Editorial standards
Who writes our content
TutorNetwork is an introduction service, not a tutoring provider — but we are not outsiders to the classroom either. TutorNetwork was founded by Daniel Pearson, who has taught over 800 hours of one-to-one online maths, from 11+ preparation through to A-Level, and holds an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield. Our guides and subject pages are written by the TutorNetwork editorial team and checked against the official sources listed below.
Tutoring companies and agencies on our named partner list are our commercial partners. Their expertise informs our understanding of the market, but they do not write, commission or approve our editorial content, and they do not influence our factual claims.
How we research
Every factual claim in a TutorNetwork guide is checked against at least one official primary source before the page is published. Our sources include exam boards (GL Assessment, Cambridge Insight — formerly CEM, AQA, OCR, Edexcel/Pearson, WJEC), Ofqual, GOV.UK, the Welsh Government, local authority admissions guidance, and the websites of named schools or selective-admissions consortiums.
We cite those sources directly on guide and region pages so readers can verify claims themselves. Where a claim is school-specific, year-specific or otherwise subject to change — for example an individual school's admission score threshold — we say so clearly and advise you to confirm it with the school or authority directly.
Where we cannot find official confirmation of a detail, we hedge explicitly rather than assert. We do not publish a page when its core factual claims cannot clear our own accuracy checks.
Our commitments
We hold ourselves to the following standards on every page we publish:
- No fabricated content. We never invent statistics, school names, pass-mark figures, quotes, author names or reviewer credits. If a figure exists in our copy, it came from a verifiable source.
- No inflated authority signals. We do not add fake FAQ schema, artificial "expert reviewed" badges, or other E-E-A-T theatre. Our authority comes from sourced facts, not decorative markup.
- Evergreen content kept current. Exam formats, selective admissions rules and curriculum details change. We review and update guides when authoritative changes occur and display the date each guide was last reviewed.
- Transparent hedging. When official guidance varies by area, changes annually, or is not confirmed for the current year, we say so in the text rather than stating a false certainty.
How review works on this site
We attribute honestly, in two tiers. Pages about maths — the subjects Daniel has actually taught — and the maths-heavy physics pages carry his named byline once he has personally reviewed them, and only then. Pages on other subjects are researched and written by the editorial team against primary sources, and say so; we do not put a name on a page that person has not read. We never invent authors, credentials or reviewers, and we would rather show you our sources than a borrowed face.
Corrections and feedback
If you spot an error, an outdated figure, or a claim that should be better sourced, please get in touch at contact@tutornetwork.co.uk. We take accuracy seriously and will investigate and correct material errors promptly.