What does tutoring mean to you?

Since its inauguration in 2021 Pearson Tutoring has provided over nine thousand students with online tutoring sessions with qualified teachers, allowing for an average assessment score increase of 63% across all subjects and stages. Data taken from our 2021/2022 Impact Report.

And that’s not all. From increased confidence and engagement to exciting leaps in understanding, Pearson Tutoring continues to make a real difference to schools and learners across the country.

But don’t just take our word for it. Hear from pupils, parents, teachers, leaders, tutors and programme leads in our latest round-up of views, reviews and experiences: What Tutoring Means to Me.

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Hafsa Namaji - Tutor Manager

"Tutoring to me is making a positive difference to the lives of many learners. It’s providing schools and students with access to high-quality tuition delivered by subject specialists and experienced teachers."

Photograph of Matthew Taylor, Schools and Tutor Experience Executive — "For me, tutoring is about making a real difference to students' lives. It gives them the opportunity to catch up on the teaching time they missed out on due to the pandemic in a fun and engaging environment.

It has also been, and continues to be, a successful way to plug gaps in learning or support a child who is struggling with a subject, helping them to progress faster and further than they would in a larger class."

Parent of primary student

"Tutoring means giving my daughter the confidence and courage to move forward in the subject areas that she felt she was struggling in."

Photograph of Adele Key, Deputy Headteacher — "Tutoring, particularly when sourcing external support, means to me that I am able to tap into a vast number of highly qualified teachers to carry out the small group work that some of our pupils really need.

For me as the teacher, it means that I don’t need to spend additional hours planning extra sessions for my children, which in the past would have been delivered by other school staff, helping them also with their already full workload.

With the ability to marry tutoring sessions with the concepts that are being taught in class, tutoring also means that not only have I seen pupils’ academic abilities significantly improve but their confidence in their everyday lessons too.

As one pupil commented to me ‘I am much better with my Maths now because lots of things we learn with our tutor help with the work we are doing in class, it’s meant things really click in my head.’

Tuition is providing the support our children really need to allow them to become confident, resilient and assured learners, both in the small group with their tutor, and in the wider classroom environment."

Parent of primary student — "Tutoring means giving my daughter the confidence and courage to move forward in the subject areas that she felt she was struggling in. She was down beat. Loved being back at school with her friends but she didn’t look forward to lessons. Her tutor has worked wonders.

Relationships are vital and my daughter’s tutor goes above and beyond, showing a genuine interest in my daughter as a person, as well as what she can achieve academically. As a result, my daughter now has the confidence to ask questions and get things wrong, something she hated before. She has improved beyond my expectations. She is back to being the bubbly girl who loves learning."

Deborah Parsons - Tutor

"Tutoring to me means providing students with that extra support they need outside of a regular classroom setting, removing the fear of looking ‘stupid’ in front of their peers and allowing them to make mistakes without judgement, to nurture them to be successful and provide an environment for their confidence to grow."