With many tutor agencies, families are forced to choose between professional and personal. But Pegasus excels at both, providing a friendly, responsive and sensibly priced service with free advice that far exceeds that of other agencies, as well as having a bank of outstanding tutors who absolutely love working with them.
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Overview
We have met with Pegasus Tutors staff. In addition, 31 clients and 22 tutors completed an online survey (sent to 200 clients and 120 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
Who are they?
Head honcho is Alex Sever, who has grown the business organically since he founded it in 2016. Originally called Humanitas Education, he rebranded a couple of years later because ‘it sounded worryingly like Dignitas’.
Alex – who got a scholarship
What do they offer?
Top-notch tutoring and mentoring, without crazy fees – and you get a lot of free advice and support thrown in too.
Bread and butter work is 7+, 11+ and 13+ entrance exams, plus scholarships and GCSEs and A levels. At the lower age range, they
- Workshops and other courses
- Small group Easter revision packages.
- 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
- Expert support for students with special educational needs
The finer details
A USP for Pegasus is that they send out short video profiles of the (up to six) tutors they recommend for each client. The client usually then speaks to one or two, and they can book in trial lessons as well. ‘This made all the difference with my son
- Tutor Association
- Member of The Tutors’ Association
- Charitable/pro bono work
- Works with a few families on a pro bono basis
Costs and conditions
No registration or introductory fee. Tutoring fees of £45 to £80 per hour (sometimes more, eg an Eton teacher who has limited time), of which Pegasus takes up to 20 per cent commission (sometimes less, eg if Alex feels strongly about a particular
- Cost
- £40-80/hour
£0 registration fee
What the tutor company says
‘We feel that, by offering as much advice, guidance and support as each of the families need in the way of free consultancy from the agency, all parties benefit from a constructive and trusted relationship, which in turn leads to the most supportive
The last word
With many tutor agencies, families are forced to choose between professional and personal. But Pegasus excels at both, providing a friendly, responsive and sensibly priced service with free advice that far exceeds that of other agencies, as well as
