Every child learns in their own way, and most tutoring ignores that. Before we teach your child anything, we take the time to understand how they think, where the gaps really are and what has already been tried. Then we build the programme, the plan and the choice of tutor around what we find.
Our tutors are subject specialists from the country’s leading universities. Every one of them is interviewed, enhanced-DBS checked and trained in the Refine Method. But we only suggest a tutor once we have written your child’s profile, so the match is made on who your child is, never on who happens to be available.
Before we suggest a tutor, we look at your child’s
If the fit is not right, we change tutor without any fuss. We watch the first few sessions for exactly that.
Most tutoring starts with a tutor and a timetable. We start with your child. Six stages, always in this order, and the tutor only arrives at stage four.
Where they are: attainment, gaps, exam technique. How they learn: pace, confidence, habits, what has and hasn’t worked.
Strengths to build from. Priorities, in order.
Objectives, milestones and review points. Lesson structure, independent work, revision strategy.
Subject and exam-board expertise. Teaching style, personality, how they communicate.
Each topic: secure, developing, or needs more work. Repeated mistakes traced back to their cause.
Priorities reordered, workload adjusted. A different approach when something isn’t working.
Your child’s programme is written down and kept up to date, and every week you get a short note from the person teaching them: what was worked on, what moved, what comes next. Each topic is marked secure, developing or needs more work. No dashboards, no percentages chosen to flatter you.
He understands well when he can see the method. Mistakes cluster in multi-step problems where the first step is unclear. Confidence comes quickly with worked examples.
Geometry is now secure after three sessions on angle reasoning. Ratio is still the priority, so this week we switched to bar models.
Reviewed with Mum on Friday. Onwards. — R.
An example, not a real student’s record. Real notes live in Refine Learning and go to parents every week.
Dyslexia, ADHD, autism, dyscalculia, anxiety, an EHCP. We choose a tutor with verified experience of the need, change how the lesson runs, and keep the same structure every week. Same Method, applied with more care.
Educational support, not clinical. We do not diagnose and we make no clinical claims.
Learning Support at RefineHow the teaching changes
Also dyspraxia, speech and language needs, EHCPs and school support plans. the same Method, more carefully
Every programme includes the first conversation, a written plan, a matched tutor, Refine Learning, the weekly note and the monthly review. The only thing that changes is how intensive it is, and we recommend that on the call.
Month to month. Cancel with four weeks’ notice. No lock-in. We confirm the price once we know what your child actually needs.
Home-educating? See how a programme fits inside a parent-led education.
Ages 10 to 18, UK and international exam boards. The subject is where we start, not what we are selling.
The profile, the plan, the weekly note and the practice, in one place your child and you can both open. Questions written to the specification, dyslexia-friendly formatting and text-to-speech built in.
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Bright, capable, and quietly convinced they were bad at a subject. Often they had already had a tutor for a year. The lessons were pleasant, but nobody had written down where the gaps were, and nobody was measuring anything.
So we built what was missing: understand the student first, write the plan, choose the tutor for the child, measure honestly every week, and change the approach when it stops working. Never the child. Refine is that system.
Anything else, ask a senior educator directly on the first call.
Tell Us About Your ChildTwenty minutes with a senior educator, and no obligation. You will come away with a clear picture of where your child is, what is getting in the way and what would help.
Standard tutoring does not work for every learner. Our platform includes accessible features and, for SEND placements, we assess the student's needs and select a tutor with relevant verified experience or training. Sessions remain educational support and do not replace clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic or statutory services.
These are the needs we work with most often, and what actually changes in the room when we do. Every child is different, so this is a starting point, not a menu.
Refine provides educational support. We do not diagnose and we make no clinical claims. For learning-support places we choose a tutor with relevant, verified experience or training, and we are happy to work alongside your child’s school, SENCO or specialist.
Most services match on subject alone. We match on learning profile, SEND experience, teaching approach, and shared interests. For children with SEND, the right tutor is not just someone who knows the subject. It is someone your child will actually open up to.
Build Your Child’s ProgrammeTell us what your child loves, and we will find a tutor who shares those passions. For children with SEND, this is not a nice-to-have. It is the difference between a session that works and one that does not.
Register your interest. We will take the time to understand your child's SEND needs, learning profile, and interests before making any recommendation. 20 minutes. No pressure. No obligation.
Build Your Child’s ProgrammeWe are selective about who joins us, because our students deserve specialist tutors who achieved the grades they are aiming for. If you have the academic credentials, the subject expertise, and the interpersonal skills to make a real difference, we want to hear from you.
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