The Tutors Group is the premier source of tutors in Britain. We provide tutors to work all over the globe, frequently with the children of some of the world’s most prominent and influential families. We were founded in 1990 by Tom Leopold and now have around two hundred tutors of exceptional ability. We help children of all ages (infants to A level) with specific subjects, study skills, essay planning and examination technique. One of our specialist areas is Common Entrance at which we have never had a failure to the school of first choice. At GCSE and A Level our tuition is a valuable addition to mainstream schooling.

We have found that many problems with learning are rooted in a lack of confidence on the part of the child and hence the first task of our tutor is to heighten your child's self-esteem. Whilst individual needs may unintentionally be overlooked in a classroom, one to one tuition provides a vital opportunity to increase your child's belief in his or her own ability. This is crucial in determining success.

Our tutor will instil in your child:
· the confidence to ask questions without fear of being thought stupid;
· the confidence to say "I don't understand";
· the confidence to succeed.

In addition, we work with the best special needs educators in the world and are able to call upon their services at short notice for our client's children. Using their recommendations we can provide the very best tutors, some of whom specialise in dyslexia, dysphasia, ADD, ADHD, Aspersers, autism and other cognitive and social disorders. We believe there is a distinction between a teacher and a tutor. Teachers must be skilled in classroom control and are obliged to find the general level of learning at which all members of the class can cope.

Our tutor can focus on the specific needs of your child and can instil both the ability and the desire to learn. Our tutor will show your child the importance of education and its relevance to his or her own future. Our tutor will encourage your child to take responsibility for his or her learning.

Your child will be required to process information, assimilate ideas, analyse concepts and produce written reports at great speed. The ability to do this is enhanced by our ethos, "learning to learn", as opposed to classroom techniques which prioritise memorising facts. However, as world culture is dominated by examination results, children have to memorise facts and concepts and then reproduce them clearly and precisely, under time pressure.

There are certain skills which make examinations easier; skills which are not usually emphasised in the routine of school-based teaching. Our tutor will advance your child's ability to revise, take notes and plan essays, as well as counsel and coach on examination technique. The latter alone can be worth between ten and twenty percent of the marks available, depending on the structure of the test. Although obvious, it is worth stating that one percent can be the difference between a pass and a fail. Children are naturally inquisitive about the world around them and eager to learn. Mainstream education has often doused this love of learning. We aim to rekindle the fire.