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English Tutoring

Filling the gaps in spelling, reading, comprehension and grammar

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Our Qualified English Teachers Help Your Child to Shine

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  • Personalised Lesson Plans – Qualified teachers tailor each lesson to your child’s needs and goals.
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  • Proven Results – For over 45 years, parents have trusted us to build their child’s confidence and support their academic progress.
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  • Qualified Teachers – We do things differently; all our tutors are qualified teachers and DBS or PVG checked.

Areas we cover in Primary Tutoring

Based on your child’s initial assessment, their personalised learning plan will include a combination of the following activities:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Spelling
  • 11+ Exam Preparation
  • SAT's Preparation

Let’s talk about Primary

 

Primary English tutoring focuses on building essential literacy skills aligned with the National Curriculum. Every lesson is designed to develop skills in reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary.

Our tailored lessons support children from Reception to Year 6 and P1 to 7 in Scotland, building essential literacy skills aligned with the National Curriculum and Curriculum for Excellence. Helping them gain confidence in reading fluency, comprehension, and written expression. Whether preparing for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, Key Stage 1 or KS2 SATs, or simply needing a boost in literacy skills, our tutors adapt their approach to each child's individual needs.

We reinforce classroom learning and address gaps through targeted support in areas like inference, creative writing, and SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). Our goal is to equip our students with the tools they need to succeed academically—and foster a lifelong love of reading and writing.

We also offer 11 Plus preparation (Years 4–6 / P5–P7), focusing on English, comprehension, and verbal reasoning.

 

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What our Secondary Tutoring covers

Areas we cover in Secondary English lessons based on your child’s goals, their individual learning programme may consist of some of the following activities:

  • Comprehension
  • Spelling
  • Vocabulary
  • Proofing
  • Editing
  • Language Features
  • Exam Preparation

Building Skills for Secondary Success

 

Our Secondary English tutoring helps extend English language, comprehension and written communication skills. We can also prepare students for GCSEs and National 5 exams (Scotland).

Students refine their reading comprehension, analytical skills, and essay writing techniques to interpret and evaluate a variety of texts, including literature, non-fiction and poetry.

Lessons also strengthen grammar, vocabulary and persuasive skills to help students express their ideas clearly. With personalised support, tutoring ensures students gain the confidence and skills needed to excel in exams, coursework, and real-world communication.

 

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Empowering children worldwide for over 45 years, at Kip McGrath you are in safe hands.

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Personalised lesson plan

Personalised lesson plan

Qualified Teachers

Qualified Teachers

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DBS Checked Tutors

DBS Checked Tutors

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PVG Checked Tutors

Your child is at the heart of everything we do!

We take the time to ensure children understand core concepts, building their confidence and independence.

 


 

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Individual Teaching and Independent Learning. Feel Success every lesson!

Our lessons combine individual tutoring and independent learning through small group lessons. We provide in-centre or online lessons with the same tutor each week.

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Your child will complete some educational activities supported by one of our friendly team, allowing us to see their strengths and challenges. Whilst you relax in our comfortable surroundings.

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You will receive full feedback on our findings and we will walk you through our plan to support your child to reach their potential. This is a perfect time to ask any questions or share specific information about your child’s goals.

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Your child will attend regular weekly sessions with their tutor, receiving one-to-one teaching within a small group setting, feeling success every lesson.

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Every lesson is planned with care and compassion to make your child feel like a SUPERSTAR!

Does Tutoring Work?

Absolutely, but don’t just take our word for it.

Take it from Julie, a Kip McGrath parent, who shared:

"We've had a brilliant experience with Kip McGrath over the past two years. Every member of staff is welcoming, professional, and genuinely supportive. Our daughter has been attending sessions during her final two years of secondary school, and the difference we've seen in her is remarkable. She's grown so much in confidence and her academic progress has gone beyond what we expected. Many Thanks to everyone!"

 

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Connor's Story

REAL KIP STORIES
Connor struggled to write more than two sentences.
After attending English tutoring at Kip McGrath, he has:
Written four entire paragraphs in his English class
Achieved a C in his English exam

English tutoring online or in-centre

If you’re worried about your child’s core skills in English, our proven methodology and qualified teachers are available at a local centre or online to help support your child. Every child receives a personalised lesson plan including one-to-one teaching time with their tutor.

With over 500 centres worldwide and online lessons available, support is always within reach.

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One-to-One Teaching in a Small Group Setting

Educational research over the years has demonstrated that focused one-to-one teaching in a small group setting is highly effective for children.

Our qualified teachers track and monitor progress, provide detailed feedback and reassess students to demonstrate their success and set new targets. You can track progress and achievements through regular feedback via our Parent Portal.

See why Kip McGrath is trusted by parents across 500 centres globally.

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"The classes are small and tailored to her preferred learning style and the positive reinforcement of having a “Wall of Fame”, merit awards and a prize box are all contributing to her really loving her sessions!"

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"Today has been the last session for my son with Naz and Ian at Sheffield Handsworth after a couple of years working with my son the progress he has made is amazing to see. He started off being unable to read and write realising he has dyslexia his writing was..."

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  • Who are we?
  • Founded in 1976 in Australia, Kip McGrath has been helping primary and secondary school age children all over the world to improve or extend their learning. With over 500+ centres globally, we know what works.

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