British families have hired tutors in India for years, and most of what they find is a marketplace where the tutor changes, the method is Indian and the class runs at midnight. This is the other kind: a small team of master's-qualified women teachers in Chandigarh, the same tutor every week, teaching your child's own National Curriculum, GCSE or A-Level course in the order the school and the exam board use, at 4 to 8 pm UK time.
Every class is one tutor with one child on a shared whiteboard: a five-minute recap, the new topic with diagrams, guided practice where the tutor watches every step, then notes, an assignment and the recording. From Year 10 the class works from past papers marked to the real AQA, Edexcel or OCR mark scheme, because the mark scheme, not the textbook, decides the grade.
| Your time (UK) | Chandigarh | Who books it |
|---|---|---|
| 4:00 – 6:00 pm, after school | 8:30 – 10:30 pm (9:30 – 11:30 pm in winter) | Primary and KS3; the most popular slot |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | 10:30 pm – 12:30 am (11:30 pm – 1:30 am in winter) | GCSE and A-Level; our tutors teach these hours in shifts |
| Saturday and Sunday, 9 am – 1 pm | 1:30 – 5:30 pm (2:30 – 6:30 pm in winter) | Everyone; past-paper blocks before exams |
Britain is 4.5 hours behind India in summer and 5.5 in winter; the class time stays the same for you, the tutor's shift moves. Each UK city page has a planner.
| Science with Shobha (India) | UK marketplace (£15 – £45/hr) | UK agency or centre (£25 – £60/hr) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who teaches | A master's-qualified teacher, the same one every week | Whoever you pick; often a student | A pool; the tutor can change |
| Curriculum | Your school's board and order: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, SQA | Depends on the tutor | British |
| Format | 1-on-1, camera on, recording and notes after every class | 1-on-1, usually no recording | Often groups of 3 to 6 |
| Time | 4 to 8 pm UK time, weekend mornings | Flexible | Centre hours |
| Commitment | Monthly, stop when you want; free first class | Per lesson | Packages, often a term up front |
| Price | About £8 to £10 an hour, all included; see prices | Low to mid | High |
The reason an Indian maths tutor fails a British child is not the maths; it is the order and the exam board. English schools teach ratio, proportion and algebra together from Year 7, tier GCSE maths into Foundation and Higher, and mark to a scheme where method marks matter as much as the answer. Our tutors hold master's degrees in their subject and have taught the English sequence since 2018, so your child is taught the school's method first, in the board's vocabulary, and stretched only after the class work is secure.
| Year | What the school teaches | What the class does |
|---|---|---|
| Years 1 – 2 (KS1) | Number bonds, place value, the phonics screening | Number sense with objects on the whiteboard, fact fluency in five-minute rounds |
| Years 3 – 6 (KS2) | Times tables check in Year 4, fractions, the Year 6 SATs in reading, grammar and maths | Arithmetic paper technique, reasoning papers from past SATs, 11-plus where the family wants a grammar school |
| Years 7 – 9 (KS3) | Algebra, ratio, geometry, probability; the sciences as separate subjects from Year 9 in most schools | The foundations GCSE is built on, a unit ahead of the class; science practicals explained |
| Years 10 – 11 (GCSE) | Foundation or Higher tier maths; combined or triple science; the exam board's specification | Past papers marked to the real mark scheme, the grade 4 to 9 boundaries, exam technique |
| Years 12 – 13 (A-Level) | A-Level maths, further maths, physics, chemistry, biology | Full papers timed from the first term, the practical endorsement, UCAS predicted-grade targets |
Scottish families: Nationals and Highers follow the same rule, the SQA order and the SQA marking. English reading and writing, and the 11-plus, are taught the same way, one child at a time.
| Where you live | Per hour, 1-on-1 |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | about £8 to £10 |
| Ireland | about €9 to €11 |
A UK agency charges £25 to £60 an hour for the same hour; a marketplace tutor from India at £4 to £6 is usually a student with no recording and no continuity. Full price table →
Families who want the depth of an Indian maths education without the child being taught methods the school does not use. We teach the school's method first, then the stretch, and Hindi or Punjabi if you want the language kept.
Most British families who come to us are not Indian; they want a qualified 1-on-1 teacher for maths, chemistry or physics, weekly, without the agency's price. The class is in English; the tutor's accent is the only thing that is Indian about it.
Every class is recorded and the recording is yours. Parents can sit in on any class. The tutor never contacts the child outside the class. Nothing is paid up front; the first class is free and you decide afterwards.
British Indian families ask us a version of the same question: the child is doing well at school, but the cousins in Delhi are two years ahead in maths, so is the school too easy, or is the comparison wrong? Both, usually. The English curriculum goes slower in arithmetic and faster in reasoning, problem-solving and written explanation, and a child who is top of a Year 5 class is being measured on exactly the thing an Indian class barely tests. So we do not teach a British child the CBSE syllabus. We teach the school's work to a very high standard, then add the Indian stretch where it helps: harder problems on the same topic, the UKMT Junior and Intermediate Challenges, mental arithmetic, and the habit of showing every step.
The rest is practical. Classes are in English, with Hindi, Punjabi or Gujarati conversation if the family wants the language kept alive, ten minutes at the end of a class. Grandparents in India can sit in, because the tutor is in India too. And when the family spends the summer in India, nothing stops: the same tutor, the same whiteboard, Indian times for six weeks, then back to the UK schedule.
Eight commitments, in plain words. Hold us to them.
A real lesson, not a sales call. No card, no obligation — parents are welcome to sit in.
You only book paid classes after the demo, with the tutor you met.
Switch to another tutor free, or the first paid class is refunded. Just tell us.
Life happens — move a class a day ahead at no charge.
What we covered, what your child mastered, what to practise before next time.
A short parent call each month: results, gaps, next goals. Result-focused, exam-smart practice.
Simple monthly plans. Pause or adjust any time.
WhatsApp, call or email — every message answered, in English, Hindi or Punjabi.
