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ADHD tutors & specialist support

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) affects how a child regulates attention, impulses and energy — not how much they're capable of. With support that works with their brain instead of against it, school stops being a daily battle. The list below starts with providers for whom ADHD support is the day job, not a sideline.

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: Bright Steps Tuition

Tutor · St Albans · also online · Taking on new students

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.

Founding Provider DyslexiaDyscalculia ADHD

Updated July 2026

Sample: Open Door Learning

Alternative provision · Hertford · Taking on new students

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.

Founding Provider AutismPDAAnxiety & SEMH ADHD

Updated June 2026

Also support adhd

Sample: Number Sense Herts

Tutoring team · St Albans · also online · Not currently taking new students

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.

Founding Provider DyscalculiaDyslexia Dyspraxia

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

Tutor · St Albans · also online · Taking on new students

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.

Founding Provider DyslexiaDyscalculia ADHD

Updated July 2026

Sample: Number Sense Herts

Tutoring team · St Albans · also online · Not currently taking new students

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.

Founding Provider DyscalculiaDyslexia Dyspraxia

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

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