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Online English Tutoring

If your child struggles with English, flexible and cost-effective online English tutoring with TLC LIVE is the answer.

English can feel overwhelming when your child doesn’t know where to start. A blank page in creative writing, a confusing poem to analyse, or simply not understanding what a question is asking can leave them frustrated and stuck.

From spelling and grammar basics to crafting persuasive arguments and exploring Shakespeare, English demands skills that don’t always come naturally.

From just £25 per lesson, our specialist online English tutors help primary and secondary school students find their voice, build clarity in their writing, and develop the reading strategies that unlock understanding.

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Our experience supporting English learners

We have decades of experience helping students develop their literacy skills and excel in English from Key Stage 1 to GCSE, and all our English tutors have gone through a rigorous recruitment process including DBS checks to ensure we have the best teachers working with students.

As of the 2024/25 academic year, our teachers have tutored 53,176 students and delivered 896,761 sessions. On average, each TLC LIVE pupil made 8 months of attainment progress in the academic year, with 98% of students rating the tutoring good or excellent.

We cover OCR, AQA and Edexcel exam boards, and are a trusted tutoring partner to over half of England’s local authorities.

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Why choose TLC LIVE for online English tuition?

Fully qualified UK English teachers

TLC LIVE only uses fully qualified UK teachers with specialist English expertise to deliver tutoring, ensuring the best outcomes for students. All teachers have an enhanced DBS.

Targeted English learning content

Students complete a comprehensive initial English assessment to help design a learning plan around their specific needs, whether that’s reading comprehension, writing fluency, grammar skills, or literary analysis.

All exam boards covered

All our English tutors have up-to-date knowledge of the OCR, AQA, and Edexcel English Language and Literature specifications and exam requirements.

20 years of proven English results

Tutors draw from tens of thousands of hours of tailored English educational content to deliver engaging sessions covering everything from foundational literacy to advanced GCSE texts and exam techniques.

Approved NTP partner

The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) provided high-quality tuition to disadvantaged students from 2020 to 2024. We ran thousands of online NTP-funded English sessions in real-time with dedicated tutors, helping to close literacy gaps across England.

Affordable English tuition at all levels

From just £25 per session (or from £13 per pupil for schools), TLC LIVE’s English lessons assist students with varying abilities at all levels – from early reading and phonics in KS1 up to GCSE poetry analysis, creative writing, and exam paper strategies.

Lessons from £25

TLC LIVE is an affordable tuition option and group lessons for schools start from only £25 per pupil per session!

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Parent reviews of our online tuition service

Parents rate TLC’s online English tuition 4.46 out of 5 stars

“Having had three children attending TLC LIVE over the last couple of years, I can wholeheartedly recommend it. Not only does it provide a fun and interactive programme tailored to meet students’ individual needs, it also gives students the opportunity to learn at their own pace with the support of excellent and very encouraging tutors. I have seen my children gain in confidence, achieve better results at school and above all enjoy their learning because of TLC LIVE.”

“TLC has changed our lives. Both mine and my son’s. School was dreaded: parents’ evenings a list of things he had not achieved and homework was a battle. The TLC team have shown Finn a world where learning is fun and where he is given the time he needed to ‘grasp the nettle’. He loves his sessions and already his test results have gone up a whole level.”

“I am pleased to inform you that Richa achieved an A* in English. Thanks to the entire team at TLC Live.”

Teacher reviews of our online tuition service

“TLC have been a fantastic organisation to work with. They took the time to understand our needs, worked with us on a SATs programme and then delivered it seamlessly and at extremely high-quality. The students loved it and really engaged. Working with our teachers, TLC delivered continual monitoring and feedback. The staff were impressed, and the students attained fantastic SATs results. I am looking forward to continuing our relationship with TLC, who are definitely becoming part of our team.”

Alex Prior, Etonbury Academy, Arlesey

“Birchwood High School have worked with TLC for eight years and we have nothing but praise for the quality of tuition and the personal customer service. Whether face-to-face or online our students continue to thrive with the dedicated attention of excellent tutors. Highly recommended for quality intervention.”

Charles Gilbank, Birchwood High, Bishop’s Stortford

How online English tuition with TLC works

Step 1 

The online English tuition begins with a free comprehensive initial assessment designed to identify your child’s (or student’s) skill gaps. Online English lessons run through term time. You can book onto the whole course or join the remaining sessions whenever suits you – and you’ll only ever pay for the lessons the pupil attends.

Step 2 

An English tutor then uses this information to create a comprehensive learning plan for the pupil, targeting specific areas like grammar, reading comprehension, creative writing, or literary analysis. Tutors have access to over 35,000+ hours of English material to create engaging content that helps students overcome any literacy gaps.

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Step 3 

During every 60-minute session, your English tutor will support the student as they work through reading, writing, and language concepts. Using TLC is easy: all your child needs to do is log in from any internet-connected computer and get started on their personalised English learning.

Step 4 

After the session is over, the tutor records the student’s English progress and performance across different topic areas. This makes it easy to see improvement in specific literacy skills over time.

A student writing for the private tuition page.

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Get in touch with our school booking team today to secure lessons for your students, or learn more about our tutoring for schools.

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Our online English tutoring curriculum

Our online English lessons are designed to support students at every stage of their literacy journey, addressing the specific challenges they face at each key stage.

Year 1 and 2 (KS1) English

  • Phonics and decoding
  • Using basic punctuation (capital letters, full stops, question marks)
  • Understanding present and past tense
  • Using “and” to join words and clauses
  • Making simple inferences from texts
  • Predicting what happens next in stories
  • Sequencing sentences to form short narratives
  • Developing early reading fluency and confidence

Year 3-6 (KS2) English

  • Identifying themes and conventions in texts
  • Making inferences and justifying with evidence
  • Understanding different text types and purposes
  • Advanced grammar and punctuation (commas, apostrophes, inverted commas)
  • Using paragraphs to organise ideas
  • Writing direct speech correctly
  • Understanding and using literary devices (similes, metaphors, personification)
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Year 7-9 (KS3) English

  • Understanding increasingly challenging texts
  • Reading critically and making comparisons
  • Analysing how writers use language and structure
  • Understanding context, purpose, and audience
  • Planning, drafting, editing and proof-reading
  • Summarising and organising material effectively
  • Writing accurately, fluently and effectively for different purposes
  • Consolidating and building on grammar and vocabulary knowledge

Year 10 and 11 (KS4) and GCSE English

  • Making informed, personal responses to texts
  • Recognising and evaluating opposing viewpoints
  • Making critical comparisons across texts
  • Reading a wide range of high-quality, challenging literature
  • Writing for different purposes and audiences (persuasive, descriptive, narrative)
  • Crafting sophisticated arguments with supporting evidence
  • Using precise vocabulary and varied sentence structures
  • Applying knowledge to unfamiliar contexts and exam questions
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What do our tutors say?

“I started working with TLC LIVE four and a half years ago, and I focus on English – particularly KS2. I help students with creative writing, spelling, grammar and everything else that the curriculum calls for. Sometimes, all they need is a little support with things like remembering to use punctuation for free writing, and it’s great to see them gain confidence.”

 

“When starting TLC, many of the students I work with do not understand the concept of a main clause and therefore struggle with punctuation and using subordinate clauses. These are easy obstacles to overcome, and I’ve found that the TLC library of resources is generally good. I often see students make quick progress.”

 

Example English tuition content

Primary KS1

Choose the noun from the sentence: “The cat was hot.”
The
Cat
Was
Hot

Primary KS2

“In ancient Greece, people worshipped a number of gods and goddesses. They built temples to the gods in every town so they could pray and offer gifts. They believed that if they honoured the gods they would protect them from bad harvests and sickness.”

Where did the ancient Greeks go to pray?
The fields
The sea
Work
Temples

Secondary KS3

Which of the following sentences contains pathetic fallacy?
The happy phone merrily.
The phone was like an alarm as it rang.
The phone was a strange beast.
The phone trilled loudly.

Secondary KS4

When a character changes and develops over the course of a text, what might these changes relate to?
A change in the writer’s attitude
The writer’s inexperience
Important themes and ideas
The writer’s attempt to confuse the reader

Secondary GCSE

“On some planets like Saturn and Jupiter, diamonds are not as rare as they are on Earth. Indeed, some scientists believe that it rains diamonds on these planets quite regularly. Carbon in the atmosphere falls and turns first into graphite and then into diamond. As they get closer to the core of the planet, however, they liquefy because it is so hot.”

In the paragraph above, the word liquefy means…
Turn into a gas
Melt
Become harder
Glow

Frequently asked questions

Will the student be speaking to a real person?

Yes, they will! All of our online English lessons are held in real time with a live tutor that the student can hear and speak to.

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How long does each session last?

60 minutes.

At what time are the sessions?

Lessons can be scheduled to suit the student’s needs, whether after school or even on the weekend. Our tutoring for schools also runs over holidays as targeted revision or catch-up sessions.

Is the tutoring based on the student’s needs?

Yes! This is the whole point of TLC LIVE. The tutor will identify the student’s learning needs and skill gaps and build an individual learning plan around these requirements.

Do you give homework?

No. TLC LIVE lessons are structured to maximise learning and address gaps in the student’s knowledge within the session.

Do students have tailored lesson plans?

Yes, every student is given their own individual English learning plan. After the initial assessment, we put a plan together that deals with the skill gaps identified. The plan will be adjusted as other areas of required academic focus come to light.

What learning content will the student be using?

We have our own targeted interactive educational English content that we update on a daily basis. We don’t use PowerPoints!

How does TLC LIVE monitor student progress?

Tutors work with students in real time, guiding them through new skills and reviewing things the students may have forgotten. At the end of every session, tutors provide information on the student’s performance and progress. The school can access this by logging into the TLC LIVE website and reviewing this feedback, watching the student develops understanding, and eventually mastery, of the topics they are studying.

What qualifications do TLC LIVE tutors have?

All of our UK based tutors are fully qualified to teach and have classroom teaching experience. We ensure all tutors have Qualified Teaching Status (QTS) and are PGCE qualified with an accompanying bachelor’s degree. Our tutors also have a DBS as standard.

Can I cancel a session?

All lessons can be cancelled or rearranged with 36 hours’ notice. This gives you the freedom to use TLC LIVE as and when you need it, whether for one-off revision sessions or regular lessons.

Can I reschedule a lesson?

Yes, you can cancel and reschedule a session provided that you give us 36 hours’ notice. Whether this is to change a student’s timetable permanently or simply for a one-off lesson, we can support you to ensure the lessons are running at a time that best suits the student’s needs.

For further questions, check out our full FAQ page or contact us.

Our full range of English tuition

Primary English Tuition Online Secondary English Tuition English GCSE Tuition ESOL Tutoring

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