Software built around how tuition networks actually run.
A growing tuition network eventually outgrows generic class-management tools. Your operating model has sessions, mastery, parents, tutors, and often franchisees, and it deserves a platform shaped around it. We have been building exactly this for one of the UK's best-known tuition brands for years.
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Published Explore Learning case studies
845,000+
Pupils on platforms we have built
ISO 27001
Information security certified
Proof most agencies cannot match.
Education is our deepest published vertical. We have partnered with Explore Learning, one of the UK's best-known tuition brands, across four published projects: a cloud-native adaptive assessment engine, a custom video and screen-sharing platform for live tutoring, an assessment authoring system managing 60,000 questions, and the Azure transformation that won a UK Business Tech Award.
Four published case studies with a single tuition brand is a rare depth of evidence. It means we understand the tuition operating model from the inside: how a term is scheduled, how a session is delivered, how a child's mastery is tracked, and how a network reports on it all.
We also work at the publisher end of education. We built Boost Insights for Hachette Learning, a cloud-native assessment platform serving over 4,000 schools and 845,000 pupils, and we helped the Department for Education adopt a cloud-native architecture.
What we bring to a tuition build
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Sector experience from the inside
Terms, sessions, mastery, tutors, parents, and networks are our default vocabulary.
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AI-augmented delivery
Publicly evidenced quarter by quarter in our AI Velocity Report.
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Azure-native engineering
C#/.NET, React, React Native, Bicep, and GitHub Actions, built to scale.
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You own the code
A perpetual source code licence, ISO 27001 certified, with no per-centre fees.
Five touchpoints, one connected platform.
Every tuition network serves the same five roles. The systems each one needs are related, which is why a stack of disconnected tools eventually holds you back.
Child
Sits sessions, works through learning content, builds mastery over time.
System
Learning content library, adaptive sequencing, progress tracking.
Parent
Books and reschedules, pays term fees, wants to see progress and talk to the centre.
System
Parent app, self-service booking, recurring billing, messaging.
Tutor
Delivers sessions, marks attendance, records progress against the curriculum.
System
Session registers, tutor allocation, marking and progress tools.
Centre
Schedules terms, manages capacity and waitlists, collects fees, runs the day.
System
Timetabling, capacity management, payment runs, local reporting.
Network
Oversees every centre, compares performance, collects fees from franchisees.
System
Network dashboards, scoped permissions, MSF calculation, compliance.
When these systems share one data layer, a booking updates a register, a completed session updates a child's progress, and a term fee is collected without anyone rekeying anything. When they do not, staff become the integration layer. That is the gap a bespoke platform closes.
The four problems we hear most.
If any of these sound familiar, the operating model has outgrown the tools running it.
Ageing centre-management systems
Bookings, registers, session scheduling, tutor allocation, and parent billing running on legacy or heavily customised generic software that no longer fits how you operate.
See the booking engine acceleratorThe parent experience gap
Parents expect app-quality booking, progress visibility, and communication. Most providers still offer a portal a decade behind consumer expectations, and parents notice.
Read: replacing your tuition systemFranchise-shaped complexity
A franchised network has to balance per-centre autonomy against network reporting, calculate management service fees fairly, and onboard new franchisees onto the platform without friction.
See the franchising acceleratorRecurring billing that fits tuition
Term fees, sibling discounts, holiday pauses, and Direct Debit collection at scale. Generic billing tools rarely model the tuition calendar, so centres end up reconciling by hand.
See the billing engine acceleratorTwo of these problems reach beyond tuition. Franchise complexity connects to our franchise software buyer's guide and bespoke franchise platforms. Recurring billing connects to our work on moving from card billing to Direct Debit and Direct Debit mandates.
From running centres to building the learning product.
Operations are one half of a tuition business. The other is the learning product: the content children work through and, increasingly, the adaptive and AI features that personalise it. This is where 'adaptive learning' and 'AI tutoring' are the most-asked questions in education technology, and where most claims do not survive scrutiny.
Genuine adaptivity is an architecture, not a feature. It needs a structured item bank, a learner model, a sequencing engine, and a feedback loop. We write about exactly how these systems are built, and where AI genuinely helps rather than where it introduces risk in front of a child.
How adaptive learning platforms actually work
The four-component reference architecture, in plain English.
AI tutoring for children: safety by design
The layered controls that make AI viable in a children's product.
Structuring a learning content library
Why the content work comes first, and how to do it well.
Tuition and education projects we have delivered.
Four published Explore Learning projects, with Hachette Learning and the Department for Education as supporting evidence.
Frequently asked questions
What software does a tuition centre network need?
Most tuition networks need five connected capabilities: session scheduling and bookings, attendance registers and tutor allocation, recurring billing for term fees, a parent-facing app for booking and progress, and network-level reporting. Franchised networks add a franchisor, franchisee, and centre hierarchy on top. We build these as one connected platform rather than a stack of disconnected tools. See our booking engine and billing engine accelerators.
Should we build custom software or buy an off-the-shelf tutoring platform?
Below a certain size, generic class-management software is the right choice. Above it, the cost of per-centre licences and the friction of a tool that does not fit your operating model start to outweigh the cost of building. Our guide on replacing a tuition centre management system sets out the decision framework, the size threshold, and the licence-economics crossover.
How do tuition franchises manage bookings and billing across centres?
A franchise platform needs per-centre autonomy for day-to-day operations alongside network reporting for the franchisor. That means scoped permissions, management service fee (MSF) calculation from real operational data, and consistent Direct Debit collection across every centre. Our franchising accelerator adds the franchisor, franchisee, and centre hierarchy to the booking and billing layers.
Can you build a parent app for a tutoring network?
Yes. We build React Native apps for iOS and Android that give parents app-quality booking, progress visibility, and communication. The app connects to the same booking, billing, and learning data as your centre staff use, so there is one source of truth rather than a portal bolted on after the fact.
What is adaptive learning and does our network need it?
Adaptive learning sequences what a child sees next based on what they have already mastered, rather than following a fixed path. It is an architecture, not a single feature. Whether you need it depends on your product strategy. Our guide on how adaptive learning platforms actually work explains the four components any genuine system needs.
How do you handle children's data and safeguarding?
Platforms for under-18s must be designed around UK GDPR and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Children's Code. We build with data minimisation, age-appropriate defaults, and full interaction logging from the start, and we treat AI features with teacher-in-the-loop controls. Our guide on AI tutoring for children covers the control architecture in detail.
Outgrowing the software running your network?
Tell us how your centres, parents, and tutors work today. We will bring the sector experience, Azure engineering, and AI-augmented delivery to build the platform your operating model deserves.
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