Clara James Tutoring
Your Questions Answered
Do you offer a getting to know you lesson?
The first lesson is always free. This first lesson will take the form of getting to know you, how you work, and what you would like to focus on. It will not take the form of a test. ...more
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October 16, 2024•1 min read
What are the costs of the lessons?
Whether you decide to go online or face to face, the first lesson is always free. After that a 1-to-1 lesson in your home is just £45/hr, online is £30 for the hour ...more
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October 16, 2024•1 min read
Do you do lessons all year round
If you choose to continue with lessons through the holidays is completely at your discretion, some families choose to stop, others will keep going ...more
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October 16, 2024•1 min read
How would you work with my child?
Every child is completely unique. How one child best learns may not work the best for another child. Because of this every lesson is completely designed to suit your child's learning requirements and ... ...more
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October 15, 2024•2 min read
How long have you been tutoring?
Again, this varies from tutor to tutor. If you get in touch requesting support, we will listen to the support that you need and then pair you with a tutor that we think will be the best fit. ...more
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October 09, 2024•2 min read
What do I need to provide for the lessons?
If we are coming to your home we will have everything with us that you may need (apart from a calculator if applicable). However, for online lessons please can you prepare something to write with, pap... ...more
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October 09, 2024•2 min read
What is your cancellation policy?
If you have decided you no longer need to support of the tutor you are working with, please can you give us a minimum of 1 weeks notice so that we are able to offer your time slot to someone else.
Cancelling an occasional lesson
If you want to cancel because of illness or some other unexpected event, please can you give us a minimum of 6 hours’ notice for a face-to-face lesson, or 2 hours online. If we receive less than this it will be at our discretion still to whether to charge you as we may have set off and had to cancel other events for your lesson. The time will already have been taken to prepare the resources.
If you are cancelling for a holiday, birthday, or other pre-organized event, please can you give us as much notice as possible, but the also remind us the lesson before.
How regular are the lessons?
That is completely at your discretion. Some families want weekly lessons, some want fortnightly. We occasionally have families who want them monthly, others want them two or three times a week.
You know what you want, what you can afford. We are willing to be as flexible as needed. Sometimes circumstances change and that's completely ok too, again, just let us know and we will do our best to fit in with what you need.
Additionally, the lessons are normally for 60 minutes, but if you feel that is too long, no problem we can shorten it. Some families choose to do 30 or 45 minutes with each of their children, again that is absolutely fine.
Do you have a long waiting list?
Generally no as there is now a team of us working at Clara James. However, when the tutors have reached their capacity I take care over who I employ to help represent the business.
It has taken 12 years to build up an amazing reputation and we have achieved that because those who work with me are amazing. I can recommend each and every one of them with confidence.
So, sometimes there may be a delay whilst I find a new suitable tutor, and I apologize about that, but I would rather recommend the right person than just anyone and damage our reputation because of a quick impulsive decision.
Are the tutors DBS checked?
The answer to that is, yes.
Who wrote your testimonials
Good or bad, every testimonial you will find about us is 100% authentic and written by someone we have worked with or supported in someway.
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