Types of tutoring

Supplementary to full-time school

This usually takes place in the evenings 1-5 times a week with each lesson being 1 hour, 1.5 hours or 2 hours at a time

Part time home schooling

Whether your child needs that much more than school can offer, or is unable to be in full-time education for other reasons, or is transitioning into or out of full-time education, this package might be what you’re looking for.

With lessons available during the school day, evenings and weekends, the perfect balance of lessons can be found to suit your lifestyle and needs

Full time home schooling (also known as governessing)

Whether lockdown showed you just how much more your child(ren) thrive when they’re learning from home, you’re home educating for personal/lifestyle/health reasons, your child is committed to sports/theatre/something else that means full-time education isn’t the right fit, or because your child’s additional needs aren’t being met at school, we can offer a tailored package of subjects and co-curricular activities to suit your needs

The perfect, flexible balance of structured classroom-style lessons, outdoor education, trips, excursions, and more, means that your child gets so much more than sitting at a desk all day

Short term, medium term, long term

For a specific exam or other goal, school holiday and weekend tutoring

Subjects

Subjects taught incude:

• Maths
• English
• Verbal and non-verbal reasoning
• Sciences
• History
• Geography
• English as an Additional Language (EAL)
• SEND support (subject specific and general, no diagnosis required)
• Essay skills
• Beginner’s German
• Speaking, voice and pronunciation
• ICT
• Art and design
• Programming and computer science available upon request with our specialist in Software Engineering

Most subjects are available for all school age levels, including:

• Key stage 1/pre-prep (reception to year 2)
• Key stage 2/prep (years 3 to 6)
• Key stage 3 (years 7 to 9)
• Key stage 4/GCSE (years 10 and 11)

Whether your child needs to develop their confidence and interest in learning; is preparing for Common Entrance exams such as the 11+, 13+ and/or specific schools’ testing; sitting a national exam such as SATs or GCSEs; or just needs some specialist support than they’re getting, you’re in the right place.

Some of our subjects are available to A Level students as well, for example dyslexia support, essay skills and creative writing to name just a few - suitability depends on an individual’s needs and requirements.

Prices

In order to make sure that our fees are sustainable for you and encompass the level of work you require, we offer sliding scale pricing and block booking discounts. There are a number of factors that affect the hourly rate we can offer you, so your quote is entirely unique, ensuring that you get exactly what you need.

We offer a number of different packages and bundles, based on your requirements and circumstances, so do contact us here for a personalised quote.

Holiday programmes

Booster and catch-up courses are launching during the upcoming Easter and summer holidays (2023), and our activity courses will launch this summer (2023) with content set to cover creative writing, stop motion animation, pilates programming and more. Get in touch to be put onto our mailing list for updates and/or to request specific activities.

Mock exams

Throughout the year, Black Stream Education offers online mock exams for students sitting 11+, 13+, ISEB, Common Entrance, GCSE/IGCSE, A Level, International A Level, and other exams. These can be sat in most subjects. The sessions take place weekly, although weekly participation isn't required. Attendance can be weekly, fortnightly, monthly, half termly, or termly, depending on what suits your child, their needs and their availability best.

Your child will receive constructive feedback following each mock exam, so that they know where to focus their efforts in the most efficient and beneficial ways.

We also offer Exam Skills sessions, where your child is taught skills specifically tailored to their individual needs. These sessions work on:

• preparing for an exam (day before and day of),
• how to get the best out of their time in the exam room
• self care after the exam (day of and following day)
• as well as how to deal with exam and results anxiety.

Our Exam Skills sessions pair perfectly with the mock exams to practice and embed the skills learned.

If your child's exam type is not listed above, we may still be able to help.

Schools and organisations

We've worked with a number of different schools, fostering agencies, psychologists, psychiatrists, speech therapists, youth workers and more, in a few different capacities.

As education consultants, we advise on curricula, accessibility, diversity, resources and provisions. As tutors, we can work with you to make sure a young person is receiving the comprehensive and rounded support that they need. As SEND/SEMH and homeschool specialists, we do what we can to make sure that the child's and family's voices are heard and listened to in the form of advocacy, teamwork with other practitioner, reports, letters, etc. Having the unique position as education professionals in young people's homes, we can feed into CAF meetings and other safeguarding procedures as needed.

Prior to the Covid Pandemic, we offered packages to schools for tutoring and additional support. Although these are still available and completely tailorable to your students' needs as well as your budgets, we also have an offer for Pupil Premium students under the School-led Tuition Grants programme.

For more information and to discuss how we can work together, please use our contact form to get in touch.

Other services

In addition to our programmes, we also offer the following services and resources. Some of these can be accessed at no extra charge to current students, and other may cost a little extra. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list; if you're looking for something that isn't listed, just drop us a line and we'll do our best to help.

• Lending library
• Exercise books
• Stationery
• Equipment assessments
• Learning needs assessments
• Formal letters to schools, Drs and other practitioners
• Extracurricular activities
• Clubs and holiday programmes
• Recommended reading lists
• Support in choosing the right school
• Exclusive offers and discounts in our online shop
• Sign posting to relevant services
• Liaising and working with other professionals working with your child (schools, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, speech therapists, etc)