Information for Parents

Our sister company, STEM Kits by Post was originally created during COVID when we wanted to provide additional resources for home-based science lessons (having home educated our own children).

We found that there were many resources available for parent-led tuition in Maths and English, but very little in the Science subjects, and many parents simply did not have the resources/knowledge to lead their children in these subjects, hence the creation of a service which sent regular science kits out to home-educated students inclugina all materials and instructions necessary.

STEM Kits by Post has since gone from strength to strenth and we realised that even after many pupils went back to school there are still many pupils being home educated and very few useful online tutoring services which make much of a difference when it comes to science GCSEs/iGCSEs – it is really difficult to learn scientific topics from boring online presentation as provided by most of oyur competitors – that’s why we offer interactive content, named tutors your child will have regular contact with, assignmentnts/other pieces of work being marked with feedback given and, crucially, appropriate STEM kits being sent out when certain content in the overall course has been reached.  This helps to keep interest levels high and lets home-educated students experience the practical techniques they will need to be able to discuss in the “alternative to practical” written papers which are part of all science-based exams intended for the home educated.

This really is a key differentiator and, although it means our courses may be a little more expensive than the cheapest online GCSE courses available, you do get a great deal more for your money and, we believe, a much better chance of your child obtaining the best possible grades in their exams.

We believe our unique “3-pillars” approach combines the theory needed with tutor-led encouragement and help for when your child get stuck, and access to the more “fun” parts of Science practicals usually missed by home-schooled pupils – via video presentation and hands-on STEM experimentation boxes which are delivered to your door and form an integral part of the course.