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Expert Phonics Tutors: Put Your Child’s Education in Expert Hands

Watching your child struggle to blend sounds is incredibly tough. As a parent, you aren’t expected to be a literacy specialist or a phonics expert; your role is to provide the right support. Hiring a private one-to-one tutor shifts the academic pressure from your home to a qualified professional.
This gives you your evenings back and ends the frustration of trying to teach complex decoding skills yourself. By putting their education in the hands of an expert, you ensure they master the foundations of reading while you return to being a supportive parent.

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Finding a specialist to help your child find their voice shouldn't be an exhausting chore. Forget the frustration of scrolling through endless profiles or guessing who will best engage a young learner. Our Tutor Match service eliminates the guesswork by doing the hard work for you.
We take your child's specific needs—from their current phase of phonics to their learning personality—and create a curated shortlist of specialists. We vet every tutor rigorously, with only 1 in 8 making the grade. By expertly putting children and tutors together, we ensure a perfect fit that saves you time and stress.
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Master the Phonics Curriculum

Our tutors specialise in every stage of early reading, from blending and segmenting to mastering complex graphemes. Whether your child is struggling with synthetic phonics, tricky words, or the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, we have the expert for you. These private one-to-one sessions are designed to turn frustration into fluency, focusing on the core skills required for primary school success. We help students bridge the gap with their peers, building the confidence and self-belief they need to unlock the entire curriculum and develop a genuine love for reading.
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£85/hr
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Alice A
Phonics Tutor - Making learning memorable
* Book your child in for SUMMER BOOSTER sessions TODAY* - I have had a HUGE increase this year in last minute requests for support, even for the day before the exam... - Many of these young people have been worrying about their GCSEs and A Levels behind closed doors and parents have realised too late that they need support. - If your child is in secondary school or 6th form now and you have any doubt about their independent study skills please consider summer sessions. - I hear all too often that the young people I am working with do not have the skills in order to attempt independent study....
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£93/hr
5.0
Jessica P
Phonics Highly experienced, friendly tutor
Not only am I a supportive and encouraging teacher, with many years of experience as a qualified teacher but I also work for the Department for Education as an Education Consultant which means that my lessons are highly effective. I have prepared fast track courses to support students from the age of 5 right through to masters university level.I am fortunate enough to be an Examiner of KS2, GCSE and A-Level providing me with detailed insight into a range of exam boards as well as working on university-based assessment panels.I have enjoyed many years of work as a private tutor on a 1:1/small group...
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£45/hr
5.0
Matthew B
Enthusiastic Teacher Looking To Make Phonics Fun !
*NOW TAKING REQUESTS FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR (2026-27)* - please message me before booking as I am still tutoring this current academic year's cohort and it's a lot easier to come to a mutually beneficial time slot as opposed to having to make adjustments to bookings generated by the system.*I live in the North West of England and can cater in-person tutoring for students within 10 miles of where I live!*Family Discount: offering discounts on brothers/sisters of family members I am currently tutoring. --------------------------------------------------------------------------Tutor Rate:For clarity,...
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£54/hr
4.9
Padma A
Phonics Friendly, cheerful, enthusiastic, and patient.
Hi, I am an enthusiastic and friendly tutor, offering math and English tutoring for primary school children. I prepare students for 7+, 9+, and 11+ entrance exams, as well as SATs. I also tutor Year 7 children in math and science. I hold a Master's degree and a teaching qualification, along with an Enhanced DBS check. I began tutoring in 2014 and have since guided numerous children through their learning journeys. I have tutored over 100 children, each with different ages and abilities. I recognise that every child is unique, and I adapt my teaching approach to meet their individual...
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£60/hr
4.8
Joanna C
Phonics Tutor - A Cambridge medic helping you reach your potential
Hello, My name is Joanna. Currently teaching GCSE English and Drama in a local school, I have been working as a freelance tutor for the past 15 years. Outside of education, I am a writer and have worked with theatre companies in a variety of roles. Originally working with students dealing with SEN and integration into main stream schools, I've experience working with early learners all the way through to A Level. This includes preparation for SATs and grammar school entrance exams. My specialist subjects are English and Drama, which I teach to A Level. I am also able to teach certain topics in...
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£151/hr
5.0
John M
Specialist teacher offering Phonics tutoring
I teach English language from primary up to GCSE level. I teachEnglish Literature set texts used by exam boards such as AQA, Pearson Edexcel, Eduqas, and OCR. I also teach the Pearson Edexcel iGCSE and the Cambridge English First Language iGCSE.I work with students with entrance examinations, from 7 plus up to 13 plus.I teach students studying English as a Foreign Language(ESL) who are taking the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) I’m a specialist trained SEN teacher, with a wealth of training and experience working with neurodiversity, including autistic, ADHD and dyslexic s...
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