We are looking for recommendations for a primary school tutor for kids year 3/4 upwards.
We would need someone who can honestly and realistically assess someone's ability to see whether it is worth tutoring towards selective secondary AND someone who could assess whether there are gaps that need filling from the current school education.
We don't want to tutor for the sake of it and if we are told that the best thing for our child is to support school with normal help at home then that's fine too.
My child is year 3, has been doing really well at school but the school itself is not doing well so we have little to measure his actual ability against.
We have serious reservations about this year's teacher and don't want dc to lose the enthusiasm and ability encouraged by previous teachers.
We have no idea if dc is bright enough to apply for selective schools but school say he might be if we want to go down that route.
I HATE the idea of being a pushy tutoring mother if dc isn't at the right level. However, I would equally hate to deny a bright child the opportunity to do better if given better support.
Having googled local tutors there seem to be several agencies but we wouldn't have a clue where to start.
I am regular but n/c for this post.
Many thanks for any help.