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GCSE tutors

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mumof2girls2000 · 18/11/2022 17:54

Hello, my year 11 daughter is struggling a little and I think she would benefit from a tutor, particularly for Maths GCSE, but possibly English lit too. There are so many online tutor companies online but I would rather go with a recommendation. Can anyone help? Many thanks

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Turmerictolly · 19/11/2022 10:18

We had a last minute online tutor for English Lit (well, from December onwards). Ideally we should have started in Year 10 but it did help push Ds over the line I think to the next grade up. This particular tutor was a teacher with lots of GCSE experience and also he was an examiner for the board Ds was sitting so knew what the examiners were looking for. We used Tutorful, but I've also heard good things about Tayberry. The cost was £30 an hour.

Untitledsquatboulder · 19/11/2022 07:58

We used "My Tutor" to boost ds1's French and the tutor they provided was very, very good. He did 1 hr per week on zoom on top of which he'd set ds half an hours preparatory work each week., so it required aevel of commitment. They were not cheap though.

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mumof2girls2000 · 18/11/2022 23:44

Thank you

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EducatingArti · 18/11/2022 18:36

Yes, I am a tutor ( no vacancies sorry) but I'd go for someone local. You are unlikely to find anyone who would do both maths and English so would need 2 different ones
You should act soon as it is getting to the point where it is too latte for tutoring to make enough of a difference where there are serious issues with understanding. ( Obviously depends a bit on how motivated the student is to work between sessions). I would rarely take on a year 11 after Christmas because experience tells me there's not enough time to make a grade's worth of difference.

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 18/11/2022 18:30

Personally, I'd ask for local recommendations- try to find someone who can come to you in person. Ideally, I'd want someone who had taught the exam spec your DD is doing in a school and has a track record with tutoring.

I've rarely seen a student get any benefit from online tutoring unfortunately!

Whitesleeves · 18/11/2022 18:17

Send me a message, I can help.