We were proud to once again be acknowledged in the National Tutoring Awards. Congratulations to all nominees and winners!
Bright Heart shines at the National Tutoring Awards
The National Tutoring Awards were held at a gala dinner in London on 30th June, for the second year running. The Tutors’ Association (TTA) organised and hosted the awards. The TTA is the regulatory body for professional tutors and the supplementary education sector in the UK. It has more than 450 corporate and around 50,000 individual members. The event was held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City on Friday 30th June. We wish all participants and winners congratulations from this evening – it is a positive testament of the tutoring profession.
Bright Heart again showed a strong presence in the nominations and results of these awards
Runners up - Tuition Business of the Year 2023
Judges shortlisted Bright Heart with six other UK tutoring businesses for the headline award. Judges considered various factors to evaluate excellence within the sector and determine the winner.
- Student achievement
- Tutor support
- Tutor matching
- Professional conduct
- Tuition sector collaboration
- Safeguarding
- Supporting disadvantaged students
After winning this prestigious award in 2022, Bright Heart was proud to be runners up this year.
Runners up - Best Tuition Delivery to Private Clients 2023
In this category, tuition companies had to show evidence of outstanding customer service when dealing with parents or other relatives/guardians purchasing tuition for a child. This included the ability to be responsive and flexible to consumer clients, ensuring that their needs are met and, where possible, exceeded.
Factors to be considered were:
- Effective and efficient processes for servicing private clients
- Keeping clients informed and putting in place good quality tuition
- Responding to client queries in a timely manner
- Managing to resolve client issues or deal with more complex or unusual requests.
- An efficient and highly informative reporting process for clients
- Evidence of the outcomes of tuition
Bright Heart was proud to be runners up in this award, indicating our commitment to client service.
Shortlisted - Best Tuition Delivery to Schools
In this category, tuition companies had to demonstrate at least one school / tuition business collaboration that has created a real impact on students (especially disadvantaged students).
Some factors to be considered were:
- An efficient process for setting up a collaboration with a school
- The ability to offer a service efficiently whilst maintaining quality
- The ability to deliver services that meet the needs of schools and with flexibility
- A process for providing progress / attainment data to schools and for demonstrating the efficacy of tuition
- Understanding of the needs of schools
- The ability to provide very good value for money
Bright Heart was proud to be shortlisted in this category in a group of 7 nominees from around the country.
Winner: Best Special Needs Tutor
In this category, the professional tutor had to demonstrate an outstanding impact on at least one student with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) in the last year. They also needed to show how appropriate resources, tools, techniques or strategies have been used to directly address the specific requirements of a student with special educational needs or disabilities. This included consistently high standards of professionalism (e.g. in their relations with tuition companies or clients).
Other factors to be considered were:
- The use of technology to assist students with SEND
- How the tutor has engaged with training and/or research to improve their skills
- Ways in which the tutor has made specific adaptations to their practice to accommodate students with SEND
- Ways in which the tutor has collaborated with other organisations, agencies or local authorities in order to support the student(s) in question
- How the tutor has supported the students' families to enable them to support students outside of tutorials.
After one of our tutors winning this award last year (2022), we were very proud for our very own, Harris, winning it this year!
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If you are seeking some award-winning tuition, please feel free to get in touch with us should you have any questions about support for your child. We enjoy talking with parents and helping our students by tailoring learning to their individual needs.
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