Notes from a tutor who refuses to give the answer.

The Tutor in Your Browser — No Install Needed

aitutors.me now has a tutor that runs right in your web browser. No app to download, no setup — sign in, open the tutor, and your child is learning with Mentor and the professors.

A Parent's Guide to UK Academic Competitions for KS3

The full map of UK academic competitions your KS3 child can enter — maths, science, computing, linguistics, robotics and writing — plus how to prepare without cramming.

Is AI Tutoring Safe for Kids? A UK Parent's Guide

What every UK parent should ask before signing their child up for an AI tutor: data, safeguarding, age limits, and what 'safe' actually means in 2026.

AI Tutor vs Human Tutor: Which Is Right for Your Child in 2026?

Side-by-side comparison of AI tutors and human tutors for UK secondary students — cost, depth, motivation, scheduling. Most families benefit from a blend.

Built for One Daughter, Sharing with Yours: The aitutors.me Story

Why aitutors.me was built — the origin story behind the AI tutoring service designed for over-scheduled UK secondary students.

What Is Energy-Aware Tutoring? The GREEN/AMBER/RED System Explained

Energy-aware tutoring adapts session intensity to a student's weekly energy state. aitutors.me uses a GREEN/AMBER/RED traffic light. Here's how it works and why it matters.

For Parents

Trust, safety, value — answers to the questions parents ask before signing up for an AI tutor.

Using AI Tutors

Plain-English guides for parents on how to actually use AI Tutors — the web tutor, kid logins, points and rewards, term goals, and the family dashboard.

Academic Competitions

A parent's guide to the UK's academic competitions — maths, science, computing, linguistics, robotics and writing — with a clear eye on which ones a KS3 child can actually enter.

For Students

Practical guides for teens — how to study smart, get unstuck, and learn without losing the plot.

KS3 Maths Methodology

Topic-by-topic explainers for KS3 maths — written the way Professor Pi teaches.

Compare & Decide

Side-by-side comparisons of AI tutoring services — honest, UK-focused, no affiliate spin.

The Story

How and why aitutors.me was built — the methodology, the technology, and the choices behind it.

Meet the Faculty

Deep dives on each of the ten AI tutors — what they teach, how they teach, and why it works.

For Independent School Families

Why UK independent-school parents are quietly adopting AI tutoring — and what to look for.

The Book

AI Tutors for Key Stage 3 — the book: announcements, excerpts, and guides for the English and Simplified Chinese editions.

AI in Plain English

AI, demystified for parents and kids — LLMs, prompts, agents, MCP, workflows and skills, told as one running story: the Librarian behind a mail slot.

Learning Genius

Nine Learning Geniuses — understand yourself, study smarter, and appreciate how differently the people around you learn.

Learning Genius: Depth

Wings, learning streams, stress and growth patterns, and instinctual drives — the deeper layer of the Learning Genius framework.

Policy Paper

What UK government education policy actually says about KS3, GCSEs, and AI in schools — read by parents who want facts, not spin.

Step Size Science

The learning-science research behind adaptive difficulty pacing — Vygotsky to Bayesian Knowledge Tracing, explained for KS3 parents.

Breakthrough Thinking

What actually produces original ('0 to 1') thinking, and what education should do in the age of AI — adapted from Westlake University president Shi Yigong's People's Daily essays for KS3 parents.