Specialist tuition for children
One-to-one specialist tuition in North London and online, delivered by a qualified teacher using a psychology-informed approach. Sessions are personalised around how your child learns, whether they are catching up, consolidating learning, keeping pace or ready to be stretched. Alongside academic progress, the approach can help rebuild confidence and reduce unnecessary pressure around learning.
Individually planned tuition, built around how your child learns.
- London Teacher of the Year Award 2021
- BSc Psychology
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Assistant Psychologist & Psychological Research Experience
- In person across North London and online worldwide
What is psychology-informed tuition?
Psychology-informed tuition means the teaching is planned around how your child actually learns, not just what they need to cover. Ruby pays attention to how they process information, what holds their attention, working memory and the amount of information they can manage at once, and what confidence and motivation look like for them on a given day. She also takes seriously how learning feels, because wellbeing and academic progress are not separate. Strengths and interests are the starting point. It is tuition, not therapy, and it is not diagnosis or psychological assessment.
If you are looking for regular weekly support at primary level, there is more on one-to-one primary tuition for ages 7 to 13. If entrance exams are on your mind, there is more on 7+, 9+ and 11+ preparation.
Ruby starts with the child.
Most support starts with the work. Ruby starts with the child. This is how every programme begins.
- 1
Understand
Ruby starts by looking beneath the behaviour. Not what is wrong, but what is really going on for this child.
- 2
Connect
She builds a genuine relationship. A child who feels safe and understood is a child ready to learn and grow.
- 3
Build
With trust in place, she builds skills, confidence and knowledge, at the child's pace and from their strengths.
- 4
Grow
Progress that lasts, because it is built on understanding and connection, not pressure.
1:1 Subject Tutoring
Individually planned tuition for ages 7 to 13, including 7+, 9+ and 11+ entrance exam preparation, building confidence and knowledge together.
SEN Tuition
Strengths-based SEN tuition for neurodivergent children and children with additional needs, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and processing differences.
Home Education & EBSA Support
Personalised education and coaching for children learning outside mainstream school, including home education, school avoidance (EBSA), online school, reduced timetables and flexi-schooling.
Not sure which fits? Help Ruby understand your child, and she will suggest the right support.
Takes a few minutes to complete.
Qualified teacher, psychology graduate, and award-winning specialist educator.
Ruby Cole is a qualified teacher with Qualified Teacher Status and a BSc Psychology (Hons), and winner of the London Teacher of the Year Award 2021. With 10+ years working with children and young people across the UK and internationally, she supports both how a child learns and how a child feels.
Qualified teaching background
Classroom and specialist experience across London schools brings clear knowledge of progression, assessment, school expectations, and age-appropriate teaching.
Psychology and child development
A background in psychology supports careful attention to motivation, confidence, emotional regulation, and how each child feels safest and most ready to learn.
Additional needs and neurodiversity
Sessions are adapted for neurodivergent learners and children with additional needs, without lowering expectations or making a child feel singled out.
What this is
Specialist one-to-one tuition, individually planned around your child, drawing on their strengths to build both confidence and knowledge, delivered by a qualified teacher with a background in child psychology.
What this is not
This is not therapy, counselling, or clinical treatment. If Ruby believes a child would benefit from clinical support, she will always say so.
Talk it through with Ruby.
A free 15-minute discovery call, no pressure and no obligation.