Cornwall Tutors: (Bodmin, Bude, Falmouth, Launceston, Newquay, Penzance, Redruth, St Austell, Truro)

Testimonials 

 2021

Finding a tutor was a minefield, until I came across HST Cornwall!

Thank you Emily for finding my daughter 2 wonderful tutors for GCSE English (Anne) and Maths (Tamsyn). It was a mind field trying to find good tutors until I came across Emily at Home School Tutoring. Emily was quick and found exactly the tutors that my daughter needed. My daughter does not get anxious before sessions, she really likes them and will now be able to achieve the grades she needs. Excellent service, thank you Emily, Tamsyn and Anne.

Mrs Horrocks, Callington

A really great company, providing an efficient and professional service.

Fab English Language tutoring at GCSE level that improved a mock grade by 3 levels by the summer exams! Thank you so much HST Cornwall.

Mrs Englefield, Truro

I am so pleased to have found KS2 teacher Susanna!

Susanna has been tutoring my son weekly for a term and he loves his sessions with her. They are fun, creative and tailored perfectly to his likes and dislikes. His confidence is increasing in areas that are more challenging for him, this is noticeable to his teachers in school too. I am sure that he will continue to flourish with Susanna and I am so pleased to have her on board

Mrs Lincoln, Liskeard

HST Cornwall provides a great service!

A really great service and Emily was very quick to sort out the GCSE tutors we needed. Would highly recommend HST Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Mr Lovegrove, St Austell

I am forever grateful for the supportive tutors we have had over the years from HST Cornwall.

I’ve been receiving support from Home School Tutoring in Cornwall since 2017.
My daughter had a tutor to learn the language when we arrived to the country. Later she received support to pass her GCSEs in Maths and English. Currently she has a tutor to support her B-Tec in Applied Science. Also they have helped my stepson with writing, reading and spelling, and helped us to discover he is dyslexic, which his school failed to detect. All this support was provided by different tutors, all of them excellent teachers and humans. I value their services and I think it was key to us adapting better in England. Forever grateful.

Mrs Segon, St Austell

We are delighted with the service we have received from HST Cornwall!

We found HST Cornwall via an online search and Facebook. Emily was fantastic and got in touch straight away. We had a brief chat and was sent an email from a possible tutor Eileen. Eileen made contact with us and we went from there. Callum couldn’t have f done it without Eileen’s help. She has been a major part in Callum’s learning over the past 6 months and just goes to show how well she has helped going from a 2+ to a high 6 in his English GCSE He’s been accepted into Truro college for his level 3 diploma in Engineering. We are delighted. Thank you Emily and Eileen.

Mrs Richards, Truro

Very professional and efficient tuition company

I cannot recommend Home School Tutoring Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly highly enough. I found exactly what I was looking for and the tutor Kathy was happy to adapt to my requirements as well as providing excellent support in GCSE Biology for my Year 11 daughter. There was no lengthy contract tying you in to lessons. Emily keeps you up to date with legislation in a very quick and informative manner by email. I would certainly use HST Cornwall again.

Mrs Bows, Carbis Bay

I have been very impressed with Home – School Tutoring Cornwall and their provision of two tutors for my son’s KS4 studies

It was a very quick turnaround, from my initial inquiry to arranging tutors for my home educated son Joe. Joe has been really inspired in both Chemistry and Spanish, and both his tutors have been a hugely supportive and encouraging in his GCSE preparation.

Mrs Giddens, Helston

KS1 Tuition with Susanna has been a lockdown lifesaver!

Emily at Home School Tutoring Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly put me in touch with a fantastic tutor for my 6 year old. She really enjoys her KS1 lessons and Susanna sends us all the useful resources we need in advance. The tutor assessed the level my daughter was at and continued with her learning at the right pace, she is very patient and personable, it has been a lockdown lifesaver! Highly recommend.

Mrs Warner, Truro

I cannot recommend HST Cornwall and KS4 Spanish tutor Julie more highly

I was absolutely thrilled with the quality of professionalism we received from Julie. She was such a fabulous well mannered and incredibly patient lady who tutored KS4 Spanish to my home educated daughter. My younger children would at times interrupt the session through excitement but Julie never minded and was always welcoming and friendly. I could not recommend her highly enough. We all loved her and my daughter did fabulously in her exams, Julie will push you to your highest ability and more, we cannot thank her enough.

Mrs Perraton, Helston

I would give 10 stars out of 5 to HST Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly if I could!

HST Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have been providing Geography and History tutoring to my home educated son for over 18 months, via David. David has, and continues to be, a fantastic tutor, who is keen, enthusiastic and incredibly good at what he does. My son is autistic, but warmed to David immediately, and David has been fantastically flexible working with my son. HST (Emily) also went to great effort to find my son a psychology teacher (Caroline), when he decided to branch out with his studies. Caroline is a star. Incredibly knowledgeable and very patient. I cannot rate Emily (HST) and the tutors we have used more highly, and would give 10 stars out of 5 if I could.

Mrs Bouch, Camborne

My daughter’s confidence in maths has sky rocketed!

Highly recommended! My daughter’s maths grades have gone up two levels in a short time thanks to fantastic KS4 Maths tutoring from Ben. This has given her far more confidence in maths than she had previously. Ben has a great way of explaining things to make them easier to understand, and has helped my daughter to know how to tackle the more demanding questions on exam papers to get extra marks.

Mrs Pranauskas, Saltash

The conduct of Emily and the tutor from HST Cornwall has been professional throughout and my daughter is making substantial progress in GCSE Maths

We have been using a maths tutor from Home-School Tutoring since October 2020 for my daughter who is in her GCSE year. The conduct of Emily and the tutor has been professional throughout. There has been flexibility with the tutor in both face to face and online sessions when the inevitable unforeseen issue arises. My daughter’s maths teacher reported a noticeable improvement in her subject ability and confidence at a recent parents’ evening consultation. We have regular updates on wider education topics and consider we get value for money. I have experienced no issues at all with the tutor provision. I would have no hesitation in recommending Emily and the HST Cornwall and Isles of Scilly team for any child/parent who is seeking additional tuition.

Mr Craig, Camborne

My son really looks forward to his KS2 lesson with Susanna every week 

Thank you for the great service English tutor Trish has provided to our son!

Thank you so much to HST Cornwall and Trish for the work done with our son over the last couple of months, her help has been amazing.  You have provided a great service and Liam has benefited hugely in terms of confidence and progress.

Mrs Phillips, Newquay, Cornwall

My daughter’s confidence and determination have massively increased thanks to her Science tuition with HST Cornwall

Thank you for your help in finding Sally as a Biology A Level tutor for Phillipa, she has worked so hard with her. As a result, her confidence and determination going into the retake this November is sky high. Also, thanks to HST Cornwall for matching us with Haydn, who supported Phillipa with GCSE Science.

Mrs Venning, St Austell, Cornwall

Spanish tutor Rosemary really made a difference!

Ella is over the moon with her GCSE grades, she received 13 8 & 9 grades in total, Rosemary’s intervention in Spanish was invaluable. If we need some extra help with her Spanish A Level course, I will know who to contact.

Mrs Colton, Liskeard, Cornwall

KS2 Tutor Mary made an instant rapport with my son and his English and Maths skills have dramatically improved as a result of her intervention.

Thank you for all of your hard work, the tuition we received in the run up the (cancelled) SATs exam from Mary was fantastic. If we feel Brian needs help at senior school, we will definitely be back in contact with HST Cornwall.

Mrs Andrews, Falmouth, Cornwall

GCSE English tutor Eileen has played a pivotal role in my son’s learning over the past 6 months

“Ashleigh has progressed very well with Siobhan. Siobhan is very thorough and has delivered an excellent tutoring service to us. Siobhan is always on time, supportive, has an approachable manner and Ashleigh is comfortable with Siobhan. Siobhan listens to what we require and always meets our/Ashleigh’s needs.”

( Parent testimonial) 

“A friendly, consistent and professional tutor.” 

“Siobhan is friendly, pleasant, consistent and professional. We are very happy with the tutoring service we gave received and will continue with Siobhan’s support.”

(Mr Williams, St Austell.)

“We are so pleased to have Siobhan as a GCSE English tutor!”

“We are very fond of Siobhan and extremely pleased with Gemma’s progress in English this term.There is a Parents’ evening soon, so we are hoping for a positive report from school. Thank you so much to Home School Tutoring Cornwall for putting us in contact.”

(Mrs Renfree, St Austell.)

“My daughter looks forward to the sessions and she cannot wait for the next one!”

“The whole process from the point of initial contact with Emily, to meeting the tutor Trish, has been faultless. Our first session to support KS1 literacy and numeracy was really dynamic and engaging and my daughter thoroughly enjoyed it. Since then, Trish has created a personalised package to help stretch my daughter and achieve her goals. My daughter looks forward to the sessions and she cannot wait for the next one. The feedback at the end is robust and helpful and the communication really effective. Would highly recommend contacting HST Cornwall if you need a tutor!”

(Mrs Robbins, Liskeard)

“GCSE Science and Maths tutor Kathy was professional, pleasant and genuinely committed to her work.”

‘Home School Tutoring provided us with tutoring support at home, for our 16-year-old, prior to his GCSE exams. The gains to our lad were plain to see in his self-confidence and motivation. He was also inspired to talk more openly about his academic progress in the subjects covered by his tutor. We found the GCSE Science and Maths tutor Kathy to be professional, pleasant and genuinely committed to her work. She took the trouble to establish his personal learning needs and communicated well with ourselves and our boy. She established a good working relationship with him from the beginning and was also very well-organised, communicative after and between sessions. The fact she was so reliable and flexible with the timing of sessions to meet changing needs was invaluable. We would recommend the service and the tutor to others.’   

(Mr Stedman, Bodmin)

“We are very pleased that we have been able to find such a great A Level Biology tutor locally.”

“My daughter has found her A Level Biology sessions with Kathy really useful and is very pleased that we have been able to find a Biology tutor locally. Her Biology lecturer at college has said that she can see that Emily is much more confident in the subject.So, thank you Home School Tutoring Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for arranging the sessions!”

(Mrs Winter, Par)

“We all felt the GCSE English sessions were a great success.”

“Margarita is an excellent tutor and explained the subject matter in a way that was easier to understand and gave her student the confidence to do well in in the exam. Whilst we won’t know the result for a while the feedback was very positive.”

(Mrs Kent, Launceston)

“Max’s recent report was extremely positive!”

Max’s recent report was incredibly positive and most certainly for Maths, it’s been both reassuring and rewarding spending time with Xuxin, enjoyable too!
He’s very keen to carry on next academic year!

(Mrs Rowberry. Penzance)

“Maths tuition with Siobhan is going really well.”

“Bryony is engaging really well and it’s great to see her enjoying the sessions, as well as developing her skills/confidence. Many thanks.”

(Mrs Harper, Par)

“We are over the moon to say the least with my daughter’s Sociology A Level result. “

“Eva got an A in her Sociology A Level and is looking forward to her next adventure at university! Thanks very much to HST Cornwall for providing such a fantastic tutor as Gordon, we’re all over the moon to say the least.”

(Mr Marshall, Penzance)

“Thanks for providing such a great A Level Psychology Tutor.”

 “Thank you so much for putting me in touch with the A Level Psychology tutor Kathy, I got an A in my AS exams and am really looking forward to September. I am really grateful to Home School Tutoring Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for arranging the sessions!

(AS Psychology Student, Truro)

“Our son’s GCSE Maths tutor was fantastic!”

“Thank you for your good luck email, we are pleased to say that Richard passed his maths. Thank you so much to you and Xuxin. We would highly recommend her and will be in contact for another tutor for English in due course.”

(Mrs Keele, Hayle)

“Thanks to HST Cornwall for providing fantastic GCSE tutors for our son.”

“Owen is now able to relax having received his results and feeling very happy about them. Thank you to you and your English, Maths, Science and History tutors for all of your help in getting him there!”

(Mrs Coombe, Truro)

” Rob got the grades in Science he needed to get onto his A Level courses.”

“GCSE English tuition with David was a great confidence booster for my son!”

” My son is making good progress in his GCSE Maths with tutoring from Xuxin.”

” My children are working well with their GCSE Science tutor.”

“Robert came home feeling really positive after just his first GCSE Maths session. He is enjoying his lessons with Xuxin, so I am really pleased. Everything is also going really well with his Study Skills tutor Sue, she is extremely positive and Robert engages well with her.”

(Mrs Chesterfield, Hayle)

” GCSE English tuition with Margarita is going really well!”

“Lee and his English GCSE tutor are getting on well and he feels a lot better about his studies. He even had a go at a whole past paper last week, which his teacher graded as a five! Thank you for putting us in contact.”

(Mrs Gordon, Torpoint)

” Fantastic tutoring in Education from Gordon.”

“Thank you so much to Gordon, a tutor with HST Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – his tuition helped me to get my first teaching job. My teacher training year proved challenging but with the extra support he gave me I got 2 strong passes at level 7 and was encouraged to take on Masters. I couldn’t quite believe it! In May I interviewed for a position in EYFS at a local Primary school (my first interview) and I got the job. I have a class of 20 pupils all with completely different and challenging personalities. I’m really enjoying the teaching and I’m learning all the time, it is truly a wonderful career (however the amount I’ve aged!) Again, I just want to say thanks for his support and for helping me to achieve this.”

(Mrs Rowe, St Columb Minor, Cornwall)

” I wholeheartedly recommend Kathy as a GCSE Maths / Science tutor…the trust that she managed to build was fundamental in my daughter’s success.”

“I just wish to thank you for sending Kathy Pendebury-King our way one year ago for the home tuition of my daughter. Kathy has been able to raise my daughter’s confidence, in particular with her Maths of which she says, she learned more with Kathy than at either of her previous two senior schools she attended. Kathy’s skills not only as a teacher are far reaching but also on a human level, she was an expert in the way she accurately got the measure of Melissa to form a very positive learning experience for her – which up until then had been poor to say the least.

So it is with much sadness we now say good bye to Kathy, as she has totally fulfilled her role in keeping Melissa engaged in the learning process and built her confidence. The trust Kathy managed to build between them was fundamental in the last push to actually get her into college to begin the next phase of her education. She will be continuing her Maths and English GCSE studies there along with a Business course.

I wholeheartedly recommend Kathy to anyone who has lost hope in real teaching as it should be. She exudes an empathy that is matched by a quality of enthusiasm that is both honest and heartfelt……a rare refreshing attribute which should give hope to anyone struggling to find a way forward in either home education or as a boost to current education practices. All the best for Kathy and you Emily, many thanks for the service you have successfully provided.”

(Mrs Rickman, Newquay, Cornwall)

” I would totally recommend Sue for KS3 English tuition.”

“Susan has been brilliant with our son, whilst supporting him with his KS3 English and handwriting. She’s been amazing, particularly with a non linear learner who is bright, however finds writing a challenge. I would totally recommend Susan, she really was ideal for my son’s learning needs.”

(Mrs Samuels, Falmouth, Cornwall)

” Annabelle is very keen to work for her Maths tutor!”

“Although it is early days, Annabelle and the tutor seem to be getting on very well, she is very keen to work for Siobhan! We’ve just booked up several more KS2 Maths lessons for the summer holiday period. Thank you again for putting us in contact. We’re delighted to have found this tutoring service and are very pleased with the results to date.”

(Mrs Burton, St Austell, Cornwall)

” We all felt the sessions were a great success”

Margarita is an excellent English tutor and explained the subject matter in a way that was easier to understand and gave her student the confidence to do well in in the GCSE English Literature exam. Whilst we won’t know the result for a while the feedback was very positive.

(Teacher from local school, Launceston, Cornwall)

” Home School Tutoring is far nicer to work for than other agencies!”

“I have been working with Emily at HST Cornwall for the last 18 months as a Maths tutors and I am hoping to come back to the fold at some point. It’s been a pleasure! Home School Tutoring is much nicer to work for than other agencies – it’s personal and Emily gives such a personable touch.”

( Maths Tutor, St. Austell, Cornwall) 

A new interest and confidence in reading and writing ( KS2 English)

“Ben seems to have a new interest in reading and writing now which is great. I think he has more confidence now. The tutor Jenni is lovely! Thanks for putting us in contact.”

(Mrs Brooks, Bude, Cornwall)

“It’s made a huge difference to his future” (KS3 Literacy) 

I have just taught my last handwriting lesson for George, with the feedback that I have made a huge difference to his future as he moves through KS3, which is lovely. Please let me know if anything comes up locally that you think I could help with/teach as I would like to keep managing to squeeze in time to tutor, it’s so rewarding! (English tutor Claire, Newquay, Cornwall)

” Thank you for finding GCSE Science tutor Haydn for us!”

“After just a few hours tuition, the GCSE Science tutor seems very nice and they are working well together on the intensive revision afternoons. Thank-you for finding him!” (Parent Looe, Cornwall)

 Information Technology tuition was exceptional 

“Thank you for finding Gavin for me, I completed my lessons with him in November and I am now able to do what I need to do with my computer.  Gavin’s IT tutoring has been quite exceptional and I would recommend him to other learners.” (Mr Bennetts, Redruth, Cornwall)

Sally is a fantastic KS3 Maths tutor!

“Everything is going great with Martha and Sally. Martha appears to be improving and having Sally to go through things Martha can’t remember or struggles to understand is helping her greatly. I’ve told Sally she is not allowed to go anywhere!!” (Parents of Martha, St Austell, Cornwall)

Bryony is developing her skills and confidence ( Early years)

“Bryony is engaging really well and it’s great to see her enjoying the sessions, as well as developing her skills/confidence. Many thanks.” (Mother of Bryony, Par, Cornwall)

GCSE Spanish lessons with Julie are great!

“Julie, the Spanish tutor, is wonderful and Star is very comfortable and confident with Julie!! She has been wonderful! Many thanks for finding her.” (Mrs Hooper, Helston Cornwall)

2017 Testimonials

Tutoring twice a week with an exceptionally good Maths tutor

“I just wanted to let you know that we have arranged to have two Maths tutoring sessions every week with Xuxin.  She is an exceptionally good teacher and Dan is really pleased. She has inspired him, which I think is almost 75% of being a great teacher. In addition, she is also very clever and competent.”

(Parent in praise of one of our Maths Tutors – Cornwall )

French is making far more sense

“My daughter and her friend are finding Michelle really helpful, they are loving the lessons and the French is making far more sense to them! She has provided them with worksheets which supports what they are learning in her lessons. She is making it fun and informative – thank you so much, I am very grateful!” 

(Mrs Pointer, Cornwall)

Growing confidence in Maths

“The tutoring with Xuxin is excellent and is really giving my daughter her confidence to believe that she can really do it!! My daughter now actually looks forward to her maths lessons! There is a long way to go but I do feel Xuxin has helped my daughter turn a corner!”  (Mrs Cooper, Cornwall)

11 + preparation is really helping

“All is going well with Tamsin thanks, she is a really lovely and helpful lady, her support with 11+ preparation is really helping.  Demelza really likes her as well. Thanks for the introduction.” 

(Mother of Tamsin, Cornwall)

Doing amazingly in her Maths – thank you!

“Debbie is doing amazingly with her maths! Thank you so much for your help. Xuxin is brilliant.” 

(Mother of Debbie, Cornwall)

Really happy with our tutor

“The first maths session went really well with Siobhan, and Finlay was really happy afterwards. He seemed to actually enjoy it! Many thanks.” 

(Mother of Finlay, Cornwall) 

Engaged in Biology and Maths  

“Things are going really well with Sarah and Sally.  Sarah has only been twice so far but she is getting used to Jack and his ways. Sally is superb and really has got Jack engaged in his Biology and Maths.  He has been looking at cells, construction of flowers, dissecting them and today they were looking inside seeds. He’s loving it.  It’s so nice to see him working and enjoying it.” 

(Parent of Jack, Cornwall) 

A ‘thank you’ to Tutor Teddy!

“My son Ed met with Teddy before Christmas as a get together session. That went very well. We have already seen progress after just one paid tutoring session. The school teacher asked in class this week if anyone knew the formula for something and Ed was able to answer above everyone else (he’d covered this specific topic with Teddy this week!). The teacher gave a knowing smile apparently! So, in answer to your question about how things are going – fab, thank you.” 

(Mother of Ed, Cornwall)

Seen a big improvement  ( 7 year old boy – literacy and English) 

“One of the Home-School Tutoring Cornwall Tutors,  Penny, has been helping our 7 year old son with his reading and writing for the last few months. He had fallen behind because of undiagnosed sight problems and was not enjoying English lessons at school. Since Penny has been coming, we have seen a big improvement in William’s ability and also his enthusiasm for reading and writing. Penny is very patient, encouraging and puts a lot of effort into making William’s lessons fun. Thank you!” 

(Susi, mother of William)

“Very pleased with our tutor”

“Andrew is a very conscientious and enthusiastic teacher, I am very pleased with his attention to detail and in how he talks to my daughter. He is very clear in what he needs her to do and she really gets on well with him. Thank you for recommending him.” 

(Mrs Girling, Cornwall)

Language learning with Home-School Tutoring  

“So far, the Arabic verbal lessons are going really well, Worood has a teaching style that suits my style of learning. I am currently doing an hour every other week due to my work commitments in London, I would be in interested in learning French with Home School Tutoring in the future also.” 

(Mr Thomas, Cornwall)

*some names are changed for privacy*

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