  • KS3
  • 7 Plus
  • 8 Plus
  • 11 Plus
  • 13 Plus
  • Common Entrance
  • GCSE
  • A Level
  • IB
  • Uni Application
  • Oxbridge
  • Uni Tuition
  • EAL
Subjects available include
  • English
  • Maths
  • Sciences
  • Computing
  • Humanities
  • Languages
SEN
Support for students with special educational needs

The finer details

Tutors – a young bunch with average age of late 20s - fall into three main categories: those with a teaching background (practising teachers, those between schools or retired) who suit the more traditional tutoring jobs; postgrads who suit the more

Tutor Association
Member of The Tutors’ Association
Charitable/pro bono work
Works with the Children's Society
50-100
Number of tutors on books
100-200
Number of families supported in the last year

Costs and conditions

One-off registration fee of £95. One-on-one tutoring starts at £30 per hour, rising to £100 per hour for more specialist jobs. Rates depend on whether the job is in person, online, as well as the experience and qualifications of the tutor. ‘Value for

Cost
£30-100/hour
£95 registration fee

What the tutor company says

‘What sets us apart is the care and attention we pay every family and every child, understanding their specific needs and helping to maximise their potential. We also train our tutors to work on soft skills with their tutees – we think this is so


The last word

A growing London company that’s more thorough than many, especially when it comes to supporting tutors and taking care to get to know the child and their individual needs. Brownie points too for the soft skills training for all tutors, which

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Address

Michelin House
81 Fulham Road
London
SW6 3RD
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