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Tutorful

3.5(342 reviews)See reviews ↓·Sheffield

About the company

Tutorful is a private tutoring service based in Sheffield. It offers tutoring for school age learners, adult learners, and university entrance exams. Subjects covered include Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, Computer Science, Spanish, German, French, History, Geography, and Music. Tutoring is available for school admissions including Seven Plus, Eight Plus, Eleven Plus, and ISEB Pre-Test. Additional needs tutoring includes SEN, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Sign language. Music tutoring is offered in Singing, Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Saxophone, and Violin.

Adult learner tutoring covers university entrance exams, university study, business and professional skills, languages, music, and hobbies. University entrance exam tutoring is available for Law (LNAT), BioMedical (BMAT), and Clinical Aptitude (UCAT). Business and professional skills tutoring includes Accounting, Law, Functional skills, Programming, Python, Statistics, SPSS, and Matlab. Language tutoring is offered in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Arabic, and Japanese. Hobby tutoring includes Photography, Textiles, Chess, Art, and Graphic Design. Online GCSE and A-Level History tutors are provided.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Operating as an online platform matching private tutors with pupils and adult learners rather than running physical premises, this Sheffield-registered service covers a wide range of subjects through remote lessons. Feedback on the platform is varied. A number of tutors and students describe a responsive support team, praising staff for patience and clear communication when questions come up, particularly for people new to using the service. Set against this, something reviewers return to among more critical reviews concerns the commission charged on lessons, with several tutors describing the percentage taken as higher than expected and not made clear enough upfront.

Booking and cancellation processes are another repeated point of frustration, with some reviewers describing lessons booked automatically before a tutor and student had confirmed details directly, resulting in charges that felt unfair. A few reviews also mention restrictions on contacting the other party outside the platform's own messaging system, which some found limiting. Given the scale of the platform, experiences described in reviews vary considerably depending on how the service was used and which team members were involved.

Tutorful — Customer photo
Tutorful — Customer photo

Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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Lou T13 July 2026

My special thanks to Evie at Tutorful, for your empathic and kind thoughtful support (and technical help too) this week and last . My students and I have also gained from your technical team's occasional but committed involvement too when needed, so thank you for aways knowing when to engage your tech colleagues. You have been really Very helpful and I honestly even feel enabled and motivated by the lovely empowering tone of your emails! Many thanks again for everything...please feel very appreciated Evie and colleagues! (July 2026)

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Rajveer Singh18 May 2026

I have used Tutorful’s services in the past and have always found the platform to be trustworthy, professional, and supportive. On the rare occasions when I have had concerns, they have always been handled fairly and professionally, which I truly appreciate.

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YouRideAHorseRatherLessWellThanAnotherHorseWould11 May 2026

Beware the corporate juggernaut that is Tutorful. Be prepared for tutors, parents & students to be sucked under the dirty wheels of their progress. They should be involved in shifting sports equipment, from this sizeable artic in motion, as they continually move the goalposts to make things harder for those who put the company where it is...the tutors. Increasing their take from the 20 pecentile to one-third (of every lesson) without consultation. Insisting that the vetted tutors are not able to do 1:1 in the students home but in a poor internet class room. Taking your profile off their system until you agree to the chinese burn of the new terms & conditions. Deleting their phone lines, so no complaints can be logged effectively; they take days to respond to emails. Pretending to new clients that you have repeat students galore, when there are none because of all the above & so on. If you are a teacher/ tutor reading this, my advise is contact schools or find new students on social media. Could the last teacher of the evacuation, please turn off the lights.

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Nawal Aziz2 May 2026

I have had a very positive experience with Tutorful’s support team. As a new tutor on the platform, I had several questions while getting started, and the team were helpful, responsive, and reassuring. They explained things clearly and made the process much easier for me. I appreciate their professionalism and support, and I am pleased to be part of the Tutorful community.

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Razia Ryklief10 April 2026

I cant put 0 stars . They dont have a number to call on and have double debited my account. What a nightmare trying to resolve this . Do not put your banking details in their system !

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Ian Goodwin24 March 2026

Tryed to book a lesson online, difficult to contact teacher (piano) confusing messages from tutorful, resulting in them charging and taking a cancellation fee for a tutor I've never had a lesson with! They are virtually impossible to contact in person, thier web chat doesn't work either! steer clear, only answer email when it suits them! I note a large number of one star reviews, this is a red flag I wish I had spotted earlier! I will say however in response to this review, they have acted and refunded the money.

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Leanne Bruce18 March 2026

Poor interface, wasted money on an hour spent trying to use application. Learned was not helped by tutor, who didn’t know how to work it either. Avoid this business.

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Contact
tutorful.co.uk5 Block 2, Spaces, 1 Tenter Street Pennine, Sheffield S1 4BY
Working hours
Monday09:00–17:00
Tuesday09:00–17:00
Wednesday09:00–17:00
Thursday09:00–17:00
Friday09:00–17:00
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed