Software built for a UK tuition centre
A UK tuition centre runs on GCSE, 11+, and A-level teaching — and on the trust of parents who pay in pounds. UK tuition centre software is the product page; this guide is how to run that school online. Everything here assumes GBP pricing and UK workflows, so it is the UK academy product rather than a general version with British spelling.
Most centres already teach online in some form. The usual challenge is that the tools are scattered across video calls, messaging apps, a shared drive, a payment provider, and a separate website. Distinction brings courses, videos, lessons, assessments, payments, landing pages, and learner management into one place. Your academy can go live on a Distinction host and then move to a .co.uk domain when you are ready.
This guide is written for small centres and academies — from a handful of tutors up to a few dozen, teaching tens to hundreds of learners. Independent tutors are welcome too, though the best fit here is running a centre. Course sales keep up to 97% where the academy product applies, with processing separate.
Subjects, assessments, and your high-street brand
Start with the subjects you already sell: GCSE maths, 11+ English, physics practicals, A-level chemistry, or ESOL and IELTS preparation. Generate the outlines with AI, then have a tutor review them so the language matches your exam boards — parents notice when material feels generic, so a course that references AQA or Edexcel should read that way throughout.
Upload the notes and worksheets you already use, and Distinction will build a structured course quickly. You then refine the lessons, slides, video, and assessments so they reflect how your centre actually teaches. Recurring demand — resits, and ongoing English and maths support — is best packaged as courses families can enrol into, rather than rebuilt from scratch each year.
Your domain is your shopfront. A common pattern is to launch on a host such as northstar.distinction.app while you prepare, then connect northstartuition.co.uk when parents should see it. Your logo, colour, and landing page are your brand, and learners see your centre first.
Any live classes you already run can continue on the video tool you use today; Distinction does not ask you to replace everything on day one. What it removes is the effort of reconciling separate chat groups, drives, and payment exports that were never designed to work together.
Payments and the office
Take payment in the way your centre already works — by term, by course, or per sibling — with prices set in GBP. Publish a landing page, accept payment on the same platform, and learners are enrolled automatically.
Learner management gives the office a clear view of who has started, who is progressing, and who has not yet opened an assessment, along with the certificates and progress reports parents expect. This is what turns a set of shared files into a school families can rely on. Complete identity verification and link the bank account that matches your verified organisation before you promise a withdrawal date; earnings sit in your wallet after each sale. It is worth running a small GBP test enrolment before the start of a new term. The details are in How payouts work.
Most UK centres are built on a roster, a reputation, and a term calendar rather than a large marketing operation. If VAT remittance is a decisive factor for your business, Teachable vs Distinction covers how the platforms differ on that point.
Moving your centre online
- Write the centre name the way parents search for it, and confirm the .co.uk domain you will connect.
- Create the academy on UK tuition centre software, starting on a Distinction host if your domain setup takes a little time.
- Begin with one flagship subject — GCSE maths or 11+ English — rather than a dozen empty topics.
- Generate the outline, have a tutor review it, and adjust the examples and exam-board language.
- Add the assessments you already set in class; one well-judged paper is worth more than many generic quizzes.
- Optionally, generate an explainer in Video Studio for the lesson parents most often ask you to repeat.
- Brand the landing page with your centre name, your town where it helps build trust, and your term offer in pounds.
- Connect payments, complete verification, and link the business account, then run a small test enrolment.
- Invite your current cohort, and keep the academy invite-only until the first weeks of lessons feel right.
- Connect the custom domain, and publish a public course only if you want discovery on the learners hub; many centres simply share a link.
Plans scale as your academy grows, so you pay more only when you need more, while course sales continue to keep up to 97% where the academy product applies, with processing separate. This approach fits GCSE centres with resits, 11+ and entrance-exam academies, A-level specialists, and ESOL or IELTS providers already working online. For domain-and-brand guidance that is not UK-specific, see How to launch a branded academy on your own domain.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as the global academy page with British spelling?
No. /academy/uk is the UK school product, with GBP proof and UK workflow. It is not a language alternate of /academy.
Do UK academy pages use pounds?
Yes. UK proof is GBP. Prices and examples on those pages are in pounds.