Over the past three years, following pandemic-induced disruption and as the UK falls deeper into the pit of a recession, education, in particular, has been turned upside down. Faced with a crippling funding crisis, data by The National Association of Head Teachers says 9 out of 10 schools in England are expecting to have run out of money by the next school year, and thousands of schools are now drawing up plans to make staff redundancies. Against this backdrop, new data by MyTutor unveils that 62% of parents say their child’s education will not be on the list of their own cutbacks, as parents turn to free or more affordable EdTech to supplement learning loss.

What was once seen as a premium resource for parents, private tutoring has become an accessible support structure to aid one of the most challenging periods in academic history. Parents are taking an active role in their child’s learning, particularly when it comes to how learning is structured – an outcome that if not created by the current backdrop, has been accelerated by it. With 48% of Brits having recognised the value of tutoring in the wake of the pandemic, it is clear that parents and children alike are more aware of the resources available to them, which have proven indispensable over the past three years.

With benefits such as private educational support, one-to-one personal interaction, and a tailored individualised approach to each student and their personalised needs – this boom in online tutoring isn’t set to slow down anytime soon. Research from MyTutor has found that 49% of students agree that they learn better from people they share a similar life experience to, with 35% agreeing it benefits their learning to have a tutor that recently went through the same exam experience as them. This is why MyTutor allows you to choose your child’s tutor to match your child’s needs, allowing you to choose from a database of over 20,000 tutor profiles – and even chat with them over zoom before you commit.

The benefits of private tutoring are two-fold: alongside providing educational support, the one-on-one personal interaction offers pastoral support which ensures they are receiving the best learning resources, at a fraction of the cost. With parents across all income brackets willing to source learning resources to secure their child the best education possible, MyTutor has launched their free online group tutorials, along-side their private online tutoring sessions that run for as little as £20 per hour.