Advice for a noob - SE LONDON GCSE maths + science tutor or centre

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Hello everyone

My DD is in Y10 and is doing triple science. She is finding Physics a bit hard, she's tried with YouTube and book resources but now would like to try tutoring.

She would prefer it in person as she didn't enjoy online tutoring during Covid.

She used to do Explore Learning back in primary and while it helped her with maths she didn't like the set up and changing teachers. I have just seen that they offer Maths GCSE's only so they're no good as she needs science too. Do you recommend anywhere like Explore in SE/S London?

If you think a private tutor is better, do they come over to your home or do you take your children to a class? Do you recommend any website that is trustworthy to finding tutors? Obviously, all the adverts claim they are great and marvelous but I don't know how to go about choosing.

I'd be grateful for any pointers or thread suggestions. 🙏

Thanks everyone.

I have heard very negative things about Explore to be honest, similar to your daughter's experience with changing teachers etc.
One thing I would say is that online tutoring is very different to the 'online classes' that schools did during covid. Firstly, if it's one to one, it will (hopefully) be tailored to her and how she learns. It's also much more conversational, unlike in covid, in my experience, where they were set work and then expected to just get on with it.

There are recommendations on threads here but be mindful that there are absolute bandits out there. We had a horrendous experience with TutorHunt which cost us about £500 in the end! And I'd be wary of those who are ex-teachers in our experience.

My experience with tutors:
English Tutor - excellent - found via TutorHunt before they got so money grabbing, excellent, marker for AQA, he stopped when got promoted to HoD.
Science Tutor - hopeless - found via TutorHunt but then personal facebook - we didn't want GCSE and he couldn't pitch to right level
English Tutor - hopeless - found by facebook recommendation - too waffly, not focussed on the exam
English & Maths Tutor - excellent - from a tutoring centre - very focussed on getting through the exams which were finally passed

With the two hopeless ones I could see it wasn't working but let it go on too long. So my learning is be clear what you want from them and that if in doubt don't hire or get rid quickly.

Hi,

I am a Maths and Science GCSE tutor with 5 years of experience. I have around 8 students currently and am studying Neuroscience and Psychology at university. Let me know if you are interested, we can have a free trial!