I agree personal recommendations are best but if @BlueRidgeMountain doesn’t find a tutor by asking around, then searching online is a good method, especially if she uses websites that check tutors’ credentials and publish bone fide reviews.
However, that’s not to say the tutoring itself will necessarily be done online. Both the websites I mentioned in my previous post have options to search for online and/or face to face tutoring in a given area, either via a tutor coming to the client or the distance the client is prepared to travel to a tutor. Many tutors offer the first lesson as a single paid trial or ‘taster’ so you can see if they are a good fit for your child before booking further lessons.
Personally, I would look for a tutor who is a qualified teacher and has experience of school teaching. At the very least, this gives them knowledge of what children are expected to know and understand in school and the methods they will be using. The last thing a child who is struggling needs is to be taught methods that are at variance with what they will be doing in school.
I think most parents who had to teach their own children during the pandemic would agree that teaching is not something everyone can do, however kind and patient they are (although those traits obviously help). Good maths and science tutors tend to charge premium rates whatever age they teach as they are in short supply so market forces come into play. However, just as all school teachers are paid the same whether they work in primary or secondary schools, most well qualified and experienced tutors charge a similar rate irrespective of the age of the student. There is sometimes a small increase for older students to reflect the additional time taken for marking homework.
I know it’s very hard for many parents to finance tuition (we remortgaged our house to fund specialist help for our neurodivergent daughter) but in my experience, it’s certainly worthwhile and probably more cost effective to pay for a well qualified and experienced tutor.