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 →
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.
- 1
Browse
Search the directory by subject, level, town, or anything else on the filter list. No signup needed to look.
- 2
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.
- 3
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.