I've heard good things about Tutorful (but then again Spires has generally good reviews). Has anyone else had good or bad experiences with these, or could suggest somewhere else i could look for an A level computer science tutor (online)?
I found one via Spires last summer. He seemed really good but then ghosted my son after 2 months! I finally managed to catch up with him via Spires and he said he had become too busy to deliver the 1 hr /week he had agreed to. Rubbish service and communication. Spires were not interested at all, they just wanted to get us to sign up to someone else through them. Needless to say I didn't.
We found someone else through word of mouth but again he cancelled after 2 months - he said his wife was taken ill and he had to focus on supporting her. He seemed genuine but honestly, who knows.
We're now a bit stuck, my son has ADHD and needs a one a week/ fortnight session to keep him on track. He loves the subject and works hard (got an 8 at GCSE. He was doing his sessions in a shared family area of the house so we could monitor his engagement and he was being polite, engaged and working well. In fact the second tutor gave him a glowing report).
I don't know if we've just been really unlucky but I'm loathe to sign up with someone else who might just bin him off, especially via an expensive brokering service, but i don't know where else to look. He didn't seem too bothered about being cancelled but I was upset on his behalf. It could be very demotivating.
I really need someone who is going to be reliable.