We founded Third Space Learning in 2013 with the goal of working in partnership with schools to make one-on-one math tutoring accessible to those children with the greatest need.
We’re a team of teachers, curriculum and product designers, social entrepreneurs, and tutors in the United States, England, India and Sri Lanka. What unites us all is a shared mission to close the math opportunity gap in as many schools as possible.
SCHOOLS SUPPORTED
LESSONS DELIVERED
STUDENTS TAUGHT
Traditionally, tuition has been the preserve of a fortunate minority, not necessarily those children who needed it the most, be that academically or socially.
We wanted to help address this imbalance.
Since 2013, we have made great progress towards our goal. We have worked with tens of thousands of teachers in over 3,800 schools, delivering online one-on-one math tutoring to over 150,000 students, the majority of which are from disadvantaged backgrounds.
We knew we had to start by making tutoring affordable within the reality of limited school budgets. We also knew we needed to be able to deliver tutoring at a scale that could reach the hundreds of thousands of children who have the greatest need of one-on-one support.
A central part of our solution is to recruit high-quality maths tutors from across emerging markets – notably India and Sri Lanka – where there is a huge population of passionate, well-educated English-speaking graduates and undergraduates who love math.
All our tutors go through an extensive training programme before they begin, and receive regular and ongoing training and professional development.
We are really proud of our tutors and the work they do to support our schools, and are committed to providing them with a great place to work and competitive pay. Third Space Global – our tutor centre in Sri Lanka – was certified as a Great Place to Work for 2020/21.
Our commitment to our tutors:
Competitive pay: average tutor pay is well above the local graduate average salary
Guaranteed income: we guarantee payment per session even if the session doesn't go ahead
Extensive initial training: our UK team have designed a full-time, 3-week training programme
Ongoing development: all tutors receive ongoing CPD, frequent lesson evaluations and personalised feedback
An environment to thrive: our tutor training and development team support tutors to pursue their goals and enhance their skills
We know that high-quality tutoring doesn’t end with simply recruiting high-quality tutors. That’s why we work to ensure we’re developing an effective and comprehensive tutoring program that is as supportive as possible for the schools and students that use it.
We’re constantly monitoring and improving our program to ensure it follows best practice, fits with the school environment, allows teachers to easily reinforce their class teaching strategies and makes a positive impact on our students.
We’ve worked with researchers from University College London to develop a framework for the ideal one-on-one lesson and continue to develop an easy-to-use platform that helps schools raise math attainment by:
Creating one-on-one lessons that align with state standards
Supporting schools to select the best sequence of lessons for each student
Enabling tutors to adapt each lesson to suit each student
Keeping teachers in control to support in-class teaching
Generating and sharing comprehensive reports to help teachers see progress
“We are proud of our high quality lessons and coherent programmes that help thousands of students understand concepts, improve their mathematical thinking and experience a sense of accomplishment”
Head of Academic Standards
We believe in investing in our tutors and all the work that goes on behind the scenes to make a great tutoring program.
For every session purchased by schools, about half of the cost goes to recruiting high quality tutors, developing and delivering the best possible training to ensure they’re able to support our schools, and providing them with the daily academic and operational support that they need to succeed and thrive throughout their career.
The rest is invested in curriculum development, technology, customer support, safeguarding and operations; all the things that help to ensure our team can make the program as helpful and effective as possible for the students and schools who use it.
Tom founded Third Space Learning in 2013 and continues to drive the company’s social mission to close the attainment gap.
Bryan ensures the team have everything they need to support our schools and pupils each day
Sam makes sure the Third Space Learning platform is as valuable as possible for the schools that use it
Rob supports the teams that work most closely with our schools, ensuring we're delivering everything we can
As an ex-teacher, Candida oversees the curriculum, pupil experience and our tutor training programme
Another ex-teacher, Bethan manages the secondary curriculum, content and tutor support
After leaving teaching in 2019, Hannah joined Third Space Learning to oversee our resource production
Lottie helps to make sure that as many schools as possible know about the support we're able to provide
Looking to sign up to Third Space Learning? James is on hand to discuss your school's needs and how we can help
Jenni is responsible for giving our brilliant customers the best possible experience we can
New to Third Space Learning? Sharon will help you get set up and ready for your first session
Josie works closely with our community of schools to ensure no question goes unanswered
Shiyamal oversees the entire operations at TSG, making sure our tutor centre in Sri Lanka is as effective as possible for our pupils
Susan ensures the team at TSG have everything they need to be the best tutors possible
Hisham works closely with the UK team to make sure our customers receive the best customer service possible
Leading the recruitment team, Jasmiya ensures that the best talent is hired to join our team of global tutors