Home education tutors for regular subject support

Start with the part of your home-education plan that would benefit from a tutor. You might want regular help with maths reasoning, feedback on writing or teaching towards a named qualification. State what the learner is already doing so the tutor can discuss how lessons would connect with it.

The following details make an enquiry more useful than an age or year group alone. If you are unsure of the level, describe the work instead.

Latimer tutors offer a free introductory meeting before paid lessons. Use it to discuss the learner’s current work, the proposed subject goal and the tutor’s relevant experience with that stage of learning. It is a conversation about fit and arrangements, not normally a full teaching lesson.

Ask how the tutor would work with the resources you already use, and whether they would suggest different material for the particular gap. If you follow a child-led approach, explain how you would like subject teaching to sit alongside it. Include the learner in the discussion and ask what would help them take part comfortably.

For additional learning or communication needs, describe what works in practice and ask what the tutor can accommodate. That conversation should establish the individual tutor’s experience and limits. For broader advice on choosing support and checking suitability, use our home-school tutor guide.

Agree a recurring slot and session length that leave room for the learner’s other activities and manageable practice. Include daytime preferences in your request if useful; the actual days and times need agreement with the tutor. Our home-education timetable guide covers wider routine planning.

Here is a suggested way to keep subject tuition connected to your plan. It draws on EEF guidance on targeted one-to-one tuition, which stresses identifying gaps and monitoring progress. That research concerns school interventions and does not establish a required home-education lesson schedule.

Latimer is online-first, offering one-to-one tuition. Microsoft Teams is the default lesson platform, though you and the tutor can agree another. Choose the format around the actual task and the learner’s ability to use the materials comfortably.

For one-to-one work with children, NSPCC guidance for tutors recommends another adult within earshot or the option for parents to sit in. Agree the session space, communication arrangements and how parents will receive updates before lessons begin.