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KS3 tutoring
Gaps that appear in Year 7 do not close by themselves. They turn up again in Year 10, when the content moves faster and there is far less time to go back and fix them.
One to one online lessons in Maths, English and Science, matched to your child's actual level and the topics their school is teaching. £30 a lesson, and the first 30 minutes are free.
No card details for the trial. Change tutor at any time, at no cost.
KS3 is not examined, which is exactly why it gets neglected. It is also the cheapest time to fix a problem.
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A free 30-minute session where the tutor works out where your child actually is, rather than where the school report says they are. You get an honest view of what needs fixing first, and you decide afterwards whether to book anything.
Year group, subject and the main difficulty is enough to get started. We reply seven days a week, usually within minutes.
No card details are taken and there is no obligation to book lessons afterwards. See our privacy policy. Prefer to message? WhatsApp us.
If we think tutoring is not what your child needs, we will say so. That happens occasionally and it is better said in a free session than three months in.
Is this your child?
The jump from one teacher to twelve, from set homework to independent deadlines, exposes gaps that primary school covered up. Some children say so. Most do not, and it shows up as avoidance instead.
None of these mean a child is struggling academically in a serious way. Most of the time it is one or two missing foundations and a knock to confidence, both of which are straightforward to deal with at this age.
The case for acting now
Precisely because it is not examined. Nothing forces the issue, so gaps sit there quietly until Year 10, when GCSE content arrives at speed and assumes all of it is already secure.
Year 10 Maths does not revisit fractions and negative numbers, it builds on them. A student who never secured them spends two years compensating rather than learning, which is exhausting and shows up in the grade.
A gap in Year 7 might take six lessons. The same gap in Year 11, tangled up with exam pressure and two years of workarounds, takes considerably longer and costs more.
A twelve year old who thinks they are bad at Maths usually is not, and can be talked out of it. A sixteen year old has believed it for four years, and that is a much harder conversation.
Year 9 has its own deadline, which parents often miss. Option choices happen during it, and a student who has quietly given up on a subject will not pick it, whatever their actual ability.
By year group
A Year 7 settling in and a Year 9 heading for option choices are different problems. The pace, the focus and the amount of confidence work all change depending on where your child is.
The transition year. One teacher becomes twelve, homework becomes self-managed, and primary gaps surface within a term.
The year gaps become visible. Work gets more demanding and students often stop saying they are struggling.
The last year before it counts. Option choices happen here, and GCSE content starts in some schools.
Subjects
Maths, English and Science are the core of what families ask for, and we also cover Computing and Religious Studies at this level. Lessons follow what the school is actually teaching rather than a separate syllabus.
Usually the first subject parents ask about, and usually a foundations problem rather than a Year 8 problem.
Where the demands change most sharply, since students are suddenly asked to read closely and write at length.
Three subjects taught as one, which is where students quietly lose track of which bit they do not understand.
The same tutors teach these subjects at GCSE, so nobody changes person when your child moves into Year 10. You can see the full team on the tutors page and the subject detail on subjects.
KS3 specialists
Most of our 39 tutors teach at KS3. The six below are the ones we most often match with Years 7 to 9, including a primary and transition specialist with ten years of experience and two teachers holding QTS.
KS3 Maths and English foundations
Ten years teaching Maths, English, reading and Science to students in the years just before secondary school, which makes her the right person for a Year 7 or 8 who arrived already behind. Rebuilding foundations is a different skill from stretching a Year 11.
Best for Year 7 and 8 students working below age expectation
English, KS3 and GCSE
Fifteen years in English education, including leading a department, plus a postgraduate diploma in the subject. Reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary are exactly where KS3 students gain most, and exactly where she concentrates.
Best for comprehension, grammar and written accuracy
Maths, KS3 and GCSE
Holds QTS as well as a PGCE, so mainstream secondary classroom teaching rather than tutoring alone. Particularly good on the misconceptions that quietly derail a student long before anyone notices a problem.
Best for spotting the misconception behind a repeated mistake
Science and Maths
A Master's paired with a Bachelor of Education, so subject knowledge and teacher training arrive together. Covers all three sciences, which suits KS3 where they are taught as one subject.
Best for KS3 Science across Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Maths, KS3 and GCSE
A career in secondary and further education, so the route from Year 7 arithmetic through to the Higher tier paper is familiar ground. Teaches to the school's scheme of work and marks as he goes.
Best for families who want a qualified classroom teacher
Science and Maths, Head Tutor
Founded RS Remote Tutoring in 2020 and still teaches. Tends to take the students who have already decided science is not for them, which at KS3 is usually a confidence problem rather than an ability one.
Best for students who have lost confidence in a subject
Measuring it
There is no GCSE grade at KS3, which makes tutoring easy to sell and hard to judge. So we report progress in terms of what your child can now do, and there are four things worth watching for yourself.
Homework gets faster. Not better yet, just faster, because your child stops sitting in front of a question they cannot start. This is usually the first thing parents notice.
They attempt questions they would previously have skipped. Getting it wrong having tried is real progress at this stage, and worth more than a right answer copied from a friend.
How they talk about the subject changes. "I hate Maths" becomes "I'm alright at Maths except graphs". That narrowing is the sound of a gap closing.
School assessments and reports start to move. This lags the other three by some weeks, which is why we do not ask you to judge tutoring on it alone.
An update covering what was taught, what your child understood, what still needs work and what has been set for next time. Written in plain English rather than as a score out of ten, because a score would be invented.
If nothing is moving after half a term, we will say so and either change the approach or change the tutor. Both are free.
Our published reviews are almost entirely from GCSE families, because that is most of what we teach. We would rather point that out than put a Year 11 science result on a Year 7 page and hope you do not notice.
You can read all 34 of them, unedited, and judge for yourself.
What you get
A free gap check, a plan built around the school's topics, weekly one to one lessons on Zoom, and an update after every session so you can see whether it is working.
Thirty minutes working out where your child actually is, before any money changes hands and before anyone recommends a plan.
Lessons follow what the class is covering, so tutoring supports school rather than running a parallel course your child has to keep up with twice.
Tutors help with homework, but the point is teaching the method. Finishing the homework quickly helps nobody in Year 10.
Most KS3 students need patience more than pressure. A student who will now attempt a question they would previously have skipped has made real progress.
What was covered, what improved, what still needs work. In plain English, not a colour-coded chart.
Lessons can be recorded on request where appropriate, subject to safeguarding and consent, so a student can revisit an explanation before a test.
The process
Most families are booked in within a day or two of getting in touch. Nothing is paid before the gap check.
All lessons are one to one on Zoom, and we can confirm a tutor's DBS status before lessons begin if you would like to see it. Our full safeguarding policy sets out how we work with students under 16.
If you would prefer to sit in on the first lesson or two while your child settles, that is entirely normal at this age and nobody will find it odd.
Cost
£30 for a 60-minute one to one lesson, falling to £27.50 on a three-month term plan and £25 on an annual plan. The same rate applies at KS3 as at GCSE and A-Level, and to every subject.
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per 60-minute lessonNo sign-up fee and no matching fee. A short run of lessons to clear one topic is perfectly reasonable and we will not push you towards a plan you do not need. The 30-minute gap check is free and takes no card details.
Common questions
Anything not answered here, message us and we will tell you straight. We usually reply within minutes.
Usually, since most of our 39 tutors teach at KS3. Availability tightens from January and again before summer exams, when GCSE students take the evening slots first. Tell us the days and times you need when you enquire and we will confirm before anything is booked.
A free 30-minute session where the tutor works out where your child actually is, rather than where the report says. No card details are taken and there is no obligation to book afterwards. You get an honest view of what needs fixing first.
Maths, English and Science are the core, and we also cover Computing and Religious Studies at this level. We do not teach History, Geography or Modern Foreign Languages, and we would rather say so than take the booking.
Someone reads your enquiry and matches on the year group, subject, what is actually going wrong, whether confidence is part of it, and the times you are free. You get one name and the reason for it, not a shortlist to compare.
For most students, yes. KS3 gaps are usually narrower than they feel, and weekly lessons over a term tend to close them. If your child is a long way behind we will say so at the gap check rather than after three months.
Yes, and sometimes that is genuinely all that is needed. Pay as you go has no minimum, and we will not push you towards a term plan for a problem that takes four lessons to fix.
£30 for a 60-minute lesson, £27.50 each on a three-month term plan and £25 each on a twelve-month annual plan. The same rate as GCSE and A-Level, with no sign-up fee and no matching fee.
We can confirm a tutor's DBS status before lessons begin, and you are welcome to ask. Our safeguarding policy sets out how we work with students under 16, and all lessons are one to one on Zoom.
You get an update after every lesson covering what was taught and what still needs work. Beyond that, watch three things: whether homework is getting faster, whether your child attempts questions they used to skip, and whether they can name what they find hard instead of saying they hate the subject. School assessments move last, usually by several weeks.
At KS3 it is worth being nearby for the first lesson or two while the routine settles, then stepping back. Most students at this age work better without a parent in the room, and you will get an update after each session anyway.
No. Tutors will help with homework, because that is what is in front of your child that week, but the point is teaching the method behind it. Finishing tonight's homework quickly is worth very little in Year 10.
Yes, and most families do exactly that. The tutors on this page teach GCSE as well, so nobody changes person in Year 10 at the point when continuity matters most.
Tell us and we will rematch at no cost. You do not lose lessons, restart a plan or pay a fee. At this age the fit between tutor and student matters more than almost anything else.
Free 30-minute gap check
Tell us the year group, the subject and what is going wrong. We will put forward one tutor and set up a free gap check. No card details, no obligation, no follow-up sales call.
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