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      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (260 total reviews)
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      Lisa Haycox

      60% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

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      1.0
      Apr 20, 2026

      Smoke and mirrors

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Some nice people in the business

      Cons

      Terrible overall experience. Explore is the kind of company which hires people with a great story about the positive social impact of its work but then internally is very cutthroat, sales driven and genuinely unpleasant. Many people in senior central office roles are doing two or three jobs because Explore won’t pay for the staff they need. Tutors are unqualified and very young which wouldn’t be an issue in itself if the service wasn’t expensive and sold as bespoke and special. Salaries are very low across the business. Cliquey teams made up of long term staff who believe they are somehow changing the world with their job and treat newcomers with contempt. Some long term staff are genuinely passionate and lovely but are taken advantage of by management with ridiculous responsibilities. People change roles constantly and internally this is sold as positive. The business focus and targets change literally once a month so you’ll never know what you are doing or how your job is being measured. Your job scope can change overnight with no discussion. Regular redundancies which are easily kept quiet because apart from tutors themselves everyone works from home/remotely.

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      Explore Learning Response
      2mo
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and share your experiences with us. We are sorry to hear that your overall experience didn't reflect the expectations set when you joined. The concerns you've raised around culture, communication of change, and workload are not things we take lightly. We'd welcome the opportunity to find out more about the issues that you have raised. Please feel free to get in touch with us directly at peopleops@explorelearning.co.uk so that we can arrange a time to talk. Thank you for everything you brought to Explore Learning during your time here, and we wish you all the best in your next chapter.
      2.0
      Jan 22, 2026

      Such poor management

      Tutor
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      Pros

      The other tutors are lovely and try to keep each other motivated

      Cons

      Management is absolutely terrible. I worked in centre at first where the managers had clear favouritism, would act all sweet in front of us but never helped with any requests. Two of my colleagues even had a serious incidents where children were acting way out of our scope and when they asked for support or to not have that child in their zone anymore for their own safety, manager just shrugged and said they're customers. Then I moved to online which was a way bigger team so it does feel like you're on your own a little bit mostly other than teams, but one time I asked for a very urgent time off request which is usually fine and can just be added for cover, they absolutely refused to do that with no explanation - and everyone just kept passing the blame to me and sending me to other members of staff. Then, I got told 'fine we'll find a new tutor for that one session' but then they threatened me and said it's unauthorised, you're ruining our service just told us yesterday ?? I literally started crying and when I asked my manager LITERALLY to have a chat for my own mental health she completely ignored me, read my message like 5 days later and still never replied to date.

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      Explore Learning Response
      3mo
      Thank you so much for sharing. I'm really sorry to hear about your experience and we would really like to find out more so please email us at peopleops@explorelearning.co.uk so that we can discuss this further and look in to it for you.
      4.0
      Dec 15, 2025

      Good

      Tutor
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      Pros

      Good communication and well structured

      Cons

      More opportunities to take on more students

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