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Every route into French at Learn&Co — private lessons in London and online, small group terms, exam and diploma preparation, business French, immersion weeks in France and school exchanges. Taught by specialists selected into our network, matched to you personally by our founder.
Start here
So the first thing we do is work out which French you actually need.
Whichever route you take, the method underneath is identical: a tutor selected from our specialist network, a programme written for you, and Maria checking in throughout to make sure it is still the right one.
Examinations we prepare for in French: GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level, IB and AP French, the DELF and DALF diplomas, and the TCF and TEF tests used for residency and citizenship. See French exam preparation.
Relocation, a French spouse, a house in the south-west, a residency application. French stops being optional.
French clients, a Paris office, a board that switches language over dinner. Competence read as credibility.
GCSE, A-Level, AP, DELF, DALF, TEF or TCF — a fixed target that rewards specialist preparation.
The most common reason of all, and the one that produces the most durable progress.
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 French tuition in London or online, at any level. Your specialist is matched from the French 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 French.
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 French, 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
Register, precision and the pleasure taken in saying something well are not decoration in French — they are how you are read. Your tutor teaches the language and the code around it at the same time, because in French the two are inseparable.
The choice carries more weight than English speakers expect, at work and at the table. We teach the judgement, not just the conjugation.
Standard French in the lesson, with enough of Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec and West Africa that a call from Montreal is not a shock.
Cinema, food, politics or literature — the practice material comes from what you already care about, which is why people keep going.
Beyond the lesson
Two of the things that make Learn&Co unlike a tutoring agency: we also take people to France. One is built for adults who want to disappear into the language for a week; the other for schools who want a trip that teaches as well as it travels.
A week in France that moves you further than a term of lessons.
Mornings of structured teaching. Afternoons and evenings spent with people who have no interest in slowing down for you — markets, kitchens, long tables, arguments about lunch. It is the fastest most adults ever progress, and the part they talk about for years.
Curated trips and exchanges in France, with the logistics handled.
Designed with heads of MFL and run end to end: partner schools, host families, cultural programme, safeguarding, risk assessment and pastoral care. The department teaches; we administrate.
The Learn&Co method
We do not go looking for a French 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.
French 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 French 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
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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.
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Tell Maria what you want to be able to do in French, 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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