About us
Abbeydale Learning Academy is a leading online mentoring, coaching and tuition service, delivering high quality bespoke one-to-one and small group tuition to students online. We are specialists in supporting students with additional needs. The relationship between tutor and family sits at the core of our tuition packages and we ensure that your chosen tutor will not only have a great rapport with your student, but also will understand the needs of your whole family.
Our exemplary private tutors come from the highest academic backgrounds, specialising in a full array of subjects at all levels. Prospective tutors are carefully screened, DBS-checked and interviewed by our Director before becoming a tutor at Abbeydale Learning Academy.
Director
Abbeydale Learning’s Director Abbey is a UK trained fully qualified female teacher with a PGCE with QTS from the UK. She has a passion for inspiring and teaching students with other ten years’ experience of teaching and empowering children and adults to achieve their full potential.
Abbeydale Learning Academy’s lessons are interactive and insightful, and we understand how to keep students engaged so that they can progress.
Abbeydale Learning Academy’s positive impact has been felt both in the UK and internationally. We are leaders at helping students to pass their exams and to adapt to life in the UK.
Our coaching and mentoring programme’s primary focus is to improve student’s wellbeing and learning outcomes so that they can attain and become productive contributors within society.
Values
Abbeydale Learning Academy believes that students can achieve and that all have the right to a good education. We understand that students learn at different paces and that there are many barriers to learning such as: SEN, mental health, bullying, illnesses and students being disengaged from school. With the above in mind our team at Abbeydale learning Academy wants every student to attain and we have established the core principles that help students to progress which are to:
- Engage
- We build the relationship with students and parents and guardians and maintain them and we formulate an understanding of the student's needs to create bespoke tuition for them.
- Empower
- We understand the importance of giving students the courage and motivation to share and explain their thoughts and ideas and we encourage and coach students so that they can contribute positively and attain their goals.
- Educate
- We unpick and differentiate the UK curriculum and adapt the learning to suit the students' needs and ability, creating innovative and interactive learning experience keeps students engaged and improves their grades. Educating students aids them to become critical thinkers that can problem solve with essential life skills.
- Excel
- Students are empowered and educated therefore they will now be equipped to progress and meet their targets and achieve their goals.
We have worked with students in the following countries.
- England
- China
- South Korea and
- United Arab Emirates.
All students are subject to a baseline test prior to lessons so that we can identify students’ strengths and to identify areas for improvement.
Abbeydale Learning Academy has successful pass rates and some of our primary students are enrolled in the following schools:
- Repton School
- Wycliffe college
- Bishop Vesey’s
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.
Feel confident that you well reach your full potential with Abbeydale learning Academy as we believe that ‘knowledge is the key to success’.
We provide the following tuition in the subjects below:
- SAT’s revision (year 5 and 6)
- 11+ Tuition (year 5 and 6)
- English Lessons
- EAL- English as additional language (improve your English)
- EAL/ESL lessons are taught at 3 different levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced).
We also provide an Education Consultancy Service – This service offers parents the opportunity to obtain tailored advice at a time that’s convenient to them, to help students find their perfect school match and get the best out of a British education, we offer a complete service tailored to make your child’s placement stress-free. Our experience school placement consultants will provide guidance to you and your child throughout the application process. Whether you’re relocating, changing school, or simply need support with processing your application. This can include the following:
- How to make the UK school work for you.
- Coaching and mentoring students.
- Sourcing independent and grammar schools in the UK.
- Support in applying to UK Independent and Grammar schools.
- Sourcing University and accommodation in the UK.
- Support in applying to a UK university.
- Sourcing bursaries and scholarships.
- Advocating for your child in the UK.
If you have any other queries relating to other subjects that are not shown, please contact us and we will see if we can support you with this.
Fees
We offer a 10% discount on lessons booked in blocks of 10. All lessons are 60 minutes in length.
Prices below are for small group tuition are:
- £25.00 for 60 minutes - for SAT’s Tuition.
- £25.00 for 60 minutes - for 11 Plus Tuition.
- £30.00 for 60 minutes - for EAL / ESL Tuition.
- Educational Consultation - Initial consultation costs £120 for 60 minutes.
- Other prices are available on request.
Help paying for your tuition
We are pleased to announce that we are registered as an Ofsted registered childcare provider. Ofsted registration assures you that we met the standards designed to safeguard children and our premises, equipment and care provision is safe and suitable. Local authorities offer us support and can pass on our details to those seeking childcare.
If you are currently enrolled in any existing Childcare Voucher Scheme through your employer, you can use this to pay for our services as well.
Tax Free Childcare & Universal Credit:
Tax Free Childcare
- Work 16+ hours a week
- Your child must be 11 or younger
- The scheme is available to ALL eligible workers incl the self-employed
- Earn under £100,000 per year (per parent)
- Can’t be claimed with any other schemes
- Both partners in the household must be working & you’ll need to earn at least £131 a week
The Government-backed Tax-Free Childcare scheme essentially gives eligible families 20% off childcare costs including our tuition sessions. You open an online Tax-Free Childcare account and the Government adds 20p for every 80p you pay in. You then pay your provider from that account.
If you’re eligible, you’ll need to create an online childcare account via the Government Tax-Free Childcare site. It should take about 20 minutes to set up, and to do this you’ll need your national insurance number to hand (you’ll also need your unique taxpayer reference if you’re self-employed).
To check your eligibility and for more information on Tax Free Childcare and whether they could help you at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.
Universal Credit
- You’re on a low income or out of work
- Your child is under 16yrs
- You’re under State Pension age (or your partner is)
- You and your partner have £16,000 or less in savings between you
- Can’t be claimed alongside Tax Credits
This is paid direct to the parents/guardians, as long as you (or your partner if you have one) are working or are due to start work. You can claim up to 85% towards the cost of your childcare bill including our tuition sessions, as long as the child remains in education until they are 18. The maximum amount you can claim back each month is £646 for one child or £1108 for two or more children.
Check your eligibility and for more information on Universal credit and whether they could help you at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Childcare Vouchers
- Now closed to new applicants however those already in a scheme with employers can continue to pay with them
- Salary sacrifice of up to £55 per week
This scheme is closed to new applicants, however if you are already enrolled in a scheme with your employer and they are willing to continue the arrangement you can still claim your vouchers for a Childcare Provider, including your tuition at Abbeydale Learning Academy.
Check your eligibility and for more information on Childcare vouchers and whether they could help you at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Tax Credits
- For children aged 0-15 or 16 if disabled
- Paid directly to parents
- Up to 70% off our tuition
Tax credits are closed to new applicants and have been replaced by Universal Credit for most people however, if you are already receiving them you are still able to use them to cover the cost of up to 70% of your childcare bill. Tax Credits are paid directly to the parents/guardians who then pay the Childcare provider as agreed.
To check your eligibility and for more information on Tax Credits and whether they could help you at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
We a dedicated team expert mentors and teachers who provide guidance and support to help students boost their confidence, provide academic support to enable students to reach their full potential.
Our study programmes are tailored to meet the unique needs of each child, catering to a wide range of abilities and needs such as Send and neurodiversity. We offer bespoke programmes of educational support that focus on access and continuation of EHCP outcomes and students that require Alternative Provision.
Subjects include;
English
Maths
English as an additional language.
Mentoring and coaching
SATS preparation year 5 and year 6
GCSE preparation Year 10 and Yea11
Some of students needs that we support include:
- Children In Care
- SEND
- Neurodiversity(such as ASC and ADHD), SEMH and learning differences.
- Permanently excluded
- Homeschooling
- Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC).
We currently offer online lessons
Face to face lessons are coming soon and are based on demand, call for more information please fill in an expression of interest form and send it to abbeydalelearningacademy@gmail.com or call us on 07886089583.
Policies
We fully support the Governments plan of keeping all children safe. Please see our list of policies at the bottom of the page.
Payment Policy
All payments are booked in blocks of 4 weeks in advance. Payments can be made via Sum UP or direct bank deposit (instructions of how to pay will be given once the students have enrolled.
We champion 100% attendance to the lessons; however, we accept that you may need to take a break during term time, and as a result we allow for two-week hiatus which will be credited to your next lessons.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be made 48 hours in advance, once you have made a cancellation, the cancelled lesson will then be credited to your account and the credited balance will be used towards another lesson.
If you fail to cancel the lesson within a 48-hour period as stated above, you will not be credited for the lesson that was cancelled. By attending the 1st lesson with Abbeydale Learning Academy you will be accepting the terms and conditions.
Refunds
We have a no refund policy- No refunds will be given, however if Abbeydale Learning Academy is at fault e.g if we cancel a lesson, you will be credited for your next lesson.
Safeguarding
Our tutors are fully DBS certified with qualified teacher status (QTS) and has been approved for working with children and adults. For children we recommend having an adult supervising the child for the first online lesson. If you need help with specific topics just let the tutor know at least 3 working days before the lesson.
