UK independent tutors
Find a UK tutor and pay them directly.
Browsing and messaging are free for everyone. When you're ready to work with a tutor, pay £9.99 once to unlock their contact details and book lessons directly. We take no commission on what happens next. Why this is cheaper →
Five quick questions and we'll narrow you to the tutors who fit. Already know who you're looking for? Search by name →
Why book through Tutorperch
No commission
Pay £9.99 once to unlock contact-sharing with one tutor. We don't take a cut of the lessons after that.
Manual DBS review
Every DBS certificate is reviewed by hand. Badges run for three years before re-verification. (PVG and AccessNI cover Scotland and Northern Ireland.)
Refund if no agreement
If you and the tutor never agree a lesson after unlocking, the £9.99 is refunded.
The cost difference
The cost of commission, in pounds.
Commission-based platforms charge around 25% on top of the tutor's hourly rate, on every lesson, for as long as you keep booking. We charge £9.99 once. Over a course of lessons the gap turns into real money.
Through a commission-based platform
£800
20 × £40.00/hr
Tutor's rate £30/hr + ~25% platform markup, baked into every lesson.
Through us
£610
20 × £30/hr + £9.99 unlock
You save £190 over a 20-lesson course.
Worked example: 20 lessons at £30/hr; commission-platform markup conservative-end of the 15-35% industry range.
How it works
Three steps from browse to booked.
Browse
Search the directory by subject, level, town, or anything else on the filter list. No signup needed to look.
Message
Send as many messages as you want, free to both sides. Agree time, rate and subject in chat, contact details (phone, email, links) are blocked while you decide.
Unlock
Pay £9.99 once to unlock the thread, then you and the tutor share contact details directly and book lessons between yourselves.
Read up before you book
Plain-English guides
If you're new to tutoring or unsure where to start, browse our guides on UK subjects, levels, exam boards, and the parent-side practicalities.
Subjects
Plain-English guides for the major UK curriculum subjects from Maths and English to Law and Philosophy.
Qualification levels
KS2 SATs through GCSE, A-level, IB, BTEC, Scottish Higher, and T-level.
Exam boards
The major UK exam boards and what each one is known for.
11+ entrance prep
Regional guides for grammar-school and selective-independent entrance exams.
Admissions tests
UCAT, LNAT, TMUA, STEP, and Oxbridge subject tests.
Parent guides
Cost benchmarks, online vs in-person, when to start, choosing a tutor, and knowing if it's working.
Tutors list free on Tutorperch.
Listing is free. The £3.00 one-off verification fee covers your identity check and safeguarding review. We take no commission on the lessons that follow.