Finding a Home Tuitor

tower

Hi, My son is having a bit of difficulty with his GCSE English, so we have decided to get him a home tuitor once a week to help.

Could anyone recommend any websites which lists local tuitors (east herts) and how to go about choosing one. What type of questions should i be asking etc. Thx

CH27

I used First Tutors to find my son a tutor.
You need to put in your post code & subject and it will give you a list of tutors.

When you contact them ask to see references & a CRB.

Shushannah

Personal Tutors are good. They checked out my references and CRB when I signed up.

Trixi

I tutor and advertise through First Tutors and UK Tutors, as well as my own website. You might also ask at your son's school to see if the teachers know of a local tutor.

emsywoo123

We found ours through word of mouth-he was a teacher who was leaving DD's school (teachers at the school are not allowed to tutor the pupils)

Do you know anyone else who might have one or who has used one?

dizziblonde

Shushannah wrote: »

Personal Tutors are good. They checked out my references and CRB when I signed up.

They're where I find a lot of tutees as well - I don't like the sites which charge to give tutor details and these don't. Again they checked CRBs etc when I joined them.

daisiegg

Try contacting local schools - we often get lots of requests come through to our department for tutors, and a lot of our teachers do tutoring in the evening.

In fact I am in East Herts so I can guarantee that all of the secondary schools in the area have English teachers who do tutoring as I know who they all are! :rotfl: What year is your son in? This might be a difficult time of year to find someone with any spaces but if he is in Y10 then a lot of tutors will suddenly become available around May half term when the Y11s don't need them anymore.

You should ask if they are familiar with the exam board he is on (even if they don't currently teach it it would be good if they have taught it in the past perhaps). I do think a current teacher is a good bet as a tutor as they know what is going on at the moment - things change so quickly in education.

sillygoose

Didn't have much luck with the 'find a tutor' type websites. Not a single tutor we tried to contact got back to us, as your going through a 3rd party you don't know if it ever even reached them or its up to date at all.

We are using our local Kip McGrath centre and its been superb, it really has. Has proper teachers using computers and software to make it interesting. Its cheaper than an individual tutor but they only have 4 kids max. to the tutor at a time. Our kids do better dropped off at the centre and picked up later than doing it on home ground. They can tailor the tuition to suit what you want and its even cheaper by doing a block-booking. They do a free assessment session to see where the child is at and how well they settle into the environment to see if it suits everyone. I sound like an advert I know but the progress my son is making is brilliant and he can't wait to go each week, loves it!!!

http://www.kipmcgrath.co.uk/

cockaleekee

tower wrote: »

Hi, My son is having a bit of difficulty with his GCSE English, so we have decided to get him a home tuitor once a week to help.

Could anyone recommend any websites which lists local tuitors (east herts) and how to go about choosing one. What type of questions should i be asking etc. Thx

The word you are looking for is tutor.

sillygoose

cockaleekee wrote: »

The word you are looking for is tutor.

Apart from unnecessary unpleasantness, your post is helpful in what way?

fluffnutter

sillygoose wrote: »

Apart from unnecessary unpleasantness, your post is helpful in what way?

Perhaps it is a little unnecessary but it does illustrate something... the right family background helps you learn. If your parents don't know the word tutor then perhaps it's unsurprising that you're struggling with English yourself.

I'm not making a judgement about that - I'm just saying.