Tutoring agencies essentially act as a matching service between parents and tutors, and once a match is made the agency’s involvement generally stops, other than collecting commissions from the tutor. Some agencies are run from an office whilst others are simply websites that list tutor’s profiles and charge either the tutor or client for the privilege of using the website.

Some agencies and websites attempt to vet tutors by ensuring they have references and a current CRB check, (this is a police check that identifies if a person has any criminal convictions), however in all cases they use a disclaimer to ensure the ultimate responsibility for checking references lies with the parent.

Some agencies are very large and have nationwide coverage, there are also many smaller agencies who have a few tutors who work in the local area. Tutoring agency are administrative institutions who do not provide anything of educational value to their clients, the quality of their service is dependent on the individual tutor and can therefore be highly variable.

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