Learning plans
Give each subject a direction each term — your tutors turn it into lessons, and the end-of-term report keeps it honest.
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A learning plan is where you give each subject a direction for the term — a single clear intent like build confidence or stretch ahead — and your child's tutors turn that direction into the actual lessons. It replaces the old one-line "goal" that nobody ever saw again: a plan is read by the tutors, revisited every term, and kept honest by your child's real-school report.
Plans are optional. An empty plan never blocks tutoring — the tutors simply consolidate and follow your child's curiosity. Think of a plan as a tool for parents with a longer-term aspiration, not a form you must fill in.
Where to find it
Open Learning plan from your dashboard, or go straight to aitutors.me/dashboard/learning-plan.
- Per child — use the child switcher at the top if you have more than one.
- Only your chosen subjects appear — a plan is scoped to the subjects you've picked for that child (see Adding more children and your subject selection). Nothing to configure.
- This term — plans follow the UK three-term year (Autumn / Spring / Summer). Each term you set a fresh direction.
The four directions
For each subject, choose one direction. There is no "bad" option — every direction is a legitimate way to spend a term.
| Direction | What it means | Choose it when… |
|---|---|---|
| Improve | Rebuild confidence and shore up the basics | A topic has become shaky, or a recent report dipped |
| Consolidate | Keep the momentum, steady practice | Things are going well and you want to hold the line |
| Stretch | Reach ahead — including a peek toward GCSE | Your child is ahead and ready for more challenge |
| Explore | Follow their curiosity, breadth over depth | You want a term that keeps the spark alive |
Under each direction you can add one line for the tutor — for example, "Rebuild confidence with fractions" or "Push into early GCSE algebra." The tutor reads this at the start of every session and shapes the lessons around it. Keep it short; it's a steer, not a syllabus.
You don't have to point every subject
Set a direction only where you have one in mind. Any subject you leave blank is left to the tutor's sensible default. You can change or clear a direction at any time.
How the tutors use it
The direction is fed into tutoring in three places, so it actually shapes the work:
- Every session starts with the tutor aware of this term's direction for the subject.
- The weekly plan (for PRO families using the Study HQ vault) is built to serve it.
- Routing — Mentor nudges your child toward the subjects that have a live direction.
The pedagogy never changes: Professor Pi still won't hand over the answer, Professor Quill still protects your child's writing voice. The direction changes what they work on, not how they teach.
When your tutor suggests something
Your tutors see your child every week, so they sometimes spot a direction worth considering — a topic that keeps tripping them up, or a subject where they're clearly ready to stretch. When that happens, a gentle note appears on the relevant subject in your Learning plan:
💡 Your tutor noticed … fractions are still shaky — a short daily warm-up would build real fluency.
If the tutor also suggests a direction, you'll see a "use this →" button that fills it in for you with one tap. It's entirely advisory — you decide. Most families talk goals over at the kitchen table; the app just makes sure you have the tutor's evidence in front of you. Once you point that subject yourself, the hint retires.
When your child reaches a direction you set, a tutor can mark it met — and your child sees a small, quiet celebration on their side. No pressure, just a nod that the work paid off.
The end-of-term report
At the end of term, tell us how your child's real-school report landed for each subject — no grades needed, just a simple read:
- Below expectation → next term leans toward Improve
- On track → hold steady, Consolidate
- Above / outstanding → time to Stretch
This closes the loop: set a direction → the tutors work to it → the school report recalibrates it → set the next term. The report is for you — the tutors only ever see the resulting direction, never a grade or a number.
Your record, kept private
Report entries are stored in your account and visible only to you. See Safety & privacy for the full data policy, including how to delete this data.
The bigger picture — the 3-year map
A term direction is the middle horizon. Below it sits the weekly work; above it sits the whole of KS3. To see where each subject is heading across all three years — the ground already secure, the strand being built this term, and the GCSE horizon ahead — open The 3-year map.
The 3-year map · Meet the faculty · Learning Personality · Safety & privacy