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Founders: <\/strong>Scott Woodley and Mark Hughes
\nFounded: <\/strong>August 2015
\nWebsite: <\/strong>www.tutorful.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

After graduating from the University of Sheffield with a masters in law, Scott Woodley began working as a primary school teacher.<\/p>\n

While he found teaching “incredibly rewarding”, Woodley decided he could accomplish more by working as a private tutor in his local area.<\/p>\n

Finding himself frequently oversubscribed, he started to work with other tutors in the area and this sowed the seeds for Tutorful.<\/p>\n

Woodley enlisted the help of his childhood friend Mark Hughes and the pair launched Startups 100-listed Tutorful<\/a> in August 2015 as a platform that connects learners and tutors across the UK.<\/p>\n

Tutorful thoroughly vets every tutor on its platform and its tutor base ranges from school teachers to degree level students to experienced tutors.<\/p>\n

For those looking to learn from a tutor, you simply enter your desired subject area and postcode into the platform to find a tailored list of the best tutors in your local area. You can then message them and confirm a booking.<\/p>\n

There is no minimum number of lessons and payment is only taken 24 hours after each lesson.<\/p>\n

Three years since launch and Tutorful now has over 9,000 active tutors on the platform, who have delivered more than 200,000 lessons in 300 different subjects across the UK.<\/p>\n

This growth has made the business a compelling investment opportunity and, in March 2017, it secured more than £700,000 via crowdfunding platform Crowcube from 540 backers; fundraising that also saw it recognised as a finalist for Crowdfunded Business of the Year at the Startups Awards 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

While the online tutoring sector is becoming increasingly competitive, Tutorful tells us that, by offering an alternative to services that only provide a solution to one particular problem, it’s intent on becoming the largest tuition provider in the UK.<\/p>\n

And it’s ambitions don’t stop there. If Tutorful continues to scale at its current rate, the start-up will look to take its transparent and trust-focused approach to international markets to “help learners across the globe”.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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