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Priya Sharma Birmingham · 8 May 2026

★★★★★

I nearly pulled her out of school. I am so glad I found this first. My daughter was falling apart. Maths was destroying her self worth. She is a bright kid but her school just kept moving on without her. By Year 10 she was in tears most mornings and telling me she was stupid. I did not know what to do. A friend mentioned Daresne so I just tried it. Her tutor James spent the first two sessions not even doing maths really, just talking to her about how she thinks and where things stopped making sense. Something shifted. Within about 6 weeks she started coming downstairs in the mornings without that look on her face. She is predicted a 7 now. But honestly I do not care that much about the grade. I just have my daughter back.

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Sarah Mitchell London · 12 May 2026

★★★★★

His school wrote him off. He got into his first choice university. My son was predicted a U in A level maths. His sixth form basically stopped investing in him. I could see it happening and it was awful to watch. We found Daresne and he was matched with a tutor called Marcus who had taught A level maths for years and just got him. Within 3 months his teacher had revised the prediction to a C. He sat the exam and got a B. He got into his first choice. I cried reading that email. I genuinely did not think we were going to get there.

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Fiona Campbell Edinburgh · 28 Apr 2026

★★★★★

We wasted money on two tutors before this. Daresne was different from the first session. We had tried two other tutoring platforms. The first tutor kept cancelling. The second just read from a textbook and our daughter sat there nodding along understanding nothing. I was frustrated and nearly gave up on the whole idea. Then we tried Daresne. The tutor they matched her with, Niamh, figured out in the first session exactly how she processes information. It was a completely different experience. Her Higher English went from a C to an A over about 4 months. I genuinely wish we had found them first.

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James Okafor Manchester · 2 May 2026

★★★★★

Got a 2 in his November mock. Got a 6 in the actual GCSE. After his mock the school sat us down and basically managed our expectations down. They were kind about it but the message was clear. We found Daresne anyway and his tutor, a guy called Daniel, spent the first few sessions just mapping where the gaps had built up from Year 7 onwards. He was not trying to cram, he was actually fixing things. My son sat his GCSE in June and got a 6. His maths teacher emailed me to ask what we had done differently. I told her.

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Mohammed Al-Rashid Leeds · 20 Apr 2026

★★★★★

11 plus nearly broke our whole family. He got into his first choice grammar. The 11 plus preparation was the most stressful period we have been through as a family. My son started having stomach aches before practice papers. His tutor Sophie did not just work on the content, she spent real time on timed conditions and keeping calm when he hit something hard. That was his biggest weakness. He passed and got his first choice. The relief in that house when the letter arrived was something else.

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Claire Donovan Dublin · 14 Apr 2026

★★★★★

Was going to drop chemistry. Now putting it on her UCAS. She had checked out of A level chemistry completely. Her school teacher is fine but the way he explains organic chemistry just did not land with her. She came to us and said she wanted to drop it. We asked her to try one month with Daresne first. Her tutor Ravi approached the whole topic differently and something clicked almost immediately. She went from Es to Bs. She is now applying for chemistry at university. I still find that hard to believe.

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David Thornton Bristol · 7 Apr 2026

★★★★★

My son has dyslexia. We needed someone who actually understood that. Finding a tutor who could genuinely work with dyslexia rather than just ignore it was the whole challenge. Most tutors we spoke to said they had experience but you could tell within minutes they did not really adapt. Daresne matched him with someone called Anna who had worked specifically with dyslexic students for years. She changed everything about how she presented information for him. His predicted GCSE English grade went from a 3 to a 6. Cannot recommend enough.

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Amara Osei London · 1 Apr 2026

★★★★★

Her sixth form told us not to apply for medicine. She got AAA. Her sixth form pastoral tutor sat us down in Year 12 and very gently told us medicine was not realistic for her. We did not fully accept that. We found Daresne tutors for chemistry and biology. She worked incredibly hard alongside that support. She got AAA in her A levels. She is now in her first year of medicine. I think about that meeting at school sometimes. I am glad we ignored it.

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Rachel Wong London · 24 Mar 2026

★★★★★

Predicted 5s across the board. Came home with four 8s and a 9. We used Daresne for maths, English and sciences over about a year. Her school predictions were all 5s and nobody at the school seemed particularly bothered about changing that. On results day she got a 9 in maths, three 8s and a 7 in English. Her form tutor rang me personally. He had never seen a jump like that across so many subjects. Worth every penny.

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Thomas Brennan Cork · 17 Mar 2026

★★★★★

Mock results were a disaster. Leaving Cert came back at 625 points. His Christmas mock results in maths and chemistry were genuinely bad and we were frightened about the Leaving Cert. We found Daresne tutors for both subjects. His maths tutor Cian and his chemistry tutor worked with him over about 5 months building things up properly rather than just doing past papers. He got an H2 in maths and an H1 in chemistry. Total points came to 625. He got into medicine at UCD. I cannot put into words what that meant for our family.

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Overall rating 4.8 ★★★★★ Based on 2 reviews

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Tom Griffiths Verified customer

★★★★★

24 Apr 2026 · Cardiff, UK

Good tutor but had some admin issues early on

Tutoring itself is fine, son is getting better at GCSE physics and tutor knows the subject well. My frustration is the admin side. Rescheduling was a faff and I sent an email that didnt get a reply for nearly 4 days. Not bad enough to leave but worth knowing. Teaching is solid though.

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Daresne Ltd

Official reply from business

25 Feb 2025

Tom, thanks for flagging this. Four days for an email is not good enough and we are sorry. We have made changes to how we handle messages. Glad the sessions are going well for your son. The Daresne Team

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David Richardson Verified customer

★★★★★

9 Jan 2025 · Manchester, UK

Decent tutoring but took a while to find the right match

The actual tutoring once we found the right tutor was good and son has improved in maths. We had to try two tutors before finding one that really clicked with him which took about six weeks. The process could be quicker. Having said that the final tutor was excellent and the progress has been real.

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Daresne Ltd

Official reply from business

17 Nov 2022

David thank you for the honest feedback. Finding the right match is really important and we are sorry it took longer than it should have. We will look at how we can improve this process. The Daresne Team

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