Sample: Bright Steps Tuition
One-to-one literacy and maths support for children who learn differently. Sessions are structured, multisensory and paced to your child — building skills step by step and confidence alongside them.
Updated July 2026
Showing 3 providers supporting adhd — updated July 2026.
Work regularly with adhd
Grouped honestly: providers can name no more than three primary specialisms — so when a provider appears here, adhd is genuinely central to their work. Within each group, Pro subscribers are shown first. A provider's group is always decided by their own declared specialisms — never by payment.
Sample: Open Door Learning
A small, low-demand alternative provision setting for children who can't currently manage mainstream school. Flexible days, interest-led learning and no pressure to be anyone but themselves.
Updated June 2026
Also support adhd
Sample: Number Sense Herts
A small team of specialist maths and literacy tutors working across Hertfordshire. Concrete-first teaching: counters, drawings and games before symbols, so number work finally makes sense.
Updated June 2026
Online adhd support, wherever you are
Specialist help doesn't have to be local. These providers work with children nationwide over video call — often with shorter waiting times.
Sample: Bright Steps Tuition
One-to-one literacy and maths support for children who learn differently. Sessions are structured, multisensory and paced to your child — building skills step by step and confidence alongside them.
Updated July 2026
Sample: Number Sense Herts
A small team of specialist maths and literacy tutors working across Hertfordshire. Concrete-first teaching: counters, drawings and games before symbols, so number work finally makes sense.
Updated June 2026
Understanding
Understanding ADHD
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a difference in how the brain regulates attention, impulses and activity. The name is slightly misleading: it isn't an absence of attention but inconsistent control of it — the same child who can't focus for ten minutes on homework can concentrate for two hours on something that fascinates them. Interest, novelty and urgency drive the ADHD brain far more than importance does.
Some children are visibly restless and impulsive; others — often girls — are quietly inattentive, drifting and daydreaming, and are missed for years because they cause no trouble. Underneath both presentations sit the same executive-function challenges: getting started, organising, remembering instructions, judging time, and finishing.
What helps: structure and short, clearly defined chunks of work; movement built into learning rather than fought; harnessing interests instead of suppressing them; and explicit teaching of the organisational skills other children absorb by osmosis. The right provider is calm, flexible and genuinely likes ADHD minds — children can tell the difference immediately.
This is general information to help you search, not medical or diagnostic advice. If you're concerned about your child, their GP or school SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) is the right starting point.
Common questions
ADHD support — your questions answered
What does an ADHD-specialist tutor do differently?
They design sessions around how ADHD attention actually works: short focused bursts with movement breaks, clear goals for each chunk, novelty and interest woven into the material, and immediate feedback rather than delayed rewards. They also teach the invisible skills — starting, planning, organising, time awareness — explicitly. And they don't interpret distraction as disrespect, which changes the whole relationship.
My child can focus on games for hours — can it really be ADHD?
Yes — this is one of the most common misunderstandings. ADHD attention is interest-driven: games provide constant novelty, instant feedback and clear goals, which is exactly the fuel that brain runs on. Difficulty directing attention toward low-stimulation tasks like homework, while hyperfocusing on engaging ones, is a typical ADHD pattern, not evidence against it.
What's the difference between a tutor and an ADHD coach?
A tutor works on schoolwork and study skills — usually with subject content involved. An ADHD coach works on the life-management side: routines, planning, motivation and follow-through, typically with older children and teenagers. There's overlap, and some providers do both. If grades are slipping because work never gets started or handed in, coaching-style support may matter more than more subject teaching.
Does my child need a diagnosis before getting support?
No. Support that works for ADHD-type attention works whether or not a diagnosis exists, and assessment waits can be long — starting support in the meantime is sensible, not premature. A formal diagnosis (through your GP and a specialist assessment) becomes important for school obligations, exam access arrangements, and if medication is ever to be considered.
What should I look for when choosing a provider?
Ask how they'd structure a session for a child who struggles to start and stay on task — a good answer is specific: short chunks, movement, interest-led material, clear goals. Ask what they do when a child loses focus mid-session; you want flexibility, not discipline. Experience stated on profiles is the provider's own declaration, so ask for examples and, ideally, a trial session.
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