The 7 steps
From first message to finishing support.
You always know what happens next, and why.
Booking Targeted Tutoring? The first steps are the same. Your child’s sessions then focus on one skill.
About Targeted TutoringStep 1: Get in touch
Send the short form, a WhatsApp or an email. Tell us a little about your child and up to three times that suit you.
Step 2: Free consultation Free
A 10-minute call with you. We listen to your worries and explain the next steps.
Step 3: First session and assessment
If you choose to go ahead, we book your child’s first 60-minute session (£35). It includes a learning assessment, adapted to your child. There is no separate assessment fee.
Step 4: Your child’s plan
You get feedback, a written starting profile and a personalised learning plan. We talk you through them.
Step 5: Teach, watch, adjust
One-to-one sessions, normally two or three a week. We watch closely and change the plan when your child needs it. You get short practice for home.
Step 6: Updates and reviews
A short progress update every month, and a formal plan review every 6 to 8 weeks.
Step 7: The next step
When your child is ready, we step down, change the support or finish. We never keep a child in support longer than they need it.
Our method
From hands, to paper, to head.
Systematic and multisensory. We draw on Montessori and the Orton-Gillingham approach, so letters, sounds and numbers are learned by seeing, hearing, saying and touching.
Working with you
A bridge stands on two legs.
One leg is you. You know your child best. The other is teaching that finds the missing block. Your child crosses in the middle.
Home practice is part of the plan.
Each session ends with short, simple practice for home. The bridge only holds when both legs do their part, so learning keeps going between lessons.
You are always in the loop.
Monthly updates and plan reviews, in plain English.
Your child’s school, only with your OK.
We talk to your child’s school only if you ask us to.
Safety
Keeping children safe.
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Checked.
Our founder holds an enhanced DBS certificate and is on the DBS Update Service.
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Photos.
We never use a child’s photo, work or story without specific written permission. Saying no never affects lessons.
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Your details.
At first contact we only ask for what we need. Please don’t send medical details in the form. Privacy notice
FAQs
Questions about the process.
Is there a separate assessment fee?
No. The learning assessment is part of your child’s first 60-minute session, at the usual £35.
What will I get afterwards?
Feedback, a written starting profile and a personalised learning plan. We talk you through them.
How will I know my child is making progress?
You get a short update every month and a formal review every 6 to 8 weeks.
Will you talk to my child’s school?
Only if you want us to, and only with your OK.
Do I have to start the full programme?
No. If your child needs help with one skill, Targeted Tutoring may suit you better. Both start with the same free consultation.
Step one takes 10 minutes.
And it is free. Book your parent consultation.