How much does a tutor cost in London?

Key takeaways

• →Tuition is common in London: 45% of London pupils aged 11 to 17 said they had had private tutoring, against 27% in the rest of England.
• →There is no official price list. Marketplace averages for online GCSE and A-Level tuition sit at roughly £45 to £50 an hour.
• →Level, subject, tutor experience, online or in person, and where you live all change the price.
• →Ask about registration fees, minimum blocks, cancellation and travel before you book.

1. Tuition in London

In a 2025 Ipsos survey of young people aged 11 to 17 for the Sutton Trust, 45% of pupils in London said they had received private tutoring, compared with 27% in the rest of England and 24% in Wales. With that many families paying for tuition, it is worth comparing prices before you commit.^[1]

2. What tutoring marketplaces publish

There is no official price list for tutoring. The nearest thing is what marketplaces publish about their own tutors. These are marketplace figures, not independent research, and each uses its own method.

Tutorful’s October 2026 guide gives these average advertised online rates per hour.^[2]

A separate Tutorful guide to maths tuition puts online maths at £35.29 an hour across all levels, in-person maths at £41.75 nationally, and in-person maths in London at £46.12, without explaining how those were worked out. The two Tutorful guides don’t match, so treat every average with care. MyTutor says its lessons cost between £26 and £73 an hour.^[3]

3. What changes the price

4. Hidden costs to ask about

Before you book, ask: is there a registration, placement or admin fee? Do I pay for a block of lessons up front, or is there a minimum? What happens if we need to cancel? And for lessons in person, who pays for travel? Notice periods and travel charges vary from tutor to tutor, so it’s better to know before term gets busy.^[3]

A quick test: Ask for the total cost of ten weekly lessons, including every fee. It makes very different price lists easy to compare.

5. How to judge value

The cheapest hour isn’t always the cheapest result. The Education Endowment Foundation finds that one-to-one tuition adds about five months’ extra progress on average, and that it works best when it is in addition to, and clearly linked with, normal lessons.^[4]

Look for a tutor who knows your child’s exam board, a steady weekly slot, and a clear way of hearing how your child is getting on.

Compare what you get for the money, not just the hourly rate.

6. Brainhub’s prices

Online one-to-one lessons start from £25 an hour for Primary, 11+ and KS3, from £30 for GCSE and from £40 for A-Level. Lessons in person at our London hubs cost £5 an hour more, and a PGCE-qualified teacher costs £10 an hour more, so you can choose. Small-group masterclasses start from £18 an hour. There are no registration or admin fees, and the first step is a free 45-minute assessment.

These are starting prices, while the marketplace figures above are averages, so the two are not like for like. The price calculator on our Prices page shows what a typical week would cost for your child.

1. 1. What share of London pupils aged 11 to 17 said they had had private tutoring?

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2. 2. Name two hidden costs to ask about.

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3. 3. How much progress does one-to-one tuition add on average?

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Your next steps

• Write down your child’s level, subject and exam board.
• Ask each tutor or agency for the total cost of ten weekly lessons, including fees.
• Try our price calculator on the Prices page, then book a free assessment.

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