Home Schooling – an education to fit your family

Most families who home school will work with a tutor in order to provide a professional education. If a parent is a qualified teacher, and has sufficient time to prepare and deliver effective lessons, stay up to date with the curriculum and engage successfully with their child, or children, then there is less need to bring in some one else. However, in our experience, a large part of the success of a home schooling programme relies on the relationship between student and tutor, and this is often improved by bringing in an expert.

Tutors are subject specialists and know the schools and exam boards that your child will be studying. They are employed by you and must deliver a professional service to meet agreed goals. In most cases the teaching they deliver will be more effective, more engaging and often better value for money that that delivered by a parent. As with many things in life, you get what you pay for and the more experience a home school tutor has, derived by working with a wide range of students, the better they will be able to teach your child. Of course, part of the magic is finding the right fit between tutor and child, which is what Simply Learning Tuition is here to help with.

If you have any questions about the best way to approach your child’s home school education please get in touch. An SLT Home School advisor will be delighted to help.

We are highly selective about the tutors we work with. Every one of our stable of tutors is a consummate professional; with hundreds of hours of experience under their belts. More importantly they are highly vetted, each with a current valid enhanced DBS and carefully checked references. Around 50% are full time tutors and 35% qualified teachers. All are known to us and handpicked for each student. They also have an infectious passion for their subject and, above all, the empathy and care to connect with your child. As a rough guide, we work with about 10% of the 1,000 or so tutors who apply to work with us every year.

We take a personal approach - it could be that your son or daughter needs a role model, more a writer or actor, or perhaps someone more sporty to fire their passion for learning. In all cases, the match will also be precise in academic terms, down to the level of experience with the school entrance exam, or national exam board. We take care to get to know each tutor personally – from their teaching style and the type of students they work best with, to their hobbies and interests. This allows to recommend exactly the right tutor for your child and is key to the success of our tutor placement service.

Families living in London are able to benefit from the proximity of world class home school tutors, who come to their home to teach in person. SLT works with the very best home school tutors to provide effective, safe and fun home schooling to families in London. We have presented a selection of these tutors below.

In London, about 0.5% of children are home schooled at any one time. SLT works with families who engage professional teachers and tutors to provide the highest possible quality of teaching. This will be in line with whatever curriculum your child is following and will use a teaching style that is uniquely suited to each child.

For families living outside the UK, international home school tutors can ensure academic continuity for your child if your circumstances require your family to travel frequently. If you are moving to the UK, tutors can also help prepare your child for British independent school entrance examinations and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

Fees are based on the number of subjects, the intensity of the timetable, and the type of provision required (UK-based, hybrid, or residential). As an indicative range, London programmes typically sit between £10,000 and £30,000 per term. Full-time residential tutoring can rise to circa £350,000 per year depending on scope, travel and exclusivity. We will always outline a proposed budget in advance with clear rationale.

Yes, where helpful. Some programmes run independently; others are closely aligned with a school’s curriculum, set texts and coursework - particularly where a return to school is planned. We are used to operating in a joined-up way with teachers, SENCOs, and pastoral teams.

Yes. Where students are fully home schooled, we manage exam board registration, access arrangements (where applicable), and exam centre coordination. This ensures that academic outcomes remain secure and formally recognised, even when education is delivered outside a traditional school setting.