A tutor is a private instructor who teaches a specific educational subject or skill to an individual student. Such one-on-one attention allows the tutor to improve the student's knowledge or skills far more rapidly than in a classroom setting. Tutors are often privately hired and paid by the student or the student's family. Many are used for remedial students or others needing special attention; many provide more advanced material for exceptionally capable and highly motivated students.

There are many different resources for finding the right tutor for your student. Of course, speaking to your student’s teacher for their suggestions will always be a good start. Asking around any community organizations or churches that you may be involved with may also turn up good results. Naturally, personal recommendations are a valuable way to locate tutors with a proven track record; ask other parents for their suggestions or experiences.

It’s a vast, unregulated, hidden industry. Around a quarter of our children are tutored individually at some point in their school career. For some it’s essential as they are off school with a long-term health problem.  Occasionally, families who are travelling for an extended period take a tutor with them to keep junior’s brain ticking over. Others need someone to maintain schoolwork during a difficult period – an exclusion or a family break-up. School-aged film stars have their own tutors who keep them up to speed in between takes.  Tony Blair supplemented all his children’s state school education with a bit of home help. However, many parents in more ordinary circumstances feel that a bit of one-to-one coaching will work wonders for their child’s confidence – and it often does. For most, it’s a question of bolstering basic maths or English competence in year 6 or needing one-to-one help to shed light on a tricky GCSE topic. A dip in a grade on a school report? Still can’t understand punctuation? A dodgy exam result? Common Entrance looming and algebra or Latin still a mystery? Help! Find a tutor! But – who are these tutors who seem to be teaching everyone’s children and, more importantly, how does one find a good one?

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