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Lizzie is our EOTAS coordinator and my daughter’s learning mentor, and she has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Her knowledge of the local authority, EOTAS provision, education, tutoring and school systems is exceptional. Equally impressive is her ability to build relationships with young people who have experienced significant trauma around education.

My daughter is 14, has a PDA and ADHD profile, and had been out of school for several years. During that time she met well over 40 professionals, therapists, tutors and support workers. Despite the best intentions of many of them, none were able to build the level of trust and connection that Lizzie has achieved.

Lizzie instinctively understands pace. She knows when to move things forward, when to pause, how to look ahead and how to turn plans into reality. She navigates schools, local authorities, tutors, young people and families with a calm confidence that comes from genuine expertise and experience.

She has guided us through every challenge, helping us feel understood and supported even when the journey felt overwhelming. Most importantly, she has played a huge role in restoring my daughter’s faith in adults and education.

Thanks in no small part to Lizzie’s support, my daughter has successfully re-engaged with school and is now open to incorporating tutoring alongside school — something she had previously been completely opposed to. Until Lizzie had that conversation with her, the idea would have seemed impossible. The trust and understanding Lizzie built made what felt unattainable become achievable, which is nothing short of a miracle.

I will always be grateful that Joanna, CEO of Sensational, brought Lizzie into our lives. The impact she has had on our family cannot be overstated.

I genuinely cannot sing Lizzie’s praises highly enough. The only downside to writing this review is that Lizzie is already incredibly busy, and we’re hoping to keep her for the foreseeable future!

Melissa has been working with our son for a few years now and she has been great. She has a genuine understanding of PDA and adapts her approach to meet his individual needs, so learning happens naturally and in a way that feels safe, engaging, and achievable for him.

She uses an instinctive child led appoach. Rather than imposing demands, she follows his interests and builds trust. She is patient, flexible, and highly skilled at recognising when he is reaching his limits and adjusting as needed, ensuring that sessions remain positive and productive.

She has developed a strong, respectful relationship with our son. He feels understood, valued, and comfortable in her presence.

We would highly recommend her to any family seeking a tutor who truly understands PDA and embraces a child-centred approach to education.

Our son has ASC and ADHD. We had battle after battle with the education system, but with it being so poor, our son never went to secondary school. For year 11, the LA funded tutoring. You can imagine the feeling of disillusionment in our son at this time. We found Pippa through SenSational Tutors and wondered what would become of it.

What an incredible person Pippa is! She is also an experienced careers advisor. She put life into perspective, encouraged, and as a result engaged our son. He wanted to learn and did GCSE Business Studies; Level 2 Functional Skills Maths & English; Level 1 Digital Skills.

The impact on our son has been transformational. Before he wouldn't consider college - now he has a place and a feeling of self-worth! Despite the obvious drawback of not having been to school, Pippa has helped to make him feel that he is the same as everyone else and should have the same chances, if he works for it. Her skills came at an incredibly important time in our son's schooling and self confidence and she has single handedly enabled him to move on with his education.

Naturally we have only high praise for Pippa and would highly recommend her.

I have a four year old that has speech and language delay and lacks focus. We were concerned that he may face challenges when starting school so we sought out Sensational Tutors who found an outstanding tutor to help support him. Loretta has been working with our son for 2 months and he has come on so much in that time. Loretta was brilliant from the start, spending time with me first to understand his development areas and interests and as a result, within the first session she built trust with him. Initially Loretta took a child led approach which meant our son was fully engaged with Loretta and Loretta has since adapted slightly introducing more teacher led activities. My son’s focus has increased, he is talking more fluently and appears greater in confidence. Every week she provides reports which I share with his nursery, so her techniques can be replicated at the nursery and we keep a consistent approach in helping him meet his developmental needs. I could not be more pleased and would highly recommend Loretta and Sensational Tutors.

The tutoring that my child has received through Sensational Tutors has surpassed my expectations. Alex has provided totally bespoke, expert, varied and fun sessions. My daughter who is non verbal is calm and happy and starting to regain some of the skills that she had lost over previous years. Alex tunes in to her needs in the moment and adapts accordingly to keep my daughter engaged. This is impressive and not always easy and I would really recommend Alex and Sensational Tutors.

Jane has been fantastic with our daughter and we are very grateful for her support, patience and understanding throughout.

She immediately made us feel comfortable and has always approached things in a calm, thoughtful and professional manner. We have seen really positive progress and increased confidence over time, and it has been reassuring to have someone who genuinely understands our child’s needs.

We would highly recommend Jane and the SENsational Tutors team to any family looking for specialist support.

I would like to share a positive review with this company and in particular Jess who has worked, what I believe to be, over and beyond any expectations, for our family.
Always flexible and accommodating.
Highly recommended.

We started with Stuart at Sensational Tutors in September 2025 for face-to-face sessions with our son. Finding the right tutor was incredibly important to us, particularly as our son needed a calm, gentle male tutor who could truly understand and support complex needs including dyslexia, ADHD, ASC, and complex learning difficulties.

From the very beginning, Stuart ticked all the boxes. We were initially unsure whether our son would manage two-hour sessions in one go, but this has not been a challenge at all. Stuart works at the child’s pace and ability level, creating a supportive and encouraging environment where our son feels comfortable and able to engage.

Communication with parents has also been excellent, helping ensure our child is happy, settled, and making progress. Having the wider Sensational Tutors team supporting things in the background has been hugely reassuring too.

We would fully recommend both Stuart and Sensational Tutors to other families looking for understanding, specialist support for children with additional needs.

I came to Sensational Tutors after feeling lost about how best to support my son, recently diagnosed with dyslexia. The support from the agency in matching us with the right tutor (Jess) was brilliant.

Jess has been wonderful with our son - she structures her sessions with him really carefully to ensure he is engaged, challenged and consolidating his learning in school. She even plays football with him after every session as a reward as she knows that's his passion! Additionally Jess is great at supporting my son's self esteem and started an 'achievements' board which they add to often. This includes sporting achievements, academic achievements and whatever else my son is proud of.

At one point Jess suggested my son showed some signs of inattentiveness which prompted me to pursue an ADHD assessment. I had suspected this for a while but Jess' gentle feedback finally got me to act. This recent diagnosis means my son was added to the school's SEN register and receives much better support at school.

Jess is caring, committed and passionate about both teaching and her students' mental health. I would strongly recommend Jess and Sensational Tutors.

Highly experienced private tutor with a passion for education and helping students reach their goals we grew such a great bond with Ella over the time we had her as Jesse’s tutor and she will be greatly missed

Caroline is an outstanding tutor. She connected quickly to gain the trust of my daughter (15). Caroline has taken our daughter from a predicted 1 in English GCSE to a predicted 4 over the last 6 months. Her lessons are structured, goals for the session are clearly set out, they are delivered in a calm and connected way. I would highly recommend her and SENsational Tutors to other parents.

James has been an excellent tutor so far. He has spent time building a rapport with my son which is crucial to putting him at ease. From the first session James listened to what he said found difficult, and observed what he didn't say(!) and has tailored engaging sessions based on this. Thank you James.

My daughter has been out of school for an extended period. She is supported through an EHCP by a multi-disciplinary team and has an EOTAS package of therapies and online schooling, with the aim of gradually transitioning back into a school setting.

I have felt fully supported by SENsational Tutors throughout. Communications are clear and the staff highly responsive.

As EOTAS coordinator, Lizzie has been exceptionally reliable, diplomatic, and well organised in overseeing what is a complex blended school/EOTAS arrangement: leading MDT meetings and liaising with professionals, the school SENCO, and our Local Authority. She is a caring, empathetic and warm person as well a diligent and experienced professional.

Lizzie has been an exceptional advocate for my daughter and I would recommend both her and SENsational Tutors to anyone looking for support in managing their EOTAS packages.

Sylwia has been working with our 5 year old autistic son since January and we are so impressed with how well she engages him to settle and focus week on week. Our son may also have PDA and the way Sylwia plans her lessons specifically to his interests is inspiring. When the doorbell rings, he now sits at the desk ready to study.

Sensational Tutors are brilliant - from start to finish the experience of signing up and finding a tutor was so easy. Their website is really clear and user friendly and there are absolutely no surprises. They operate with total transparency. I would highly recommend Sensational Tutors to anyone looking for an experienced, quality tutor.

My son is diagnosed with ADHD and is awaiting a diagnosis of ASD. In addition, he has a learning disability and is well below age expectations (10y/o) for his learning.

We started to look for a tutor due to our son being in school part time and we found Sensational Tutors. We shortlisted a few tutors but Krista really stood out for us and after an initial discussion, we knew that she was the right match.

Krista has helped our son with his confidence and concentration. Our son had really low self esteem and had disengaged with learning due to struggles he had faced being in a mainstream setting - Krista showed our son that education can be fun and that not all teachers would tell him off.

Every week Krista would plan a session that was perfect for his needs and would adjust if he was having a bad day - she put so much time and effort into every session.

Krista changed our son’s mindset towards learning and in his words “Krista helps my brain”.

Thank you Krista and Sensational Tutors

I am genuinely grateful to be part of such a supportive and dedicated agency. SENsational Tutors consistently go above and beyond for the children they teach, and they always go the extra mile for parents, tutors, and families. Their commitment to ensuring that no stone is left unturned is clear in everything they do.

The growth of the agency is a testament to the incredible dedication of their staff. Everyone connected to SENsational Tutors — whether staff, parents, tutors, and above all, the children — are truly cared for, supported, and valued. It is rare to find an organisation so committed to meeting every individual’s needs, and I feel very fortunate to be part of it.

My daughter has Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). She also has ASD with PDA, ADHD, anxiety and delayed sleep phase. Alex has been engaged as a specialist Mentor and is a vital part of my daughter’s EOTAS package. Alex prioritised getting to know my daughter and to really listening to her, before trying to move forwards with any mentoring. This connection was vital in order for my daughter to feel safe and be in a position to engage with mentoring. Alex took the time to learn about how FASD affects my daughter’s everyday, both mentally and physically. FASD is often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and certainly not understood by most professionals we meet, therefore to have Alex take the time to understand what is behind the needs being communicated was very necessary and a welcome change. The gradual connection and trust has been built at the pace required by my daughter and the mentoring sessions are all child-led. Alex has been great at taking my daughter’s lead with ideas, and also suggesting ways of expanding her window of tolerance. Alex has continually thought outside of the box to bring workable ideas to the sessions, and is always available to listen to parental ideas. One resounding success was bringing her puppy to the earlier sessions which reduced my daughter’s stress of the 1:1 mentoring and enabled her to engage. All ideas are on the table and this flexibility and responsiveness is what’s so great about the sessions and Alex’s approach.

We have had an incredibly positive experience with Sensational Tutors.

Our daughter has developmental delay and communication challenges, and finding the right support was very important to us. From the beginning, the team was professional, responsive and thoughtful in matching us with a tutor who truly understands her needs.

Her tutor has been patient, calm and consistent, creating a safe and engaging environment for learning. We have seen clear progress in our daughter’s confidence, attention and willingness to engage. The sessions are structured but flexible, and tailored to her pace.

What stands out most is the genuine care and understanding shown towards our child. It doesn’t feel like “just tutoring” — it feels like meaningful, specialist support.

We would highly recommend Sensational Tutors to any family looking for dedicated SEN support.

I just wanted to say how grateful we are for the support we received. My child has additional needs and can find learning and confidence really difficult, especially in bigger environments. Philippa had such a gentle, understanding way with him and really took the time to get to know his interests and needs. She would bring little tailored things that suited him, which meant so much and helped him feel safe and engaged.

She truly “got” him in a way that many people don’t, and that gave him a level of comfort and confidence I hadn’t seen in a long time. He genuinely looked forward to his sessions and felt very comfortable doing his extra learning with her after school.

I also want to say how kind and accommodating the team were, especially Helen, who made me feel really comfortable and supported as a parent. As a mum of a neurodivergent child, feeling understood and validated means everything.

Thank you for the care, patience and understanding you showed our family. It made a real difference.

My 21 year old son had been out of education for 3 years when Rebecca started working with him 3 months ago. She has been very skilful at reintroducing education to him gradually and at his own pace. This has enabled his engagement and confidence to increase with every session. Rebecca has tailored the sessions to include content that is of particular interest to my son which has also been helpful in improving his focus. I receive regular, detailed emails with progress reports from Rebecca. I would highly recommend Rebecca for her professionalism, knowledge of SEN and ability to be flexible to students' needs.