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The Mentor
Reads the room before the room knows it has one.
Before any tutoring, the Mentor asks how your child is really doing — and on a rough day, says rest. It protects their energy, not just their grades.
Not named for a person — named for the role. In the old Greek stories, a Mentor was the trusted guide who watched over the hero on the journey. Yours checks you're okay before any work begins.
It starts by asking how your child is.
Not "what shall we revise?" — but "what does your week look like, and how are you for it, really?" Two honest taps on Monday set the colour of the week. Every day after that is your child's own — and if the week changes, so can the colour.
New week, Maya. What does your week look like — and how's your energy for it, honestly?
busy — county cup wednesday, a test friday. okay-ish.
Then it's an amber week: shorter sessions, core practice, until Sunday. Wednesday is a rest night. What you do each day is still your call — and if the week changes, so can the colour. Tonight: fifteen minutes of fractions?
Reads the room before the room knows it has one.
One child. Eight tutors. One Mentor.
The Mentor is the conductor. It reads your child's state, picks the right tutor for the day, hands over exactly where they left off, and holds the whole week in view — so eight specialists feel like one faculty that knows your child.
- 1Reads the roomA two-tap weekly reading — what kind of week, how's your energy — before the week's work begins.
- 2RoutesPicks the right tutor for today, and hands over where your child left off.
- 3RemembersHolds the week-long, cross-subject view — and paces the load.
Sleep beats sessions.
The Mentor is the only tutor that will tell your child to stop. Every other AI tutor pushes through. In a red week, this one says rest — and means it.
It watches for a low-energy run before it becomes a slump, gives permission to rest without guilt, and the moment anything sounds unsafe it stops and points your child to a trusted adult or Childline 0800 1111. That duty of care is the front door to the whole faculty.
Wellbeing-aware — not a mental-health service.
It remembers the whole week.
Your child meets one faculty that knows them — not eight bots starting from scratch. The Mentor remembers the patterns, spreads the work, and paces it to the week they're actually having.
Amber week · busy: piano, county cup, a testSet Monday in two taps · until Sunday · she can change it any day
- MonPi · 20 min — her pick
- TuePiano night — a rest
- WedNewton · 20 min, core practice
- ThuLate club — sleep > sessions
- FriDarwin · she chose biology
- SatFootball — off
- SunLook ahead with Mentor
One amber week, set on Monday — but every day is her own: piano on Tuesday, a rest on Thursday, her pick of subject the rest. And if the week changes, she can change the colour any day.
The Mentor is on your side.
It's the one that checks you're okay before any work — here's the deal:
- Tell it the truth"Knackered" is a real answer. The Mentor would rather you rest than fake it.
- Your week, your paceHeavy week of fixtures? It eases off. Free weekend? It offers more.
- It's on your sideTwo honest questions, then it gets out of your way. No nagging.
- Bad night? It stopsIt won't grind you when you're spent — it'll send you to bed.
From the blog
- The Green-Amber-Red Energy Protocol: How the Mentor Decides Whether a Session HappensThe traffic-light protocol that gates every aitutors.me session. Green is full speed. Amber is light touch. Red is rest. Sleep beats sessions.
- The Mentor's Safeguarding Flow: The Childline Rule, the One-Hour Parent Email, and What Happens to the SessionIf a safeguarding signal fires, the Mentor stops being a tutor and becomes a signpost. Here's the exact flow — the hard rule, the parent email, the data.
- What Is Energy-Aware Tutoring? The GREEN/AMBER/RED System ExplainedEnergy-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.
The Mentor comes with every subject.
It's the front door to the whole faculty — never an add-on. PRO is coach-led.