The tutors
Six of the fourteen below; the other eight are named on the board in the waiting area and we will tell you who would suit your child. Every tutor is a qualified teacher or a graduate in the subject they teach, has an enhanced DBS check renewed yearly, and was interviewed and observed by Eleri before they taught a lesson here. Ask for one by name, or let us match, and change any time.
English, history, the 11+, personal statements
Founded the centre in 2014 after nine years running an English department. Teaches English and history to A-level, runs the 11+ course and reads every personal statement. The half-term report format is hers.
Enhanced DBS checkedEvery tutor, renewed 2025
Maths, further maths, physics
A maths graduate who marks A-level papers for a board every summer, so he knows exactly where the marks go. Runs the GCSE higher groups and the Easter maths intensive, and is the tutor most parents ask for by name.
Enhanced DBS checkedEvery tutor, renewed 2025Primary maths and English, the 11+
Teaches Year 5 at a primary in Llandaff and tutors at the centre on Saturdays. The one who makes a Year 4 who hates maths laugh and then do fractions.
Enhanced DBS checkedEvery tutor, renewed 2025Biology, chemistry, combined science
Taught science at a Newport comprehensive before moving to tutoring full-time. Runs the GCSE science groups and the A-level biology and chemistry one-to-one, and keeps a molecular model kit in every room.
Enhanced DBS checkedEvery tutor, renewed 2025Welsh second language, French, Spanish
A languages teacher who does the GCSE Welsh oral with nearly every student in the building in the spring term. Native-speaker standard in French and Spanish; runs the oral practice sessions.
Enhanced DBS checkedEvery tutor, renewed 2025Psychology, economics, business
Lectured in psychology before tutoring; marks A-level psychology papers. The person to see if the essay questions are where the marks are going.
Enhanced DBS checkedEvery tutor, renewed 2025Safeguarding
The highest level of criminal-record check, including the barred lists, renewed annually for all fourteen tutors and the office staff. Held on file with the dates; parents may ask to see the register.
Eleri interviews every tutor, checks qualifications and references, and watches them teach a trial lesson before they take a student. About one applicant in four is taken on.
Every teaching room has a glass panel in the door, parents may sit in on any lesson, and online lessons are recorded with the parent\'s consent. The safeguarding policy is on the wall and Eleri is the designated lead.
Your child sees the same tutor at the same time, and cover is arranged in advance with someone who has read the notes. A different stranger each week is not something we do.
Tutors
We pay £24 to £30 an hour depending on level, with set hours in term time, the rooms, the materials and the admin done for you. You need a degree in your subject or QTS, a current enhanced DBS or the willingness to get one, and to teach a trial lesson in front of Eleri. Maths, physics and the sciences are the subjects we are shortest of.
Tell us the year group and the subject, and we match a tutor and offer a slot for a free first session at the centre or online: an assessment, a chat with you both, and an honest view of what would help. We reply within the working day. Or ring the office.