About us

Dmitri Tolstoy (Eton, Oxford, PhD) and Nicholas Théodore (polyglot, school teacher, tutor) combined to form this company out of frustration with typical tutoring companies. Our ethos is one of working intensively, learning by rote, constant revision and examination, and reading appropriate literature. Children today are very spoon-fed, so we aim to show them how to think for themselves, be prepared for unpleasant scenarios and to take them well beyond syllabus requirements. Children forced out of private education by increased fees will also benefit hugely from our affordable fees and high standards.

We are different from other companies in six major ways:

• CONTRACT: no standard contract between tutor & client; traditional tutoring companies charge full fee without 48 hours’ notice; our clients can cancel at any time with no charge; the same applies to the tutor, who will do his utmost to stick to agreed lesson times.
• FEE: hourly fee negotiated between client & tutor; this includes administrator’s fee of only 10%; fees approximately 50-75% less than usual London-based tutoring companies.
• RIGOROUS EDUCATION: our traditional methods of teaching bring fantastic results; pupils can easily reach levels far exceeding their requirements.
• TUTOR SELECTION: after initial inquiry, we will contact the client to discuss individual needs to ensure most suitable tutor for your child; we deliberately keep our tutor roster small to preclude impersonal service-providing that large companies cannot avoid.
• RESOURCES: for no extra cost, we supply for our clients with exam past papers, our own teaching resources, recommended literature & relevant webpages & videos.
• COMMENTARII: we are very keen on educating pupils far beyond minimum requirements – we post links to academic articles, videos & blogs on topics accessible to the ambitious pupil; this also helps enormously for interviews.