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Functional Skills Tutoring
Skills for real life, not labels.
- Speak directly with your tutor
- Automatic payments, simple and secure
- Clear hourly rates
All tutors are:
Enhanced DBS checked
Safeguarding trained
Fully insured
Individually interviewed
Our approach
We work with a small, quality-approved tutor team to provide calm, consistent support that helps students build confidence and make steady progress.
Small, curated team
We aren’t high volume, we keep our tutor team small and focus on finding the right tutors.
Quality-approved tutors
We approve tutors for how they teach and their experience, not job titles alone.
Calm learning focus
We focus on calm, consistent support rather than game-led sessions.
Steady progress
We cannot promise specific results, but we aim for steady progress and lower stress.
How it works
Engaging and empathetic tutoring for Functional Skills English and Maths (from Entry Level to Level 2) for students with Special Educational Needs. Tutors choose the methods that fit each student; we interview every tutor and only work with people who are passionate about SEN, safeguarding-trained, Enhanced DBS-checked and insured. Sessions run online or in person across England and Wales.
Free introduction
Meet your tutor, share strengths and challenges, and agree on goals and how progress will be tracked.
Weekly session
Varied sessions with opportunities to practice new skills.
Regular reviews
Formal feedback every five sessions or every month, depending on your session plan.
Meet our Functional Skills tutors
Our tutors are verified and vetted, safeguarding-trained, Enhanced DBS-checked, insured, and experienced in supporting a wide range of needs. Each shares our calm, evidence-based approach.
tutorandcoach
Advanced SEN specialist
from £72 /h
20-min free intro
Ezra
Advanced SEN specialist
from £72 /h
20-min free introtest
General tutor
from £72 /h
20-min free introJohnny
SEN specialist
from £90 /h
20-min free introPrices
Transparent pricing with flexible options to suit your learning needs
Simple payments
Payments are simple and automatic.
Move or cancel
They can be cancelled or rescheduled any time up until 24 hours before the session.
In-person option
In-person sessions include a £15 travel fee.
Pause any time
Flexibility to stop for up to two weeks and restart when you need.
Ready to start learning?
Connect with the perfect tutor for your needs and begin your educational journey today.
Who we help
Supporting learners at every stage of education
Entry Level 1–3 and Level 1–2, plus resits
School, college, apprenticeship, and adult learners
Home-educated learners, EHCP and EOTAS
Students with access arrangements (e.g., extra time, reader)
Common challenges we support
Everyday numeracy
Percentages, ratio, measure, money, units, and using a calculator confidently.
Reading for information
Understanding instructions, forms, timetables, and texts; finding and using key details.
Writing for purpose
Clear emails, letters and short reports; spelling, punctuation, and grammar used accurately.
Problem solving
Interpreting real-world questions, showing working and checking answers.
Speaking and listening
Preparing for discussions or short presentations with structure.
Organisation and confidence
Simple plans, steady practice and regular feedback so progress is visible.
How we help
Every student has a mix of strengths and barriers so we don’t use generic teaching plans. We hire experienced tutors and give them room to teach in their style. All tutors are interviewed before joining Sunbeam and share our commitment to compassionate, engaging teaching. Each has up-to-date safeguarding training, insurance and an Enhanced DBS certificate.
Our method
Focused 50-minute sessions with varied tasks, short breaks, and plenty of encouragement. Tutors are experts in their field and teach in their own style. We link strategies back to classwork so progress and confidence translates to school.
Assistive technology
Used only where helpful and selected to suit the student. Examples include read-aloud and dictation tools, screen readers, simple writing and form-filling templates, calculator and spreadsheet tools for budgeting, flashcard/retrieval apps, and planners/timers. We help students use tools independently at home and in class.
FAQs
Quick answers to common questions
Functional Skills tutoring builds practical English and Maths for everyday life, work and further study. We offer online tutoring across England and Wales, with in-person sessions in selected areas.
We support Entry Level 1-3 and Level 1-2 in English and Maths, aligned to major awarding-organisation specifications and the learner’s targets.
Yes. We support college and apprenticeship requirements, workplace and adult learners returning to study, including confidence building and exam preparation.
Yes. Tutors always adapt their approach to the learner, helping with reading for information, clear writing, numeracy and exam tasks, alongside any access arrangements.
Tuition starts from £72 per 50-minute online session. In-person sessions include a travel fee. Book a free introductory call to map strengths, agree goals and plan weekly sessions with a vetted, Enhanced DBS-checked tutor.
Meet your tutor today
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Interviewed tutors, safeguarding-trained, enhanced DBS, and insured
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Free 20-minute call before you decide
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