At the end of each term, you get a written progress report built from your child's actual tutoring sessions — where they grew, where they wrestled with something, and what's worth building on next. It's a story, not a grade. And your child gets their own warm, kid-voiced version of the same thing. It's the moment the term's work becomes something you can actually see and talk about.

Most reports parents receive are a single letter or number that raises more questions than it answers. A grade tells you where your child landed but nothing about how — the effort, the breakthroughs, the topic that finally clicked in week nine. This report is the opposite: it's the how.

What's in the report

The termly report reads like a thoughtful tutor's end-of-term note, because that's essentially what it is. Across a typical report you'll find:

Section What it tells you
The headline The shape of the term in a sentence or two — the honest overall picture
Where they grew Specific things that got stronger, with real examples from sessions
Where they got stuck The topics or habits that took work — named plainly, without alarm
Effort and habits Showing their working, sticking with hard problems, honest reflection
What to build on A gentle steer into next term, so the report leads somewhere

Notice what isn't there: no rank, no mark, no comparison to other children. The report is about your child against their own starting point, which is the only comparison that helps.

Where it comes from — the real record

The report isn't generated from a guess or a grade. It's assembled from the actual sessions your child had that term — the running record the tutors keep as they teach. Every time a subject tutor asks your child to show their working, that working becomes part of the honest history of the term. When the report says a topic clicked in a particular week, it's because it did.

This matters for trust. An AI that summarised a term from nothing would be storytelling. This report is built from evidence, which is why it's willing to say the uncomfortable thing as well as the lovely one. If you'd like to understand the working record it's built on, the show-your-working protocol explains how and why the tutors keep it.

The two versions

There are two reports, one story. You read the parent version on your dashboard — a little more detailed, honest about the hard patches, written for an adult who wants the full picture. Your child sees a kid-voiced version on their own learner home — the same substance, but warm, specific and encouraging, written to be read by them.

Nothing is hidden between the two. The kid version doesn't spin a difficult term into a fake triumph, and the parent version doesn't carry secrets your child never sees. They're two doors into the same room. That's deliberate: a child who reads an honest, kind account of their own term learns to reflect, and reflection is half of learning.

How to read it well

A report is only as useful as the conversation it starts. A few things that help:

  1. Read the "where they got stuck" part without flinching. It's the most useful section, not the worst. A named struggle is a plan; a hidden one is a problem.
  2. Notice the effort language. If the report praises persistence or honest working over right answers, follow its lead at home. That's the habit that pays off at GCSE.
  3. Read your child's version too. Seeing what they were told helps you have the same conversation from the same page.
  4. Let it point forward. The "what to build on" section is designed to flow straight into next term.

It closes the term loop

The report is the third beat of a rhythm that repeats every term: you set a term focus at the start, the tutors work to it, and the report reviews how it went. When your child's real school report also comes home, you pop those results in too, and together they help you reset the focus for next term — steering towards improve, consolidate, stretch or explore.

Zoom out far enough and each term's report is one chapter in a longer story. The KS3 Journey Map stacks those chapters into the three-year arc, so you can see not just this term but where the whole journey is heading.

FAQ

Is the termly report a grade?

No. It's a written summary built from what actually happened in your child's sessions that term — where they grew, where they got stuck, and what to build on. There's no mark or ranking, because a grade tells you far less than the story behind it.

Does my child see the report too?

Yes, but a kid-voiced version — the same substance written warmly and encouragingly, for them. You read the parent version on the dashboard; they see theirs on their learner home. Nothing is hidden between the two.

How is the report put together?

It's drawn from the term's real sessions — the show-your-working record the tutors keep as your child learns. It isn't invented from a grade or a guess; it reflects the actual work, honestly, including the tough weeks.

Duke Harewood built aitutors.me for his own KS3-aged daughter. He wanted a report he could actually learn something from — the story of a term, not a letter that hides it. Updated 09 July 2026.