School Tutoring Services That Actually Work
Online one-to-one lessons for pupils your school chooses, alongside school, taught by DBS-checked university students.
- Lessons are recorded for safety
- One-to-one sessions, 15 per pupil
- £25 a pupil for each session, one-to-one or group
- DBS-checked university student tutors
- Non-profit: all surplus reinvested
How We Differ From Commercial Providers
We are a charity, not a company. Any surplus goes back into our charitable work.
NSEMM (Non-Profit)
Community-driven education support
- ✓ £25 a pupil per session, one-to-one or group
- ✓ All surplus reinvested in education
- ✓ Mission-led decision making
- ✓ Past funding from the University of Nottingham Students’ Union
- ✓ Lessons are recorded for safety
- ✓ We own tutor vetting and student safety, start to finish, so it is not left to families to check
- ✓ Long-term partnership focus
- ✓ Started by students
Commercial Providers
Profit-driven tutoring companies
- ✗ Private tutoring typically costs £25 to £50 an hour
- ✗ Profits go to shareholders
- ✗ Profit-maximising decisions
- ✗ Often investor-owned
- ✗ Limited session monitoring
- ✗ Marketplace model: vetting and welfare checks can fall to the family to arrange
- ✗ Revenue maximisation focus
- ✗ Corporate management
Our Schools Programme
School-funded tutoring through our schools programme: one-to-one help for pupils your school chooses, alongside school, to reach the results and goals they set for themselves.
One-to-One Tutoring
For pupils your school chooses
Online one-to-one lessons, alongside school, taught by DBS-checked university students. Selection is entirely your school’s decision.
- One-to-one sessions, 15 per pupil
- Many GCSE and A level subjects
- Lessons are recorded for safety
How It Works
- Initial Consultation: We discuss your school’s needs, student demographics, and desired outcomes
- Programme Design: We create a tailored tutoring programme that fits your timetable and budget
- Tutors chosen for each pupil: We choose a university tutor for each pupil, based on subject and learning needs
- Delivery & Monitoring: Sessions run with regular progress tracking and feedback to school staff
- Impact Evaluation: We measure progress and provide detailed reports on student outcomes and programme effectiveness
See Our Platform in Action
Live Session Interface
Interactive whiteboard, screen sharing, and real-time collaboration tools for engaging online tutoring sessions
Why Schools Choose NSEMM
We also offer much more than tutoring: visit our schools page to see our full range of services.
School Workshops Since 2024
Our first school workshop was in February 2024.
Transparent, Fair Pricing
£25 a pupil for each session, one-to-one or group. As a non-profit, we reinvest all surplus into tutor training and educational support, not shareholder profits.
Fully Compliant & Safe
All tutors are DBS checked and safeguarding trained. Full insurance and compliance documentation provided. View our safeguarding policies.
Recorded Lessons
Lessons are recorded for safety.
Extra Help Alongside School
We’re not a supply agency. We give pupils one-to-one help, alongside school, to reach the results and goals they set for themselves.
Mission-Led, Not Profit-Led
As a charity, every decision is made to improve educational outcomes, not to maximise profit. This means sustainable, long-term partnerships focused on what actually works for schools.
Our Impact
4,430+
hours of tutoring and mentoring since 2020
£25
a pupil for each one-to-one session through our schools programme
£25
a pupil for each group session
Frequently Asked Questions
We are a registered charity. Our price covers what a lesson costs us: tutor pay of £13.45 an hour (the Real Living Wage) plus holiday pay, checks, training and safeguarding. We have no shareholders.
Our schools programme costs £25 per pupil for each session, one-to-one or group (£375 for 15 sessions per pupil), paid by the school. The school pays for every pupil on the group’s list on the day of each session. Schools can use Pupil Premium funding. Schools with a current agreement keep their price.
We cover all major GCSE and A-Level subjects including Maths, English, Sciences, History, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, and Psychology.
Our tutors are DBS-checked university students who meet our published standards. Every tutor is interviewed and checked before they start, and has safeguarding training. Lessons are recorded for safety.
Yes. We arrange sessions at times that suit your school and the tutor.
All our tutoring is online. Pupils can join from school.
After each session we provide a detailed report, with regular progress summaries and a full programme evaluation covering academic progress, confidence measures, and qualitative feedback. Reports can be tailored to your school’s monitoring requirements.
Our schools programme is 15 sessions per pupil.
Selection is entirely your school’s decision based on your own priorities. We can provide assessment tools or recommendations, but school staff who know the students always make the final call.
Let’s Discuss Your School’s Needs
We’d love to learn more about your school and explore how our tutoring programmes might help your students achieve their potential.
Or email us directly at [email protected]