A Reading tutoring centre built on foundations, not shortcuts

Learn to Excel is a tutoring centre in west Reading, teaching children from KS1 to A-level. We have taught in Reading since 2008, we are registered with Ofsted, and we specialise in preparing children for 11-plus entry to Reading School and Kendrick School.

What we believe

Our aim is to build a strong foundation for life, not just a result on one exam day. Children who understand a subject become independent, disciplined learners who can handle whatever exam comes next. Children who are only drilled for a single paper do not. So we teach the concept first and the exam technique second, in small groups and one-to-one.

It also means we are honest with families. If we do not think tuition is right for a child yet, or if a grammar school is realistically out of reach because of where a family lives, we say so. That honesty is the whole point of how we work.

Registered and accountable

We are registered on the Ofsted Voluntary Childcare Register (URN 2662849), and Learn to Excel Reading Limited is a registered company (number 09205557). Every tutor holds an enhanced DBS certificate. Because we are Ofsted registered, eligible families can pay using Tax-Free Childcare.

Resources for every child

Our centre holds a library of more than 3,000 textbooks across every subject and level we teach. Children work from real books instead of photocopied sheets. Books are issued to families against a refundable deposit and returned at the end of a course.

Teaching in Reading since 2008

We have taught a GCSE class in Reading every year since 2017, other than 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions meant we could not take a photo. These are their own photos, not stock images, taken at our centre at the end of each course.

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Our logo is a real drawing

The three hand-shaped trees on this site are our own artwork. We hand-painted them ourselves. Each tree grows the exact vocabulary a child meets in that subject. Every word on the site's colour crowns is lifted from this original drawing. None of it is invented for the web.