English · London
Every route into English at Learn&Co — private tutors in London and online, small group terms, IELTS, Cambridge, GCSE and A-Level preparation, business English for international teams, immersion weeks in England and programmes for visiting schools.
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The work is precision, register and confidence — not starting again.
Whichever route you take, the method underneath is identical: a specialist tutor matched from our network for your field, a programme written around the English you actually have to produce, and Maria checking in throughout.
Examinations we prepare for in English: IELTS and the Cambridge examinations, and GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level and IB English for school students. See English exam preparation.
You can do the job. What is missing is nuance, register and the confidence to say the sharper version of the thing rather than the safer one.
IELTS for a visa or a university offer, Cambridge for a permanent qualification, GCSE and A-Level for a school place. Scores respond to technique.
Two very different jobs at once: professional English for the adults, school English for the children — including the entrance papers.
GCSE and A-Level English reward analysis, structure and timing. Articulate children lose marks to technique, not to language.
What we offer
Choose the route that matches what you are trying to achieve — the format follows from the goal, not the other way round.
One specialist, matched from our network, and a programme written around your goal.
Private English tuition in London or online, at any level. Your specialist is matched from the English teachers already selected into our network, you meet them on a chemistry call, and the programme is built from what you actually need to do in English.
From £64/hr
Flexi £75/hr for 4 hours (£300); Mastery £64/hr for 48 hours used within up to 12 months (£3,060). VAT included.
Ten-week terms, never more than six people in the room.
Structured, conversation, business and exam groups in English, live in Central London and online, Tuesdays to Thursdays. Levels run from complete beginner through to advanced.
From £690 / term
Entry point: the B1–B2 conversation club. 10 × 90-minute sessions — 15 teaching hours — per learner. VAT included. Structured courses £790–£910, group exam preparation £950.
Technique for the paper in front of you, not general fluency.
Preparation built backwards from the exam date and the specification your school or institution actually follows, with a tutor who knows the mark scheme.
From £89/hr
Private preparation £105/hr for 4 hours, £89/hr for 48 hours used within up to 12 months. Group exam terms £950 for ten weeks.
Language that holds up in the meeting, not just the lesson.
Programmes for executives and teams, scheduled around real diaries, with progress reporting for whoever is sponsoring the training.
From £120/hr
Executive one-to-one from £120/hr on 4 hours (£480), £102/hr on 48 hours used within up to 12 months (£4,896); open business group terms from £950 per person for ten weeks. VAT included.
Why Learn&Co is different
"Everyone comes to language learning for a reason — but what keeps people going is how it makes them feel. Seen. Capable. Connected. That's what we create at Learn&Co."
Life in the language
In British professional life, how something is said carries as much as what is said — understatement, hedging, the polite refusal that is still a refusal. That code can be taught explicitly, and it is what most advanced learners are actually missing.
Email, meeting and presentation English that sounds like you rather than like a template.
We work on intelligibility and stress patterns. Your accent is not a defect to be erased.
Your papers, your decks, your case files. Practice comes from the documents you already have to write.
Beyond the lesson
We also run English in Britain itself — a week of immersion for adults, and curated programmes for schools and groups coming to the UK.
A week of English, all day, with nowhere to hide.
Structured mornings of teaching, then afternoons and evenings in market towns, kitchens, pubs and long tables of people with no interest in switching to your language. For anyone who has studied English for years and wants the week that finally makes it theirs.
Curated English programmes for groups coming to Britain.
Teaching, cultural programme, host families or residential accommodation, safeguarding, risk assessment and pastoral care — designed with the visiting school and run end to end. The staff accompany; we administrate.
The Learn&Co method
We do not go looking for a English tutor once you enquire. The selection has already happened: our network is built slowly, from specialists we have interviewed, observed and chosen to work with — for their teaching, not simply their passport.
What happens after your enquiry is the second layer. Maria listens first — your goal, your level, your temperament, your timetable — and then chooses the specialist inside that network who fits the brief. You meet them on a chemistry call before anything is committed, and the programme is written around your life from there.
Our tutor matching is reviewed by The Good Schools Guide.
English specialists we have already interviewed, referenced and chosen — vetted for teaching skill, subject depth and the ability to adapt.
Maria hears the brief first — what you need English for, by when, and how you like to learn.
The specialist inside the network who suits your goal, level and temperament is named to you, with Maria overseeing the match — no rota, no algorithm, no directory to scroll.
You meet the tutor before anything is booked. Progress reports, founder check-ins and rematching if the fit ever stops working.
Corporate clients
Language programmes delivered inside law firms, hedge funds, publishing houses and global property groups.
Partner schools
Exam preparation, tutor placement and curated exchanges with demanding independent schools here and with partner schools across Europe.
Real clients, real results
Verified Google reviews from Learn&Co English clients.
“As English isn’t my native language, I’ve always tried to improve my skills by taking different courses, whether group sessions or one-to-one. Working with Marianne and Learn&Co has been, without a doubt, my best experience. Marianne is an…”
“I was fortunate to get in direct contact with the owner of the school, Mrs. Maria, who immediately made herself available to arrange a video call during which she explained how the school works. Since we had limited time for my daughter,…”
Investment
Every route is priced on its own model — monthly for tuition, per term for groups, per programme for travel. The figures below are the starting points; the full private plans, with the saving for a longer commitment, sit on the private tuition page.
Flexi £75/hr for 4 hours (£300); Mastery £64/hr for 48 hours used within up to 12 months (£3,060). VAT included.
From £64/hr
Entry point: the B1–B2 conversation club. 10 × 90-minute sessions — 15 teaching hours — per learner. VAT included. Structured courses £790–£910, group exam preparation £950.
From £690 / term
Private preparation £105/hr for 4 hours, £89/hr for 48 hours used within up to 12 months. Group exam terms £950 for ten weeks.
From £89/hr
Executive one-to-one from £120/hr on 4 hours (£480), £102/hr on 48 hours used within up to 12 months (£4,896); open business group terms from £950 per person for ten weeks. VAT included.
From £120/hr
Per person, all-inclusive of the programme, quoted by departure.
From £6,915
Per student, depending on destination, duration and group size. Proposed school by school.
From £790
All figures include VAT. Private tuition prices are based on one hour a week online; group terms run for ten weeks with never more than six people. Immersion and school programmes are quoted per departure, against destination, duration, accommodation and group size.
Discuss a programmeBefore you book
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Tell Maria what you want to be able to do in English, and by when. She will tell you honestly which route gets you there, and introduce the tutor she would match you with.
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