Explore Learning | Managed tutoring provider with online and centre-based options. | The GCSE retake page describes weekly online or centre-based support. It says online GCSE tuition is one-to-one, while centre tuition involves a tutor supporting a group of up to six children on individualised work. | The provider page showed tuition from £20 per session and from £179 per month, with GCSE resit pricing blocks including £39 per session / £170 per month for one weekly 1:1 session and £31 per session / £270 per month for two weekly 1:1 sessions. | The page says tutors are fully DBS certified and directly employed by Explore Learning, with progress meetings and reports available. | Its SEN tuition page uses careful wording: “Whilst we are not SEN specialists,” while describing experience supporting learners with dyslexia, dyscalculia, autism and ADHD. | Free trial signposted on the GCSE retake page. | Families wanting structured weekly support, parent reporting and the option of a physical centre. | Centre-based group support and online one-to-one tuition are not the same format. Confirm the current plan, price and setting before booking. |
MyTutor | Online one-to-one tutoring platform. | The provider explains that students and tutors work by live video, can use a whiteboard, upload essays or past papers, and rewatch recorded lessons. | The page describes pay-as-you-go payment. Current tutor rates and any package rules should be checked on the live site. | The checked provider information said it interviews every tutor, accepts 1 in 8 applicants and requires a valid enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred List information before tutoring on the platform. | Good questions to ask are whether the specific tutor has relevant experience and how the lesson space can support attention, confidence or processing needs. | Free 15-minute video chat before booking. | Parents wanting flexible online one-to-one tuition with detailed published onboarding and safeguarding information. | Tutor quality and SEND fit depend on the individual tutor as well as the platform process. |
GoStudent | Online tutoring and matching service. | The GCSE page describes personalised matching and online tutoring. | The GCSE page said private GCSE tuition could cost as low as £21.99, with lesson price depending on lesson volume and duration. | The provider page said only 8% of tutors make it through its five-step selection process and that tutors hold enhanced DBS checks. | The page showed SEND-related experience in some individual tutor profiles, so parents should check the actual tutor match rather than assuming a central SEN method. | Free trial lesson signposted. | Families wanting online tutoring, a trial lesson and a broad tutor marketplace with matching support. | Confirm the current price, contract terms and tutor profile before committing. |
The Profs | Premium tutor matching service. | The GCSE page presents a high-touch matching model with consultation and experienced tutors. | The provider page listed school/GCSE hourly rates from £60 and a £70 one-off placement fee, with discounts for prepaid blocks. | The page described a 3% tutor acceptance rate, experienced tutors, enhanced background checks and options such as DBS-checked tutors or a qualified teacher where preferred. | Potentially suitable where an experienced tutor is more important than keeping costs low, but parents should still ask about the named tutor’s relevant experience. | Free consultation and half-hour introductory call signposted. | Families with a larger budget who want bespoke matching and highly experienced tutors. | The higher price point will not be the right fit for every resit student. Confirm current fees and placement terms. |
Adnan Khan Tutoring | Resit-branded tutoring provider. | The checked page was explicitly GCSE resit-focused and described live one-to-one tuition in maths, English and science. | Clear pricing was not clearly stated on the checked page. | A clear DBS or safeguarding statement was not clearly stated on the checked page. | Not enough checked-page evidence to assess SEN/SEND suitability from that page alone. | Free trial or free assessment was signposted. | Parents who specifically want a service marketed around GCSE retakes and are willing to ask detailed questions before booking. | Avoid relying on grade-jump marketing claims without stronger evidence. Ask for tutor qualifications, safeguarding, exam-board fit and realistic progress reporting. |
Get Further | College partnership programme, not a typical parent-bookable tutoring website. | The page describes weekly small-group tutoring for FE students retaking GCSE English or maths or studying Functional Skills, delivered mostly face to face but also online depending on need. | Not presented as a direct parent purchase on the programme page. | Assess through the college partnership context rather than as a self-serve parent platform. | Ask the student’s college what support is available within its resit programme. | Not a parent self-serve trial model on the page reviewed. | Families whose child is already in an FE setting and may be able to access college-led resit support. | Ask the college whether it uses Get Further or another resit-support partner; parents should not treat it as a standard booking website. |
