Private one-to-one tuition · English
Private English lessons for people who already have something to say.
One tutor, chosen for you from our selected network of English specialists. For professionals working in English, families arriving in London, and students who need the language to carry real weight.
Who it is for
Who books private English with us
Almost nobody comes to us to start English from nothing. They come because English is already load-bearing in their life and it is not yet carrying the weight.
The professional operating in English
You run meetings in English, present in English and negotiate in English — and you know you sound less capable in it than you are in your own language.
Register, precision and presence: the phrasing that makes a point land, and the confidence to interrupt, disagree and be funny in a second language.
The family that has just landed in London
A relocation, a new school, a spouse building a life here. The practical English of a city arrives fast and unforgivingly.
Everyday and institutional English — schools, GPs, landlords, parents' evenings — taught to adults and children together or separately as the family needs.
The student with an entry requirement
IELTS, Cambridge, a university offer or an independent school entrance paper with a score attached to it.
Exam technique against the actual band descriptors and mark scheme, with timed practice and honest feedback on where the marks are going.
The near-fluent speaker who wants the last ten per cent
Your English is excellent and you are bored of being told so. What remains is idiom, humour, register and pronunciation.
Accent and intonation work, idiomatic range, and the social register that decides how you are read in an English room.
The Learn&Co method
A selected network first. Your match, second.
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.
What happens after your enquiry is the second layer, and it is personal. Maria hears the brief, chooses the specialist inside that network who fits it, and introduces you on a chemistry call before anything is committed.
“Amazing at understanding what people need and matching students with the perfect tutor…”
A network selected before you arrive
English specialists we have already interviewed, referenced and chosen — for teaching skill and subject depth, not simply for a passport.
A conversation before a tutor
Twenty minutes with Maria: what you need English for, by when, and how you learn well.
Matched from the network
The specialist who suits your goal, level and temperament is identified inside the existing network and named to you, with Maria overseeing the match. No rota, no directory, no algorithm.
A chemistry call, then oversight
You meet them before anything is booked. Monthly reports, a founder check-in at week six, and rematching if the fit ever stops working.
The tutors
What an English specialist brings that a generalist cannot
English is the language most widely taught badly. Every tutor in our network is a qualified, experienced teacher of English to adults — the selection is about far more than speaking it well.
They teach your English, not general English
The English of a trading floor, a hospital, a chambers or a boardroom differs enormously. Your tutor is chosen for the world you work in.
They can hear your first language in your English
The errors a French, Italian, Japanese or Russian speaker makes in English are predictable and specific. A specialist diagnoses them in the first session instead of correcting them one by one for a year.
They work on how you are heard
Pronunciation, stress and intonation are taught deliberately, because in English they carry more meaning — and more judgement — than most learners are ever told.
They know British register
Understatement, indirectness and the politeness that hides a firm no. This is learnable, and it is usually what separates fluent from effective.
Life in the language
English isn't a subject here. It's the room you're already in.
Saying the thing you actually meant in the meeting, not the simpler thing you could say. Following the joke at the school gate. Being read as the person you are at work, rather than as someone still finding the words.
Most of our English clients are already living in English. The programme is built for that: real emails, real presentations, real conversations from your own week, rather than a course book set somewhere you have never been.
Your English, not generic English
Material drawn from your own work, studies and life — the documents and conversations you are judged on.
Clarity and confidence
Pronunciation, stress and register worked on so you are understood the first time, every time.
Certificates that count
IELTS, Cambridge, GCSE and A-Level prepared for by tutors who know the boards and the descriptors.
In practice
What the lessons actually look like
The most common question after price. Here is the shape of the thing you are buying.
- An hour a week, or considerably more
- One hour a week is the standard rhythm and the basis of our guide prices. Before a relocation, a presentation or an examination, clients often run two or three, or a short intensive block.
- Online, in person in London, or both
- Most clients learn online with the same tutor throughout. Face-to-face tuition at home or at your office is available across London and is quoted individually.
- Your own material
- Your slide deck, your board paper, the call you have to chair on Thursday, the essay you are writing. Real documents, worked on properly.
- Written up every month
- Your tutor writes a monthly progress report against the objectives agreed at the start, and Maria checks in with you at week six.
Corporate clients
Trusted by global businesses
Language programmes delivered inside law firms, hedge funds, publishing houses and global property groups.
Partner schools
Working with leading schools in the UK and Europe
Exam preparation, tutor placement and curated exchanges with demanding independent schools here and with partner schools across Europe.
Real clients, real results
English learners, in their own words.
Verified reviews from Learn&Co clients learning English.
“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
One rate, four ways to commit to it.
Every client receives the identical service — the matching, the chemistry call, the bespoke programme, the reporting and the founder oversight. The only thing that changes is how many hours you commit to, and the hourly rate falls as you do.
Guide prices are based on one hour of private online tuition a week and include VAT. Face-to-face lessons in London, additional weekly hours and intensive programmes are quoted individually.
Flexi
4 hours
Month to month
£75/hr£300 in total
Discovery
12 hours
Up to 3 months
£71/hr£855 in total
Momentum
24 hours
Up to 6 months
£68/hr£1,620 in total
Mastery
48 hours
Up to 12 months
£64/hr£3,060 in total
Every private plan, whichever you choose, includes
Bespoke programmes — not lesson bundles.
- A discovery call with Maria, our founder
- Personal matching from our selected network
- A chemistry call before you commit
- A programme written from your objective
- Specialist tutors, vetted and selected
- Monthly written progress reports
- Week-six founder check-in
- Rematching at any point, at no cost
Not sure which plan? Maria will recommend one on the call.
Before you book
Private English lessons — your questions, answered.
- How much do private English lessons cost?
- Private English tuition is bought in hours. Flexi is 4 hours at £75/hr (£300 in total); Discovery 12 hours used within up to 3 months at £71/hr (£855); Momentum 24 hours within up to 6 months at £68/hr (£1,620); Mastery 48 hours within up to 12 months at £64/hr (£3,060). All prices include VAT. Face-to-face lessons in London and intensive programmes are quoted individually.
- How is my English tutor chosen?
- The selection happens before you enquire: every tutor in our network has already been interviewed, referenced and chosen by us. When you come to us, Maria listens to your objective, sector, level and timetable, then names the specialist inside that network who fits the brief. You meet them on a chemistry call before anything is committed.
- Do you teach business English?
- Constantly — it is the most common private English brief we receive. Programmes are built from your own meetings, documents and presentations. Where a company is sponsoring the training, we report progress to whoever owns the budget.
- Can you help with my accent and pronunciation?
- Yes. Pronunciation, word stress and intonation are taught deliberately rather than left to chance. The goal is never to erase how you sound; it is to make sure you are understood easily and read as you intend.
- Do you prepare students for IELTS and school examinations?
- Yes. We prepare candidates for IELTS and Cambridge examinations, and pupils for GCSE and A-Level English, with tutors who know the band descriptors and mark schemes and work backwards from the exam date.
- Can my children learn English with you too?
- Yes. We regularly teach relocating families, with adults and children taught separately or together depending on what the family needs, and tutors chosen for the age group as well as the level.
- Do you teach in person in London, or only online?
- Both. Online lessons are available anywhere in the world and are what our guide prices are based on. Face-to-face English lessons are available across London and some surrounding areas, subject to tutor availability.
- Could I learn in a group instead?
- Yes. We run small-group English terms of ten weeks, never more than six people, live in Central London and online from Tuesday to Thursday, including conversation, business and IELTS groups. Private tuition is faster and entirely your own; groups are more sociable and less expensive.
- How quickly can I start?
- Most clients have a proposed tutor within a few days of the discovery call and a first lesson in the week that follows. A highly specialised professional brief can take a little longer, because we would rather match well than match quickly.
Ready to start English?
Twenty minutes with Maria.
Tell her what you need English for, where you are now and how much time you honestly have. She will tell you how we would approach it — and who, from our network, she would match you with.
Maria Toubbe
- 20 minutes
- A conversation, not a sales call.
- With Maria
- Our founder, every time — not a call centre.
- No obligation
- Advice you can use even if you never book.
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