Best Private Tutors in Sherborne, Dorset (2025)

Rating: 5 / 5

Jane tutored both my sons from years 4-6 and I would highly recommend her. She is calm, professional & organised and excelled in developing the boys’ confidence. I was impressed by her understanding of the different personality and needs of my children and her ability to individualise her teaching to suit the child. The boys looked forward to and enjoyed their weekly sessions with Jane and I cannot thank her enough for the confidence and grounding that she gave them.

Rating: 5 / 5

Jane tutored my Daughters when they needed extra support in Maths/English and 11+ tutoring, they loved visiting her each week and enjoyed the varied sessions. Jane took the time to discover their individual areas for improvement and also worked on the essential exam technique. I have no hesitation in recommending Jane to others.

Rating: 5 / 5

I cannot thank Jane enough for all the help with maths she has given my daughter over quite a few years now . Jane is the only person who has the ability to make maths understandable, particularly for those children who struggle to make any sense of it . My youngest daughter has also started to see Jane for 11+ , already it has helped her with school work. I would not hesitate to recommend Jane .

Rating: 5 / 5

Jane has been tutoring my son and helping him with his maths and he has already made great progress in his learning in a short time. His confidence has improved and he is benefitting enormously from the one to one tuition and his time with Jane - her lovely approach and patience has had a great impact. I’d definitely recommend Jane as her understanding of children and their needs is excellent and her tuition has shown great results already. And my son thinks she’s great too!

Rating: 5 / 5

Marta tutors me in maths and science at GCSE level. I have M.E/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and have been ill for over 3 years, this means I am unable to access mainstream education or medical tuition. Marta is brilliant at adapting to my changing health, she is able to teach her lessons in a way that I am able to remember the information. She has many techniques to help me achieve this, for example using coloured pens. She never gets exasperated even when I ask the same question many times, and will continue to explain it until I understand and am able to retain the information. Also she is very understanding even if I can’t always manage the homework due to my poor health. I thoroughly enjoy my sessions and learn a lot. I can’t recommend Marta enough, and she is especially brilliant if you have any extra needs.

Rating: 5 / 5

Can’t recommend Marta highly enough! She was extremely helpful and understanding when our daughter needed to come out of school at the end of year 10 due to physical and emotional difficulties in attending school. She has worked hard with our daughter to find any gaps and weaknesses in her knowledge of the subjects (all 3 sciences and maths), and has built her confidence in her abilities. She is very kind, friendly, supportive and engaging both online and in her office.

Rating: 5 / 5

5 Star rating! We first came across Marta/Somerset Private Tutor when my Son was in Year 9 and struggling to access mainstream education due to Autism/Anxiety/School related Anxiety etc. We started off using Marta to help support my Son with missed lessons. Two and a half years later and my son has just completed GCSEs having been homeschooled for the last two years. Marta has educated him in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Without Marta's expert help we would not have got there. The level of service is superb and Marta was able to make adaptations to support my Son's individual requirements. The level of communication has been brilliant. The service is flexible to accommodate the individual child. We also had the added advantage that my Son's education was not disrupted during the Covid lockdowns as on-line lessons continued as normal. I am so pleased with how this has turned out for my son.

Rating: 5 / 5

Marta has been really beneficial to my son in the past 3 years, we started with Marta when my son was in Year 9, he is now in the midst of his GCSE's and asking me to book extras lessons. He has improved so much that he is now doing the higher level Maths paper. Marta is incredible she is very patience, happy to go over things several time and provide extra lessons. I would highly recommend anyone using her. My youngest son starts in September.

Rating: 5 / 5

Rating: 5 / 5

Thanks to all staff for supporting our 11 years old son for 2 years. Recommended this school for international students.

Rating: 5 / 5

Rating: 5 / 5

I’ve been in this school for 3 years and I’m in love with it, they made me as a person and changed my life. Love all the staff there, they all friendly and always happy to help no matter what is your problem.

Rating: 5 / 5

My daughter has always struggled with maths from a young age. From meeting Matt he was keen to understand the difficulties my daughter had within maths and focused on building back her confidence. I have noticed a change in her confidence and she is much more positive about her Maths. I whole heartedly recommend Matt and his tuition services. Thank you for everything you have done.

Rating: 5 / 5

I can’t recommend Matt more highly. We signed up for maths tutoring with Matt fairly late in the year, with only about 6 weeks until the exams were to begin; mainly because our son was really struggling with confidence about his maths. The pressure to pass was making revision seem totally overwhelming. Matt was such a fantastic tutor. Not only did he help to make sense of the areas of maths which were a struggle, but he also subtly coached our son to have a positive mindset. Having been hugely reluctant to begin his tutoring, he very quickly looked forward to the sessions and came away like a different person - much less stressed, and confident to tackle his exams. We are hugely grateful for the support!

Rating: 5 / 5

Matt is an extremely experienced and brilliant maths teacher. I would highly recommend him.

Rating: 5 / 5

Excellent tutor! Both of my boys learned math from Matt and they started to love it so much. Matt made the lessons very challenging and attractive and the results were amazing. Great GCSC grades. Thank you Matt!

Rating: 5 / 5

I have been looking for a long time for somewhere to learn German where I feel encouraged, relaxed and able to make mistakes without judgement. I am so delighted to have found Rails Farm and Christoph and Gabby. They provide a welcoming, positive environment and Christoph is a wonderful tutor giving structured group classes with great knowledge, empathy and humour. It is also so helpful to have a native speaker. I have already recommended Rails Farm to several people.

Rating: 5 / 5

Christoph has been helping my twins since September 2023, after trying an online maths tutor that would frequently cancel at short notice. Christoph has really engaged well with the twins, and although both of them struggle with maths, they find his help and direction invaluable. Christoph has also been extremely supportive to us as parents, in navigating any issues with schools and GCSE's.

Rating: 5 / 5

Christoph has been a fantastic tutor for our son in both maths and science, in preparation for his GCSE exams. Christoph was understanding of his dyslexia and adjusted the tutoring to meet his learning needs. I would recommend Christoph without hesitation to anyone seeking a patient and supportive tutor.

Rating: 5 / 5

Its great to have lessons and conversations with a native German speaker. The German study group is great fun and a lovely relaxed and welcoming atmosphere in which to learn from Christoph and the other members. I also have a private lesson to work on my speaking and listening skills. Its certainly helps when I visit Germany. Christoph are Gaby are great hosts for their German breakfast gatherings which I highly recommend.

Rating: 5 / 5

Happy world teachers day. You have been amazing with my daughter who was struggling with Maths and English. Maths GCSE passed. English November resit. Thank you you have given her the confidence to keep trying.

Rating: 5 / 5

Highly recommended, Marta has been tutoring my son who has just passed his GCSEs and would not have achieved the results he did in science without marta! My daughter also has tutoring with marta for maths and she has grown so much in confidence and been moved to a higher set for the next academic year. Very easy to use the online tutoring from home both children have found it easy to access and log on to it. Payment is easy and marta always communicates homework set with student and parent.

Rating: 5 / 5

Marta is a fantastic tutor, my child studied GCSE science subjects in person and online with Marta. Both methods worked for my child and working online also helped with studying in familiar surroundings with no detracting from the lesson content . I'm pleased to say GSCE results have been great today so thank you Marta for all your help and enthusiasm

Rating: 5 / 5

We have had a very positive experience with science tutoring for GCSEs using this site. The tutor Marta is very professional and friendly and my boys have enjoyed the process and I am certain it has improved their grades. The online classroom worked very well and I would highly recommend.

Rating: 5 / 5

Well she helped my son pass Maths GCSE. He was written off at year 6 but by year 12 he's proving those people wrong! Katie has an unbelievable way of working out children and helping them learn! My daughter takes her GSCEs next summer and we are hoping the best for her! Thank you Katie for being you and allowing our kids to learn in their own way!

Rating: 5 / 5

Katy is amazing. My son was really struggling in maths and Katy really helped with his confidence. All lessons were planned around what was upcoming in his school lessons, giving him a head start which really helped. Would 100% recommend!!

Rating: 5 / 5

Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to anyone needing tutoring. So caring and compassionate, adapts lessons to students particular needs and we wouldn’t have got to passing our GCSEs without Katy.

Rating: 5 / 5

I was with Katy for over a year and my experience with her was very positive, she taught me a lot and also has a great sense of humour, I really enjoyed going to school with Katy as it was fun and most importantly educational. I had a really good outcome with my gcse and I put a lot of that down to my homeschooling with Katy. I would massively recommend her!!