Tutoring with Friends
SHLC Tutor · Maths, English & Science
Tutoring with Friends
Your child brings a friend. Both families pay less, and both students work harder for it.
Fifteen minutes to work out what your child needs.
How it works
A proper tutoring session. Just with a friend in the room.
Sessions run the same way as 1 to 1 at SHLC, with the same structure and pace. Having a peer alongside your child changes how they engage with the material.
You bring a friend
Ideally someone studying the same subject at a similar level. Maths, English or Science. Same year group works best.
We agree a focus
A short conversation to identify the gaps both students share. One topic, worked through properly, with both students active throughout.
You leave with next steps
Every session ends with clear practice to do before next time. Both students know exactly where they stand and what to do next.
What changes
Why learning with a peer actually works.
Peer explanation sticks
A friend explains it in the words your child already uses. That version lands first time, and it is the one still in their head a week later.
Healthy competition sharpens focus
Students concentrate harder with a classmate in the room. Both of them want to reach the answer first, which keeps them working through the steps they would usually skip.
Confidence builds faster
Getting a question right in front of a friend counts for more than getting it right alone. A student who has felt that once will volunteer for the next question.
More active recall per session
In a group of two or three, both students answer, explain and correct each other for most of the session. I spend less of it talking and more of it listening to how they think.
In their own words
What students say about learning together.
When my friend gets something before me I actually try harder to catch up. With just a tutor I would probably nod along. Having someone my age there makes me want to figure it out.
Year 11 · GCSE Maths
My friend explained simultaneous equations to me in two minutes and it finally clicked. She just said it how she understood it and somehow that worked better than any lesson.
Year 10 · GCSE Maths
We both wanted to get the answer before the other one did. It sounds silly but that competition made me concentrate way more than I normally would on my own.
Year 11 · GCSE English
Pricing
Per student. Every session.
Every price below is per student. Three works best, because the saving is worth having and everyone still gets a turn on every question.
All sessions run online and you pay per student, per session. Book week by week and stop whenever you want.
Who it suits
Works brilliantly in the right conditions.
Shared sessions suit some students and not others. Read both columns and see which one your child sits in.
Good fit for shared sessions
- ✓Same subject, exam board and year group
- ✓Similar grades, within one or two levels of each other
- ✓Comfortable asking questions in front of each other
- ✓Overlapping topic gaps, for example both struggling with the same unit
- ✓Looking to build confidence alongside the grade
- ✓Siblings revising together at home
Better suited to 1 to 1
- →Very different levels or different exam boards
- →One student tends to sit back and let the other lead
- →Gaps are very specific and different for each student
- →Needs significant rebuilding of foundation topics
- →Mock or exam within 2 to 3 weeks needing targeted prep
About twenty minutes in, before I could even ask if they had followed, one of them turned to the other and said, "Wait, so does that mean you would always round the lower bound down?" They went back and forth for ninety seconds, correcting each other, testing the rule with their own examples, and arrived at the right answer together. By the time I stepped back in, they had taught each other the concept between them, and I had done nothing to set it up.
Aadam Mulla, Founder, SHLC Tutor
Common questions
Things parents usually ask
Free consultation
Not sure if it is right for your child?
Book a call and we will go through where your child is now, what is getting in the way, and whether a shared session or 1 to 1 suits them better. It takes about fifteen minutes.
- Pay session by session, cancel any week
- Honest advice, even if that means referring elsewhere
- Sessions run seven days a week
I usually reply within a few hours on WhatsApp or by email.