You might think tutoring is all about exam results.
For us, it’s about readiness to take the next step.
Other tutors prep children for tests. Commons tutors build confidence and fluency. Exam results are fleeting. Empowering your child with tools to thrive in their academic career – that’s for ever.
We help your child with inspiring teaching, deep emotional insight and specialist knowledge of the London selective schools landscape.
ABOUT US
Commons Education is a London and Surrey-based collective of specialist private tutors and education advisers focused on securing children’s next step in education: we are school admissions experts. Time and again we’ve helped children achieve more than they thought possible, by equipping them with knowledge, skills and confidence.
Academic value-add, wherever your child’s starting point
Our specialist tutors will help your son or daughter open doors to the right-fit schools with value-adding, inspiring tutoring, wherever your child's starting point. Commons alumni have secured 11+ places at London’s most demanding academically selective schools. We are equally proud of the children, including neurodivergent students with learning difficulties, who achieved ambitious goals and performed well beyond what they would have believed possible.
“Adam put our country-boy through his paces to bring his learning and maturity up a level or two. My son hardly ever covered his school syllabus in his sessions with Adam which was impressive. They focussed on extended learning, thought-development, reflection and inference, all so rarely taught by busy teachers.
— Laura, happy parent of a successful Commons alumnus,
now at Westminster School
Empathetic connection and trust
What sets Commons tutors apart is the quality of human relationships. At the heart of learning is a secure rapport between your child and an inspirational, caring tutor. We don’t just sit on the sidelines: Commons tutors are eccentric, warm-hearted, hands-on academic experts, mentors and advisers, supporting your child and you as parents for the whole journey.
“I think the highlights are definitely the way that you manage to push him to achieve his true/full potential, which really helps his confidence. I also like how you show him techniques that make it easier for him. I think it’s great that you give him honest and firm feedback at times as he does need a reality check at times, it’s the only way to help him. I do honestly think you are fantastic and it’s great that you really care and understand him, this really makes such a huge difference I feel. 😊
— Tasneem, happy parent of a current Commons student
“My son is always so enthused and animated AFTER his sessions that his good mood lasts for ages! … He has been very good at understanding what makes my son tick and where his interests lie and has tailored the tuition to suit that. It’s typical ‘boy stuff’ a lot of the time with interesting adventure stories, tales about new countries and interesting parts of history, but interwoven into that are all the vital skills they need for 11/13+.
— Mel, happy parent of a Commons alumnus
Expert specialists in selective school entrance
Commons Education is specifically focused on school entrance, with expertise in preparing students for 7+, 10+, 11+, 13+ and 16+ entrance assessments. Time and again we’ve helped children achieve more than they thought possible, by equipping them with knowledge, skills and confidence. This specialist focus has helped our alumni to secure places at more than 50 of the leading academically selective schools in London, Surrey, and across the UK.