How Much Does a Tutor Cost in the UK? (2026)
For one-to-one GCSE or A-Level tutoring on a UK platform, starting prices run £20 to £26 per hour: Tutorful from £20/hr, StudyGuru (mine) from £24/hr with the same rate for A-Level as GCSE, MyTutor from £26/hr. Experienced tutors cost more, with MyTutor's own tiers published at £25+, £45+ and £65+. Small-group classes start around £7/hr but are a different product. By Ciaran Collins, founder of StudyGuru. Prices checked 3 September 2026.
Quick Comparison
| Platform | Format | Starting price | What experience does to the price | A-Level vs GCSE | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorful | One-to-one, pay as you go | From £20/hr | Rises with tutor experience; no upper tier published | No separate A-Level price published | 2026-09-03 |
| StudyGuru | One-to-one, pay as you go, with a £15 Starter Pack to begin | From £24/hr | Rises by experience band; most tutors are at the £24 entry band | Same price as GCSE. An hour of A-Level costs the same as an hour of GCSE with the same tutor | 2026-09-03 |
| MyTutor | One-to-one, pay as you go | From £26/hr | Tutor-set tiers published at £25+, £45+ and £65+ | No separate A-Level price published; tutors set their own rates | 2026-09-03 |
| Superprof | Marketplace: £39/month Student Pass required to contact tutors, lesson fee on top | Tutor-set, paid directly to the tutor | Tutor-set; depends entirely on the tutor you pick | No separate A-Level price published; tutors set their own rates | 2026-09-03 |
| TeduNet | Small-group live classes, not one-to-one. Group size not published | £7/hour | Single advertised rate | No separate A-Level price published | 2026-09-03 |
Full disclosure first
I'm Ciaran Collins, the founder of StudyGuru, which is one of the platforms priced below. I'm not neutral, so this page does two things instead of pretending otherwise: every figure is taken from the platform's own published page and checked on 3 September 2026, and where a platform beats us on price I say so plainly. If any price below has changed, tell me and I'll correct it.
The short answer
For an hour of one-to-one tutoring with a DBS-checked tutor on a UK platform, starting prices run £20 to £26: Tutorful from £20, StudyGuru from £24, MyTutor from £26. Those are entry rates. Experienced tutors cost considerably more, and the clearest published signal of how much more is MyTutor's own tier list: £25 and up for emerging tutors, £45 and up for tutors with a strong track record, £65 and up for the most experienced. Small-group classes are a different product at a different price, from around £7 per hour. Superprof works differently again: a £39 monthly pass just to contact tutors, with each tutor's own fee on top. StudyGuru is not the cheapest per hour; Tutorful starts lower.
Do A-Level tutors cost more than GCSE tutors?
Usually in practice, but not because platforms publish an A-Level surcharge. None of the platforms compared here lists a separate A-Level price. What actually happens is that A-Level work pulls you toward more experienced tutors, and on marketplaces where tutors set their own rates, experience is what you pay for, so the hourly price drifts up. The one structural exception in this comparison is StudyGuru, where the rate is set by the tutor's experience band and is identical for both levels: an hour of A-Level chemistry costs the same £24 as an hour of GCSE maths with a tutor on the same band. If you are budgeting per hour for A-Level, assume the £45-and-up tier on tutor-set marketplaces unless the tutor you pick is early in their career.
What actually moves the price
Three things, in order of size. First, tutor experience. MyTutor's published tiers (£25+, £45+, £65+) show the spread on one platform; StudyGuru's bands work the same way, rising from £24, though in practice most StudyGuru tutors are at the entry band. Second, format. A small-group class at around £7 per hour is real value for regular practice, but it is not an hour of individual attention, and group size is often unpublished. Third, the charging model. A pay-as-you-go hourly rate is what it says; a subscription or pass model means the real hourly cost depends on how many lessons you actually book that month, so a quiet month makes every booked hour more expensive.
What a “from” price does not tell you
Every starting price in the table is the cheapest tutor on that platform, not the tutor you will most likely book. I've written a separate like-for-like comparison of what the cheap headline rates actually buy, including the group-class and subscription catches, in the affordable GCSE tutoring comparison. The short version: before comparing two prices, check the lesson is one-to-one, check the rate is per hour rather than per shorter lesson, and check whether an Enhanced DBS is required of every tutor or left optional.
A £15 way to find out if tutoring is worth it
A single free trial lesson rarely settles anything, because the first session mostly goes on getting to know each other. What tells you whether tutoring is working is three or four sessions with the same tutor. On StudyGuru that is the Starter Pack: four one-hour one-to-one sessions at £15 each, after a free 15-minute intro call with the tutor. That is £60 to properly answer the question before you commit to a term at the full rate. There is no subscription and no signup fee, and the full pricing is public before you book anything.
When you should not pay for tutoring at all
If the problem is one stubborn topic rather than a subject, free past papers and mark schemes may fix it for nothing, and every exam board publishes them. If your child is broadly on track and needs practice rather than diagnosis, a group class at around £7 per hour is honest value. Paying for one-to-one makes sense when you do not yet know what is going wrong, because diagnosis is the part a worksheet or a group class cannot do.
Sources
Every figure on this page was taken from the platform's own published pages and checked on 3 September 2026. StudyGuru: pricing. Tutorful: homepage. MyTutor: pricing. Superprof: Student Pass pricing. TeduNet: pricing and homepage. If any of these has changed, tell me and I'll correct it.
Trust & Safety
Enhanced DBS Checks
Fresh Enhanced DBS arranged via uCheck for every tutor
7-Step Vetting
Identity, qualifications, DBS, live teaching assessment, and safeguarding approval
Pay After Lessons
Payment captured 24 hours after each session via Stripe
Secure Platform
All sessions on our platform with moderated messaging
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a GCSE tutor cost in the UK?
How much does an A-Level tutor cost per hour?
Why do tutor prices vary so much?
What is a cheap way to try a tutor before committing?
Ready to Get Started?
£15 Starter Pack · 4 sessions · No commitment
Not ready to commit?