Ds has an amazing tutor who we found locally. She started comming two mornings a week when he was 5 and stayed for about 2 and a half hours at a time (she was only supposed to stay for one hour, and only charged us for one despite staying all morning!) and she was a godsend, especially when we first started out after a bad reception experience ourselves. It was great to have someone who could just tell me I was on track with his early Reading etc. She used to play work games, number games, cards, dominoes and do some really simple workbooks with him.
Now he is 7 and she only comes one morning every two weeks. He is so busy with other activities everyday and I am so confident with what I teach him now. He doesn't really need her at all, but they both became so fond of each other I can't bear to stop it! Plus, they are into the same sort of books, things like Terry Pratchet and the Hobbit/LOTR books which I cant abide, so now they spend hours Reading those together and talking about them! She also does a bit of maths, which is ds weakest subject and the only one I worry about, which makes me feel better. It's always nice to have someone with so much experience of teaching children to say it's ok, he is doing fine.
Sorry, long reply, but if you find the right person it can be wonderful. Our tutor is a lovely, pateint elderly lady and ds adores her like a grandmother figure. Before her, we briefly tried another tutor and it was a disaster. He tried to impliment a curriculum for ds, and kept trying to tell me what I should and shouldn't be doing, even going as far as writing me a timetable! it was like school, we soon got shot of him, and really landed on our feet when we found the one we use now.