At Hampstead and Frognal Tutors our experienced and specialist tutors are passionately dedicated to supporting children’s learning. We know every child is different so our tutors will identify the learning styles that best suit your child’s individual needs and devise a tailor-made programme of tuition to best support their academic growth whether in lessons, completing coursework or sitting their exams.

Online tutoring has become increasingly popular in recent years (even before the pandemic), and for good reason. The format of online tutoring is not dissimilar to in-person tutoring, only sessions take place virtually using a computer, laptop or smart phone. 

There are numerous benefits to online tutoring that can make a significant difference in your child’s academic performance and overall success. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at some of the benefits of online tutoring and why it is a great option for parents looking to support and enhance their child’s education.

The Benefits:

1. Access to Qualified Tutors

While the benefits of face-to-face tuition are indisputable, online tutoring provides access to a wide range of qualified tutors from all over the world so you can find the best tutor for your child’s needs, regardless of your location. Our online tutors are all excellent communicators with a passion for their subject. Used to teaching via screen, they combine knowledge and enthusiasm with technological skill.

Our online tutors cover all exam boards, including OCR, AQA and Edexcel but also have experience preparing students for essential entrance examinations.

Whether you are looking for a GCSE Physics tutor, an A Level English tutor, someone to support with the BMAT exam or someone to prepare your child for the 11 Plus, do not underestimate the power of virtual learning.

2. Bespoke Learning and Focused Attention

In a traditional classroom environment, teachers must often divide their attention among many students and cater to a wide range of learning styles rather than what is best suited to your child’s individual needs. A significant benefit of online tutoring is that children receive 1-1 attention and a bespoke learning plan that is optimised to reflect their specific learning style. This can help your child to better understand a course or lesson material and improve their academic performance.

Additionally, online tutoring allows you to choose from a larger pool of tutors, which means that you can find a tutor who specialises in the specific area that your child needs help with. This can be particularly beneficial if your child is struggling with a specific subject, such as maths or science.

3. Convenient for Existing Family Schedules

Many parents find online tuition less intrusive and disruptive to family life and children often feel more relaxed when they are taught over the internet. With online tutoring, you can easily schedule sessions to fit your family’s schedule and transportation needs, which can be particularly helpful if your children are involved in any extracurricular activities that make it challenging to get to and from sessions.

4. Flexibility While on the Move 

One of the most significant advantages of online tutoring is its flexibility. Online tutoring allows your child to receive high-quality education from the comfort of your own home or while on the move. This can be particularly useful if you’re a family who travels frequently for work or leisure as it means that you don’t have to worry about any of the logistical issues that may impact an in-person tutoring session. 

If you are likely to be starting or continuing online tutoring while travelling, then ensure where you’re staying has a strong WiFi connection to avoid any disruption to lessons. If your WiFi connections may vary then we’d recommend purchasing a dongle to enhance your signal or investing in a phone plan with plenty of data so you can hotspot as needed.

5. Interactive and Engaging Technology

While online tutoring is very similar in its approach to in-person tutoring, it involves far more than just Zoom calls. At Hampstead and Frognal Tutors, our specialised tutors have access to a vast array of software to enhance lessons so your child will still be able to interact with their tutor like they can in a classroom, with the added benefits of new educational technology. 

Examples include:

• Virtual whiteboards are invaluable to our online maths tutors, who write out equations and formulas for their students just as they would in real life.
• Screen sharing technology means pupils can follow lessons with ease
• Interactive software such as Cahoot or Google Classroom means there is never a dull moment. Students feel like they are in a real classroom while enjoying the comfort of their own home.

6. Improved Performance and Confidence

If your child is struggling in school, it can be easy for them to become discouraged and lose confidence in their abilities. However, with the help of an online tutor, your child can gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, which can help to build their confidence and self-esteem.

Supported by our in-house training and resources, our online tutors adapt their teaching to the individual learning style of each child to help restore your child’s confidence, boost their intellectual curiosity and excel academic growth through exciting and stimulating tuition. 

7. Cost-Effective

A final benefit of online tutoring is that it is often more cost-effective than in-person tutoring. With online tutoring, you don’t have to worry about the cost of transportation to and from in-person tutoring sessions nor any other expenses associated with it. Additionally, online tutoring often allows you to choose from a range of pricing options, which means that you can find a tutor that fits within your budget.

Getting Started With Online Tutoring

If you’re looking to get started with online tutoring or simply have questions about the process, you can contact us for a free telephone consultation to understand the tuition requirement in detail. Once you have instructed us, we reach out to our dedicated team of tutors and assign the best online tutor or consultant to match your child’s needs.

During the first online tutoring session your child’s dedicated tutor will make an initial assessment of your child’s academic attainment to devise an individual Learning Growth Action Plan with clear Academic Learning Goals.

As your child commences online tutoring, you will be able to review their tutoring schedule and book lessons through our online platform with a shared calendar that can be viewed by both parent and tutor. Tutors will provide feedback at the end of each session and regular written reports to ensure parents are clear on how their child is progressing. The platform will also house a unique library of resources including revision notes, key learning points from lessons and exam papers for ease.

Overall, online tutoring is an excellent option for parents looking to support their child’s education and help them fulfil their academic potential. With its flexibility, convenience, access to specialist tutors and bespoke learning plans, online tutoring can make a significant difference in your child’s academic success. If you’re looking for a way to support your child’s education, consider online tutoring as a great option to help them achieve their goals and advance their learning.

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Useful Resources

• Ultra Speed WiFi Dongle to support remote online learning

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The private tuition industry is booming. In 2016, it was estimated that 40% of London school children have a private tutor at some point in their academic career. Maths tutors are most in demand, closely followed by those teaching English and foreign languages.

Finding the right tutor, however, is not always straightforward. As you browse through a mass of smiling digital faces and are bombarded with mortar boards, qualifications and testimonials, it is often hard to know where to start. How do you distinguish one English tutor’s ‘passion’ and ‘experience’ from another’s? Can you be sure that a Maths tutor’s credentials are what they seem?

What’s more, there are a surprisingly large number of ways to go about hiring a tutor. One route is to approach a tutoring agency, such as Hampstead & Frognal Tutors. Agencies listen to what you want and assign tutors who best fulfil your requirements. In the case of Hampstead & Frognal Tutors, this involves searching through a pool of carefully selected, highly educated individuals to find the best match.

There are also online tutor platforms, however, which operate very differently. These websites allow parents themselves to hunt through thousands of profiles and to select a promising-looking individual. Online platforms such as Tutorhunt, Tutorful and The Tutor Pages have proved popular in recent years, allowing parents to contact who they think is best for the job.

Problems of quality, expense and safety swirl around these different courses of action. What this blog post hopes to do, therefore, is to break down the pros and cons of each approach. From cost to convenience, here is the information you need to make the best decision for your child.

So how do the different companies work?

Tutorhunt:

A search feature allows parents to find tutors who are operating in the local area. Parents browse through profiles free of charge, messages can be sent to tutors and testimonials are available on Tutorhunt’s site. When an appropriate tutor has been identified, a one off payment is required to attain their contact details.

Tutorful (formerly Tutora):

Parents can browse through thousands of tutors using the search feature to see who is operating in the local area. Parents can then message tutors for free. A lesson booking is confirmed when you have entered your payment details. Tutorful takes a commission from the payment received.

The Tutor Pages:

This is an online publication which accepts advertising from tutors and tuition centres. Tutors place adverts on the website, and parents can browse through the different profiles. Parents can then contact tutors free of charge. The platform makes money from the tutors’ adverts and not from commission.

Hampstead and Frognal Tutors:

This is a tutoring agency. Parents can either fill in a form to request a tutor or telephone the company directly. The company then proceeds to match the most suitably matched tutor to the student.

When the different agencies and websites are placed side by side, obvious disparities emerge. Online tutor platforms like Tutorhunt, Tutorful and The Tutor Pages promise convenience and reasonably priced tuition. However, the quality of the tuition cannot always be depended upon. Nor do you know whether thorough background checks have been carried out on the tutors. The due diligence is down to parents when hiring a tutor online.

Tuition agencies such as Hampstead and Frognal Tutors offer a different service to online platforms. Whether parents wish to hire a tutor through an online platform and interview the tutors themselves and check credentials or save the time and use a tutoring agency.  In the digital age parents now have a wider choice for deciding how they wish to invest in tutors for their children.

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