One student, real authority
You write the plan and you change it when the evidence changes. Nobody hands you a scheme of work built for a class you are not teaching.
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Teach one student at a time, and watch it actually work
Tutors here are not handed a script or a content library. You get one student, their real work, and the authority to rewrite the plan mid-lesson when the plan turns out to be wrong.
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1 in 9Applicants offered a place
Why teach with us
Four things that are different here
Written plainly, including the parts that will not suit everyone.
Marking is the job
Weekly marked work against the real grid is the core of the method, and it is paid time rather than something you absorb in the evening.
Hours you actually set
Declare your availability and we schedule inside it. We do not ask you to hold open slots that nobody has booked.
We back you with families
When a student is not improving, the academic team says so to the family. You are never asked to keep a booking alive by softening a report.
The parts that will not suit everyone
Sessions are recorded and observed in your first term. Progress notes are audited. If a tutor's students stop improving, we retrain or part company. Plenty of good teachers would rather not work that way, and that is a fair position.
Requirements
What a strong application looks like
Three profiles we hire regularly, and what each needs to show.
Subject specialists
A degree in the subject and two years teaching it. You will be asked to teach a sample lesson to a colleague playing a student who is stuck and slightly defensive, which is a fair simulation of a Tuesday evening.
Examiners and markers
If you have marked or examined the paper, say which board, which paper and which years. This is the single strongest signal in an application and it moves you to the front of the queue.
Early career teachers
We do hire people with less experience where the sample lesson is exceptional, and we train them on mark schemes and examiner reports before they take students. Say so honestly rather than inflating a CV.
Equipment matters more than families realise. A stable connection, a quiet room and, for maths and the sciences, a graphics tablet. Teaching algebra with a mouse is possible and it is not good teaching.
Hiring process
Five steps, roughly three weeks
Every applicant gets an answer at every stage, including the ones we turn down.
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Application read by a human
The academic team reads it, not a filter. The section about a student you turned around carries more weight than the CV, so write it properly.
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Subject test
A short paper at the level you want to teach, sat under time. It is not designed to be difficult and it does rule out applications where the depth is not there.
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Sample lesson
Thirty minutes teaching a colleague who is playing a student who is stuck, defensive and not particularly interested. Most applications end here and the reasons are always given in writing.
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References and checks
Two references and background checks appropriate to your jurisdiction, which are required before any work with under-18s begins.
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Onboarding and first term
A half day on our marking approach, note-writing and platform, then observed sessions and audited notes through your first term. Support is heaviest at the start, deliberately.
Applications open
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Applications are read by the academic team. Every applicant gets a reply, including the ones we turn down.
Before you apply
What we look for
Subject knowledge is the entry requirement, not the qualification. What separates applicants is whether they can explain a refused mark to a defensive fifteen-year-old.
- A degree in the subject, or equivalent professional depth in it
- Two years of teaching or tutoring, in a classroom or one to one
- Fluency in the specification you want to teach, including its mark schemes
- Examining or marking experience, strongly preferred and not required
- A reliable connection, a quiet room and a graphics tablet for STEM subjects
- Background checks appropriate to your jurisdiction, for work with under-18s
Roughly one applicant in nine is offered a place, and the sample lesson is where most applications end. Strong subject specialists frequently find it harder than they expect, which is the point of it.
Tutor questions
Asked by applicants, answered plainly
How are tutors paid?
Per taught session, at a rate set by level, subject and examining experience, and confirmed in writing before you take a student. Marking and note-writing are included in the session rate rather than expected unpaid.
Rates are reviewed annually and after your first full term.
How many hours can I expect?
It depends on your subject and your availability. Tutors offering evening slots in high-demand subjects such as maths, chemistry and physics fill up fastest, and we will not promise hours we cannot see in the booking data.
Do I need to be in a particular country?
No. Tutors work from across the world and we schedule around your declared availability. What matters is a reliable connection and a quiet room at the times you have offered.
Am I employed or self-employed?
Tutors work with us on a contract basis and are responsible for their own tax and any local registration. We will set out the terms in writing before you take a student, and you should read them.
Can I teach my own students alongside this?
Yes. We ask only that you do not solicit families you meet through us, which is the one clause we enforce firmly.
Applications open
Send us a sample of your teaching thinking
The strongest applications describe one student, one problem and one change. If you can write that in a paragraph, we would like to read it.
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