We believe that qualified teachers are uniquely positioned to provide outstanding tuition. However, we also recognise that not all qualified teachers excel in their craft. That’s why all of our tutors are not only certified educators but have also successfully passed our rigorous assessment process, proving they are truly exceptional teachers!
Our hourly rates start from £70.00 and increase depending on experience and availability. Please see the table below for indicative price ranges for different types and levels of tutoring.
Tuition Type
Price range (£ per hour inc. of VAT)
UK School entrance tuition (7+, 8+ , 11+ and 13+)
80 - 160
Key Stage 1,2 & 3
70 - 100
GCSE / IGCSEs
70 - 100
A-Level
80 - 120
International Baccaluareate DP
90 - 140
International Baccaluareate MYP
80 - 120
Pre-U
100 - 140
*Please note that these prices are indicative only, rates for tutors will be confirmed upon Owl Tutors making recommendations to you.
A placement fee of £95 is payable for each tutor that is introduced to you - this will only be charged if a tuition session takes place and will be added to your first invoice.
There are no registration fees. This means that you can meet a tutor without having to pay anything. You will only be invoiced if you engage one of our tutors to deliver tuition after having discussed your requirements with them.
Why do our tutors cost what they do?
They are all experienced qualified teachers.
Many of our school entrance tutors have significant experience and track records in preparing students for competitive school entrance exams
Many of our tutors are also examiners
They have achieved academic excellence themselves
Many of our tutors have achieved other relevant skills such as qualifications to assist students with special educational needs
How can I save money when using an Owl Tutor
Consider online tuition if you have not already done so. Most students at KS2 or above will have no problem engaging just as efficiently with an online tutor than a face to face one. Face to face tuition can be up to 50% more expensive for the same tutor!
Consider shorter sessions. Most tuition sessions are one hour. 40 minute sessions can often be effective and could reduce your fees by 33%.
Find out if there are times that you can offer to your tutor that are more convenient for them. Most tutors find it difficult to fill their hours during the day (9am to 3pm) in the week. Many of them will accept lower rates at these times.
How do our fees work?
Our tutors set the rates that they wish to be paid on each job. The rate that they will request will be dependent on a number of factors including:
The rate they wish to earn per hour
Whether the job is face to face or online
How much preparation time is required for each session
The tutor's remaining availability
John's biography
Highly successful English Literature and Language specialist with great depth of subject knowledge alongside many years of experience teaching GCSE, A-Level, KS3, IB and iGCSE.
John has led an Outstanding English department in the UK, and was Second in Department in an Outstanding International School, helping to lead the planning and delivery of the English IB and iGCSE curriculum. He has exemplary understanding of how to plan a sequence of lessons so that the students improve dramatically, retaining the core knowledge needed and applying it eloquently and cohesively in the rigours of exam conditions.
John builds a positive and productive relationship quickly, meaning that his students have high levels of engagement and make rapid progress. The lessons that he plans are tailored specifically for the individual, and he welcomes feedback from the student and/or their parents to ensure that the planning is exactly what the student needs.
IB Experience
John taught English Language A: Literature for the IB Diploma Programme at an Outstanding British International School for two years. His students made excellent progress under my highly effective classroom teaching, diligent marking, bespoke feedback and impactful passion for English Literature. He thoroughly enjoyed supporting students to succeed within the rigours of the course, with expertise in planning lessons on all three aspects of the course: Readers, writers and texts; Time and space; Intertextuality: connecting texts.
For his second year at the International School, he was promoted to Second in English, supporting the Head of Department with coordinating the delivery of the curriculum. As a result, he has a very good understanding of how to plan to support IB students to achieve the grades they deserve, for both Paper 1 and Paper 2, along with the internally assessed prepared oral response and the Higher Level written coursework component.
John qualified to teach English in 2007, and holds a QTS from Teach First.
University name
Name of degree
Year of graduation
University of Leeds
BA (Hons) English Language and Literature (Euro)
2006
Subjects tutored:
English (KS3, GCSE AQA, GCSE Edexcel, GCSE OCR, IGCSE, IGCSE (Cambridge), A Level AQA, A Level Cambridge International, A Level Edexcel, A Level OCR, IB Standard Level, IB Higher Level and ESL)
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