Sumantha has a wealth of experience in both the entrepreneurial and teaching fields. And tutoring was life-changing for her - what do you need to upgrade your education business?

Sumantha McMahon is a cherished member of the Qualified Tutor Community and, perhaps unsurprisingly, has also had great success in building her own communities, both of parents and students seeking tutoring and of small business leaders seeking mentoring and coaching.

Upgrade Your Education Business and Sumantha’s other exciting venture, The Upgrade Project, are not Sumantha’s first businesses. Despite Anya closing down in 2020, after a simultaneous stint as a classroom teacher, this experience gave Sumantha the confidence and expertise to launch herself back into the world of business.

Can she help you upgrade your education business too?

Next steps:

• If you're looking to start your own education business, head to upgradeyoureducationbusiness.com
• If you're looking for high-quality KS2, KS3 and GCSE tuition, head to theupgradeproject.co.uk
• Listen to Ludo's episode with Sumantha on the Upgrade Your Education Business Podcast here
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by posing your thoughts and questions to Sumantha

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

🎧 And thank you as ever to Luke Tierney for the sophisticated soundtrack

It's not hard to see why Action Tutoring have been so successful. Built on improving lives for disadvantaged students, the organisation is led marvellously by CEO Susannah Hardyman.

Susannah founded Action Tutoring back in 2012 in response to the clear shortage of volunteer tutoring on offer in the UK. Awash with high-end tutors working with the wealthy and privileged, the tutoring industry has seen a huge change in the past 10 years ... and Action Tutoring have been at the forefront of it all.

A founding organisation of the National Tutoring Programme, they have gone from strength to strength since spring 2020 and have since moved into 8 new cities around the UK.

On a more amusing note, we asked Susannah to bring any old school reports from her childhood - they're worth a listen ...

Next steps:

• Check out all the incredible work that Action Tutoring do, including how to sign up yourself at actiontutoring.org.uk
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by posing your thoughts and questions to Susannah

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

Marcia Brissett-Bailey is many things. A voice for change across many sections of society: race, gender, disability, social mobility to name just four.

Co-founder of the British Dyslexia Association Cultural Perspective Committee. An Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Neurodiversity at Work and Neurodiversity in Business. A regular International speaker for Business Forums International and D&I Leaders on the impact of SEND in society, dyslexia in business and eradicating harmful stereotypes across the above areas.

And, excitingly, an author on, amongst other things, dyslexia and neurodiversity in the workplace. 

We’re lucky that Marcia has such a powerful and important story to tell. 

Next steps:

• Check out all the amazing events on offer during Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2022 at neurodiversityweek.com
• Visit dileaders.com/neurodiversity to book your place at Marcia's talk at the Neurodiversity at Work 2022 online summit on 24th May 2022
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by posing your thoughts and questions to Marcia

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

Melanie Brethour is an inspiration to us all. As the mother of a child recently diagnosed with dyslexia, she took the bravest step possible: to set up for helping others.

Decoding Dyslexia Quebec was that next step.

The group (a Facebook group for the moment, but on the brink of expansion) helps hundreds of parents (and students) understand what dyslexia means for them and learn more about their or their child's newly-ordained superpower.

In what is Melanie's first podcast appearance, she combines a deep understanding of the literature behind dyslexia (find out more below) with the heartwarming story behind her own story - it's moving and informative in equal measure.

Next steps:

• Head to Decoding Dyslexia Quebec at facebook.com/decodingdyslexiaquebec
• Read about the pioneering methodology behind the Orton-Gillingham Approach
• Watch the life-changing video, Seeing Dyslexia Differently
• Grab a copy of the two seminal books on dyslexia: The Dyslexic Advantage and Overcoming Dyslexia
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by posing your thoughts and questions to Melanie

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

What do you need to know to inspire your students to achieve success? Often, it's hard to tell. Listen in to Rachel Stuart and 15+ years of mindset training.

Rachel is the founder of The Mindset Lab, an organisation that helps GCSE and A-level students (that’s 16-18 students for those based outside the UK) achieve their potential and gain that all-important place at a higher education institution.

Rachel is passionate about inclusion and supporting children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (what we know as ‘SEND’), in no small part due to her own two kids.

If you or your students struggle with having the right skill, will and/or mindset, then this is the conversation for you. This is what Rachel does day in day out, through her student-focused and evidence-based coaching programmes.

Next steps:

• Learn how you can inspire academic success in your students like Rachel at mindsetlab.co.uk
• Check out Rachel's growing Youtube content at The Mindset Lab's channel
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by posing your thoughts and questions to Rachel

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

This Monday (7th March) marks the true launch of the Specialist Hubs, if you didn't know already ... here, we spoke to the Hub Leaders about their aims and objectives.

The Hubs (and their Leaders) are:

• Science | Georgina Green
• Maths | Helen Osmond
• English | Andrea Gadsbey
• Wellbeing | Sarahlynn Hodder
• SEND | Kayleigh Crouch
• Business of Tutoring (which has been running since July 2021) | Sarah Logan & Miguel de Sousa

Each Hub has a fortnightly live meet-up, supplemented by plenty of learning and discussion within the Hub space in between. You can subscribe to just one Hub or several - all information on how to do so can be found on the Specialist Hubs page.

The vulnerability and honesty of these leaders (and of the groups they run) is astonishing. There is really so much to learn from them.

Enjoy ...

Next steps:

• There's only one place to go: qualifiedtutor.org/specialist-tutor-hubs
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by asking our Hub Leaders any questions you may have!

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

We're into a new stage of our podcast. It's episode #101. And we're joined by change-maker and schools expert, Laura McInerney, to chat teaching, tutoring, magic wands and schools.

Laura, alongside Professor Becky Allen, founded Teacher Tapp in 2017 as a culmination of a lifetime of interest in gathering information and delivering it to those who need it in as accessible a format as possible.

The app collects data from over 7,500 teachers in the UK every day, in an average of just 50 seconds, through a set of 3 short questions about teaching, education and the school environment.

We started with two main questions:

• What do teachers want right now?
• What do teachers need right now?

and if you're involved in education, those are two of the most important questions you need to hear today.

Next steps:

• Check out teachertapp.co.uk and tell one teacher you know about the app
• Read Laura's 2014 article in The Guardian about her battle against the Department for Education around school secrecy
• Pick up a copy of Laura's 2019 book The Leadership Factor: The 7 Characteristics of Exceptional Leaders
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by answering the questions we asked Laura this week, and to ask her any questions you may have about tutoring, teaching, schools, window blinds or otherwise ...

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

It's time. We've come to the ONE HUNDREDTH (100th) episode of the Qualified Tutor Podcast. To say we're proud is an understatement. Thank you for being here with us.

For a podcast about tutoring, that niche, hush-hush and often 'sidelined' part of education, to reach 100 episodes and almost 8000 downloads shows this industry is more important now than ever.

To celebrate this milestone, we've brought together 3 leaders from the tutoring landscape to conduct an important and hugely insightful analysis of the state of play in tutoring in 2022, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Those leaders are:

• Founder of The Profs, Richard Evans
• CEO of LearnCube, Alex Asher
• Founder of Qualified Tutor, Julia Silver
• alongside Podcast Host, Ludo Millar

By the end of the conversation, you will (hopefully) leave feeling a whole lot more confident about the future of tutoring and how to tackle any problems that may arise. Oh and as ever, a whole load of pioneering ideas to take forward … you can thank us later.

Next steps:

• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by answering the questions we asked our panellists this week

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/cpd-accredited-tutor-training/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

We're at our 99th episode. To get you excited for the big moment, we brought 3-time podcast guest, Mike Michalowicz, back to the table to inspire you once again.

Mike is the author of a hugely valuable series of books on leadership, small business and marketing. It’s a scarily impressive list and Mike’s appetite for serving entrepreneurial leaders all over the world doesn’t appear to be slowing …

His latest book, Get Different, stands out from the rest, literally.

‘Better is not better. Different is better’ is a phrase we’ve heard a good deal of late, not least because Mike’s business partner, Justin Wise, spoke about this exact topic at the Love Tutoring Festival in late January 2022.

Next steps:

• Check out Mike's latest book, aimed at kids, called My Money Bunnies, all about financial education for children
• What does your business need from you next? Check out Mike's book Fix This Next
• Want your business to run itself? Check out Clockwork
• Want to learn how to put profit first? Check out Profit First
• Is your business growing too fast or too slow? Check out Pumpkin Plan
• Is your business about to take off? Check out Surge
• Kicking things off from your own home? Check out The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by answering the questions we asked Mike this week

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/training/online-tutor-training-seminar/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/

"did teach is a platform dedicated to helping teachers smoothly transition from education into other sectors". Founder Katie Stickley embodies this vision entirely, and it's magical.

Katie is the Founder of did teach and also the co-founder of T.I.M.E, having previously worked for many years in the secondary sector. Did teach is a multifaceted site that helps teachers and educators of all kinds diversify their income or discover new career pathways.

As of 2022, the platform has grown to well over 10,000 members.

Alongside Baasit Siddiqui, Katie has also set up T.I.M.E which provides online courses and workshops for teachers, for parents and for students, empowering each portion of the education field to grow their skills and practice. 

And we were delighted that did teach were able to join us as General Partners of the Love Tutoring Festival 2, for which you can still access all of the content on demand at qualifiedtutor.org/love-tutoring-festival.

Next steps:

• Check out did teach's mission, and crucially their Jobs Board, at didteach.com
• Join The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!
• ️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!
• Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to give your thoughts on the podcast and answer the below questions that we'll be asking next week's guest: Mike Michalowicz

Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.

Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/training/online-tutor-training-seminar/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

🥇 The website: https://www.qualifiedtutor.org/
🌍 The Community: https://www.qualifiedtutorcommunity.org/
🎙 The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequalifiedtutor/
💻 The LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualified-tutor/
📱 The Twitter page: https://twitter.com/qualified_tutor
📷 The Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/qualified_tutor/