Whetstone Education gives your school a flexible way to secure high‑quality subject provision without the fixed cost and recruitment risk of appointing an additional teacher. It is designed for situations where you want to broaden subject choice, stabilise small classes, respond quickly to staffing gaps, or add specialist teaching without committing to a new permanent post.

Each subject package provides live, small‑group lessons delivered by experienced subject specialists, mapped to a standard A‑Level timetable. A typical package gives around 4.5 hours of teaching per week across 30 teaching weeks in the year – for example three 90‑minute lessons – so it can sit neatly within your existing structures.

You can use the service as a fully outsourced subject, or in a shared model alongside your own staff. In both cases, it allows you to protect curriculum breadth and secure continuity of teaching, without taking on the salary, pension, recruitment, cover and timetable risk associated with an extra member of staff.

Specialist cover streaming allows schools to maintain high-quality subject teaching even when key staff are absent. A Whetstone teacher leads the lesson live, following an agreed curriculum, so students continue to make progress rather than simply “filling time” in cover.

Because the expert is on-screen, schools can confidently use non-subject specialists to supervise the room. They handle behaviour and logistics; we handle the explanations, examples, and questions. This is especially valuable in subjects where specialist cover is hard to find at short notice.

For older students, you can also stream directly to classes in an IT room or study space, giving them access to expert teaching without needing additional on-site staff. The result is calmer cover, better use of staff time, and a more consistent classroom experience for your pupils.

Whetstone Education works in partnership with schools to help students build the strongest possible applications for the world’s most competitive universities, including Oxbridge, the Ivy League, Russell Group and other highly selective institutions. Our support can be delivered as a fully white-labelled extension of your existing provision, covering personal statements and essays, university and course selection, admissions test preparation, interview coaching and ongoing academic mentoring throughout the application process.

Programmes can be tailored for individual students or larger cohorts, with specialist pathways for subjects such as Medicine, Law and Engineering, as well as UK, US and European admissions routes. We work flexibly alongside your school’s existing advisory team, offering anything from discreet behind-the-scenes support to co-branded workshops, webinars and parent events.

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Internal exam moderation is essential but incredibly time‑consuming, often taking more than 14 hours of staff time per cycle once preparation, checking and follow‑up are included.

At the same time, schools do not want the first robust test of their grading and evidence to be a high‑stakes review from external moderators or an unexpected adjustment from an exam board.

Our moderation service gives you an external check before that point, drawing on our network of current and past examiners.

You submit samples of work, we review them against the relevant mark schemes and standards, and we return a clear written report highlighting strengths, inconsistencies and any risks, so you can refine internal marking with confidence and go into external moderation with no surprises.

Education Partnerships’ GCSE online revision courses give your students structured, high‑impact support in the run‑up to exams, without adding pressure to the school timetable. They are designed to sit alongside your existing teaching, offering focused consolidation, exam technique and confidence building in the subjects that matter most.

Courses can run as one‑week intensives or multi‑week programmes, depending on your cohort’s needs, and are timetabled to minimise clashes with school commitments. They can be offered to selected groups (for example borderline grades, high attainers or specific teaching sets) under your own branding.

Packages can either be marketed direct to parents at a per student price, or purchased at a fixed price by schools. Some of our partners choose to market the courses with a markup providing an additional income stream under their own brand.

One-to-one and small-group tuition gives schools a flexible way to target support where it is most needed. Students work with a specialist tutor who knows the curriculum in depth, focuses on misconceptions, and builds confidence through clear explanation and guided practice. The tone is calm and encouraging, with enough challenge to stretch able pupils.

Schools can purchase tuition bundles and deploy them as they see fit: to support specific year groups, intervention lists, exam classes, or high-priority individuals. Sessions can run in or after the school day, online or in school, making it easy to dovetail with existing timetables and staffing.

Because the provision is bundled rather than tied to named students in advance, you can move support quickly as priorities change. This helps pastoral and academic leaders respond to assessment data, plug gaps ahead of key exams, and offer meaningful extra help without needing to hire additional permanent staff.

We provide flexible pre-arrival and post-arrival EAL programmes designed to help students integrate quickly and confidently.

Pre-arrival support focuses on:

• Building core English language skills

• Introducing academic vocabulary and classroom expectations

• Preparing students for the demands of a UK curriculum

Post-arrival support includes:

• Small group or one-to-one EAL lessons

• Subject-specific language support

• Ongoing development of academic reading, writing, and communication

This ensures students can access lessons more effectively, reducing pressure on teaching staff and improving overall outcomes.

We offer targeted SEND provision that complements your existing in-school support.

This includes:

• One-to-one and small group intervention

• Support aligned with individual learning plans

• Strategies to build confidence, independence, and academic progress

We work closely with SENCOs and teaching staff to ensure consistency and a joined-up approach.

For schools needing deeper operational support, we can take responsibility for running one or more subject departments end-to-end. Our team plans the curriculum, organises teaching, and manages assessment so that learning remains coherent from one year to the next. You retain full strategic oversight; we handle the day-to-day detail.

This can include timetable design, teaching staff allocation, and the systems that sit behind smooth delivery. We align our planning with your existing reporting cycles, data platforms, and pastoral structures so that our work fits naturally into your existing school rhythms rather than adding another layer to manage.

Across all of this, we provide ongoing quality assurance: regular lesson observation, work scrutiny, assessment moderation, and clear reporting to senior leaders. In practice, we operate as a fully integrated extension of your school, maintaining your academic and safeguarding standards while significantly reducing operational pressure on internal teams.