One-to-one tutoring, online
One-to-one online lessons for pupils in Year 5 to Year 13, with trained, DBS-checked tutors. Our standard price is £25 an hour. If your child is in Year 7 or above, you can apply for help with the cost from our Community Education Fund. A published rule sets the price, from £5 to £25 an hour, based on what your household can afford after housing. We always ask for evidence. Families in serious difficulty can appeal.
£25/hr
Our standard price an hour
£5
The lowest price an hour under our Fund rule, for Year 7 and above
4,430+
Hours of tutoring and mentoring delivered since 2020, including our earlier library programme
A charity, not a company
NSEMM is a registered charity (no. 1209673) with no shareholders. Our Community Education Fund is paid for by donations and grants. It is small, so it cannot help every family, but it shares what it has by a published rule.
How our tutoring works
What you get with every lesson
Trusted tutors
Trained tutors with an enhanced DBS check.
All lessons online
Every lesson is live, one-to-one and online, in our lesson room in NSEMM Learn.
Secure virtual classroom
Live video, screen sharing and an interactive whiteboard.
£25 an hour, or less with help
From £5 an hour through our Community Education Fund for Year 7 and above.
Everything in your hub
Lesson summaries, messages with your tutor and your payments, all in NSEMM Learn. Lessons are recorded for safety.
Built around the curriculum
Core subjects from Year 5 to A level, following the curriculum.
How does it work?
Here is what happens when you apply.
Step 1
Apply online
Tell us about your child, their year group and the subjects they need. If your child is in Year 7 or above, you can also ask for help with the cost. It takes a few minutes.
Step 2
We offer a place with a tutor
When a tutor is free, we send you an offer. You can see every step on your application page in NSEMM Learn. You can meet your tutor in a free session before the first paid lesson, and you can cancel within 14 days of accepting.
Step 3
Start learning
Lessons are paid by card, about 24 hours before each one. You book, cancel and message your tutor in NSEMM Learn.
Ready to get started?
Apply online. It takes a few minutes.
Library sessions, paused
The Learning Outreach Network
Our Learning Outreach Network ran free, volunteer-led tutoring in Nottingham libraries with Nottingham City Council. It was funded by the University of Nottingham Students’ Union Cascade fund. It is paused while we look for funding and volunteers.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our standard price is £25 an hour. If your child is in Year 7 or above, you can apply for help with the cost from our Community Education Fund. A published rule sets the price, from £5 to £25 an hour, based on what your household can afford after housing. We always ask for evidence, and a member of our team checks it and confirms every price. Families in serious difficulty can appeal, and we decide each appeal case by case. Children in Year 6 or below, and young people over 18, pay £25 an hour with no help from the Fund. If your child is home educated, at an independent school, or aged 16 to 18 and not in full-time education, the price is set by the same questions, from £25 down to £18, with no Fund money. Families already having lessons keep their current price. Read the full explanation of how we decide this.
We teach pupils from Year 5 to Year 13, including GCSE and A level. Subjects include maths, English, sciences, humanities and languages. If you are not sure we cover a subject, ask in your application.
Our tutors are university students and recent graduates who meet our published academic standards. Every tutor is interviewed, has an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check, and completes our safeguarding training before teaching.
Yes. You can have a free ‘meet your tutor’ session before your first paid lesson. You can also cancel within 14 days of accepting your offer.
All lessons are online, in our lesson room in NSEMM Learn. It has live video, screen sharing and a whiteboard. You need a computer or tablet and a stable internet connection. Our technical requirements page lists what works.
Every tutor is interviewed and checked before they start. Our Chief Education Officer is a qualified teacher. Lessons are recorded, and we look at recordings to check quality.
You can follow your application on its own page in NSEMM Learn. We email you when there is an update. You do not need to wait for a call.
You can start at the standard price of £25 an hour while a Fund application is checked. If funded places are full, you can start at £25 an hour or join the waiting list for a place at the price the rule sets. Your application page shows where you are.
We take card payment about 24 hours before each lesson, using the card on your account. If you have lesson credit, we use that first. We never ask for your bank details.
After every lesson your tutor writes a short summary. You can read it in NSEMM Learn, and message your tutor there.
We teach the England and Wales curriculums, from Year 5 to A level, for your child’s own exam boards.
Most are. Paid tutors get £13.45 an hour, the Real Living Wage, plus holiday pay. Some tutors volunteer. Every tutor has the same training, checks and support.
What families say
Voices from our community
Our tutor made an extraordinary difference to my son’s life at school, particularly in Business Studies. From the outset, they brought a warm, engaging, and highly professional approach to tutoring. They didn’t just help him understand the material, they reignited his confidence and interest in subjects he had previously struggled with.
She has been brilliant with my daughter’s maths revision for 11+ exam. She is very patient and always organised. She quickly picked up on the areas my daughter finds challenging and sorted everything out perfectly.
Our tutor is patient and kind and always manages to make lessons engaging. My son enjoys his lessons and looks forward to learning. I would highly recommend him as a tutor.
Our tutor makes learning Business Studies enjoyable and engaging. Her explanations are clear and easy to understand, and she was always patient with questions. My daughter feels much more confident now.
First lesson went really well. My son got a lot from the lesson and said he now feels confident with Chemistry questions. He’s a great tutor and lessons are easy to understand.
We’ve had several sessions and I’m really pleased. She is calm, methodical and curious. She builds confidence and checks understanding. I think she is going to really help my son.
Our tutor has been an excellent help. My son has really enjoyed his sessions and it’s made a marked improvement in his learning. He explains things very well and helped with exam techniques.
My daughter always feels confident about aspects of her lessons at school that she did not understand, before her tutoring sessions. She looks forward to her lessons and enjoys her learning here.
Having a tutor who actually gets what it’s like to be stressed about exams made such a difference. They didn’t just help with the work, they helped me believe I could actually do this.
My tutor is calm and methodical and always checks that I understand before moving on. The sessions have really built my confidence, and I finally feel like Maths is starting to make sense.
My tutor explains everything so clearly and always makes sure I understand before moving on, and never makes me feel embarrassed if I get something wrong. The lessons are genuinely enjoyable and I have gained so much confidence.
Our tutor has been working with my daughter for a few months and has done such a fantastic job that she has been moved up to the top set for Science. I cannot recommend the support enough.
Making education accessible as a charity
We are a registered charity with no shareholders. Our standard price helps pay for our tutors, our checks and our online classroom, and the Community Education Fund helps families who need it.
As a registered charity with no shareholders to satisfy, the vast majority of what we raise goes directly into tutoring and programme delivery, not administration.
All of our tutors are DBS-checked university students, and there are no hidden fees or platform charges for families using our service.