Arlette tutor - worth the money?

[pinkmud80]

I have seen lots of posts on here about Arlette as a tutor for 7+, we have a 5 yr old daughter who we would like to sit for some of the North London schools. I am aware that she charges a lot of money (more than most tutors) - is it worth it? Can anyone share their experiences? Is she really amazing?

Also any contact details much appreciated, thank you

Hi! Mum of two at one of the n London super selectives

no. From what I hear her success was mainly 10+ years ago. Her daughter does it now and she didn’t do too well with her results last year. From what I hear these people are worth speaking to:

beyond tutoring London
three to eleven

both can be found on Instagram.

good luck.

Thank you so much @KimchiLaLa

It sounds like maybe not worth it then - want to do the best for DD but need to really consider this amount of money.

If anyone else has thoughts I'd be super grateful.

@pinkmud80 - did a few sessions with Arlette but wasn't particularly impressed. try out Mums in the Wood Education - her success rates are even better than Arlette and her pricing is more competitive too. tutoring is expensive if you go for any good tutor but relative to the cost of the education you'd likely be paying for it's well worth it IMHO. Top tutors are ~£150 per hour and ~20-30 sessions is usually enough. So that's £3k-£4.5, which is only 10-15% of one year's school fees. all the best!

Assuming tutors X, Y, Z are equally qualified academically (similar degrees from good universities), 6 year old child Amber already has a good understanding of 7+ materials from school, parents, and is a good reader. The parents have a lot of Bond/Scholastic practice materials and Atom papers. The parents also have time available to home tutor Amber. 7+ target schools are WUS, Kings, Latymer

• What's the value add from having a tutor at all?
• What are the value add differentials among the 3 tutors?
• How many hours approximately shall be planned?

Well, 10-15 years ago, attending weekly classes with Arlette for 10 months or so would almost guarantee success for your DS or DD at every school they applied to. I don't know what the current success rate is, though.

10-15 years ago, attending weekly classes with Arlette for 10 months or so would almost guarantee success for your DS or DD at every school they applied to

@RoMe1prom90 that was, at least in part, because she didn't accept all children whose parents wanted to pay her. She assessed them first and accepted only the ones she thought could get over the bar.

Consistency—regular practice in maths and reading—is probably more valuable than top top expensive tutoring. A tutor may only work with your child for 1–2 hours a week, but your child's daily learning habits have a much greater impact on long-term progress and academic success.

@HappyMum112233 that is exactly what I have come to realise, especially after reading about what these tutors actually do. They are just hire-guns for what the parents themselves should be doing.

Absolutely. Arlette tailored the programme to each child. Parents should expect to spend one to two hours per day working with their child on maths and reading to get the best results.

Hang on. People are paying £150+ per hour to get their 6/7yo tutored? This is totally, totally insane to me.

We have seen a couple of 3-year-olds being "tutored" in order to gain admission to oversubscribed 4+ schools

But the majority of the work would be done by the parents: reading books for an hour before bedtime, doing different creative activities during the day, and lots of exercises to develop fine motor skills.

The London tutoring scene exists either because the parents are so busy or lazy to do much themselves, or entirely based on fear drummed up by tutors.

That's exactly how I see it too.