Expert, local, face-to-face, one-to-one home tutors in Reading
GCSE tuition in Reading with Brainbox Learning
Our prices start at £35 per hour
Suitable For Years 9-11
National Curriculum
Taught By Experienced
Teachers & Tutors
Regular Assessments
& Progress Reports
Face-To-Face
& One-To-One
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In the UK, years 9, 10 and 11 have long been synonymous with one thing – the long yet exciting journey towards the world renowned GCSE exams. Since 1988, these exams have topped off the secondary education system, and played a key role in determining where students choose to pursue their further education, whether moving on to a sixth form college to take A Levels, or moving on to take a vocational qualification elsewhere. Either way, your child’s GCSE results will form a crucial part of their CVs and university applications in the years to come.
We are here to ensure that your child reaches their full potential across these exams, whether there is one particular problem subject or module, or you’d like to ensure they are going above and beyond the curriculum, enabling them to challenge for top grades by being 100% exam-ready when it comes to the end of year 11.
Everything we do will be geared towards the specific subjects and exam boards your child is sitting exams for, and a crucial part in what we do involves ample exposure to real world, tailor-made mock exam questions and papers. In this way our tutors don’t just provide the knowledge, they ensure the exams themselves are second nature.
“Students build a much better rapport with their tutor when studying face-to-face. They’re more engaged, more focused and more confident when it comes to asking questions.”
“One-to-one tuition means it’s all about you. Every session is meticulously tailored to students’ individual needs. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach here.”
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Frequently asked questions
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All of the tutors that we work with are based locally in and around Reading. We interview all tutors face-to-face, and carry out detailed reference and qualification checks, as well as ensuring they have up to date enhanced DBS checks. Our team includes tutors from a mix of backgrounds, with different personalities, interests and areas of expertise. In terms of experience, our tutors range from experienced teachers with 20 or more years of in-school experience, to recent Masters and Phd graduates with a wealth of recent subject-specific and exam preparation experience.
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Your child's first session with Brainbox Learning will always be with our senior tutor responsible for his or her age group. This allows us to do two things. Firstly, it gives you as parents or carers an opportunity to discuss any preferences regarding your child's tuition in greater detail, asking any questions you may have at the same time. Secondly, over the course of this first session, our senior age-group tutor will be able to assess your son or daughter, in terms of areas of strength and weakness and learning styles, and will be able to determine the most appropriate tutor for you going forward. Interests and personality of both student and tutor are also taken into account. After this assessment session, we will be in touch to introduce your tutor. Of course you are then free to request a change at any time, however as of June 2024, we are proud to say that this has yet to happen!
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Tuition is available throughout the day. We have tutors operating between 9AM and 9PM, 7 days per week.
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Tuition takes place face-to-face, in your home. Our tutors are also happy to meet in other locations, such as coffee shops, however a responsible adult would still need to be present. We also offer online tuition where requested, but we always recommend face-to-face sessions where possible.
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Our rates start at £28.50 per hour. You can access our price list here. Invoices will be sent by email on a weekly or monthly basis, and can be paid by debit or credit card, Apple Pay or bank transfer.
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As corporate members of The Tutors' Association, we adhere to strict safeguarding procedures. All sessions are also fully insured. We interview all of our tutors and teachers face-to-face, as well as meticulously checking references and qualifications, and ensuring that all tutors have up to date, valid enhanced DBS checks.
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Yes! We are based in Reading, including all tutors and staff. This gives us a great level of knowledge when it comes to local schools and local exams. You can also check out our local community and charity page here.
Why study with us?
Because we’re based in Reading, we know the local area inside out, and everything we do is tailor-made towards the specific exams being sat by local students. We pride ourselves in knowing all of our tutors and students as individuals. We also love supporting local charities.
We strongly believe in face-to-face tuition over remote learning, and we make it easy! Our tutors will come to you. It’s been regularly proven that the improved rapport built between student and tutor leads to better engagement, higher productivity levels and ultimately better results.
You can trust us to deliver, both in terms of punctuality and safety. We go above and beyond, providing all of our tutors with an enhanced DBS check. Our lessons are all covered by our public liability insurance, and to top things off we are proud members of The Tutors’ Association, the UK’s professional membership body for the tuition industry.
Our unique approach gets results. We get to know every student individually, and this allows us to tailor everything we do to their specific needs, rather than following a predefined program. By mixing our work between focusing on problem areas, the school syllabus, and regular exposure to real world mock exam questions, we ensure every student is learning the right things, in a way that will easily translate to exam success.