00Private, vetted learning support · UK
Private, vetted help to actually learn — on your terms.
Tutoring, essay editorial, and assignment guidance — legitimate learning support, kept on-platform and pseudonymous by design.
Sessions from £25.00 per hour
Tutors are verified to us, then stay pseudonymous to you. Students never see a real identity.
- Privacy-first
- Enhanced-DBS-verified tutors
- UK-based
- Transparent GBP pricing
- Pseudonymous by design
01Services
Three ways we help you learn
Whatever you're working on, the help stays focused on your own work.
Tutoring & coaching
Priced hourly
Live or asynchronous sessions to help you understand the concepts, taught by vetted, pseudonymous tutors. Hourly work runs on a shared session timer, so you only pay for the time you agree.
Essay editorial
Priced per word
Proofreading, feedback, and markup on your own draft. We help you improve your draft — we never write it for you.
Assignment help
Hourly, per word, or fixed
Guidance and explanation so you can do your own work — how to approach a problem, or where you went wrong. The thinking stays yours.
02How it works
How it works
From first request to finished work, in four steps.
- 01
Post a request or browse tutors
Tell us what you need help with, or browse vetted tutors and reach out directly.
- 02
Agree a price through offers
Tutors send you an offer; you can counter, and you accept when it's right. Every order is priced your way — hourly, per word, or fixed.
- 03
Work together on-platform
Private messaging, your own drafts, and a shared session timer for hourly work — everything stays in one place.
- 04
Pay securely
You pay once you're happy. If the work falls short of what you agreed, re-work is included.
03Privacy & Safety
Private and safe by design
Privacy isn't a setting here — it's the architecture.
Pseudonymous identities
Students and tutors interact under handles. Real names stay out of the product surface.
Data minimization
We collect only what a feature genuinely needs, and avoid what it doesn't.
Sensitive content encrypted at rest
Drafts, messages, and other sensitive content are encrypted at rest and scoped to the people involved.
Self-hostable infrastructure
Built to run on your own infrastructure, with no proprietary cloud lock-in.
Enhanced-DBS-verified tutors
Tutors are verified to the platform with an enhanced DBS check before they work with students.
On-platform records
Work happens and stays on Instudy, so there's always an auditable record of what was genuine support.
04Academic integrity
Real help, not cheating
Instudy provides tutoring, feedback, and guidance on your own work — never finished work for you to submit as your own.
That's not a limitation; it's the point. Editorial means feedback on a draft you wrote. Assignment help means understanding how to do it yourself. It's how you actually learn — and it keeps you on the right side of UK academic rules.
Genuine support is legal; contract cheating ("essay mills") is a criminal offence in England. Instudy is built firmly on the right side of that line, in line with UK law.
Learn more05For Tutors
Teach on your terms
Earn doing what you're great at — without giving up your privacy.
Earn doing what you love
Get paid to help students learn the subjects you know best.
Set your rate, negotiate freely
You quote the price and negotiate each offer. No fixed rate cards.
Stay pseudonymous
Students see your handle and your work — never your identity.
06Pricing
Transparent pricing, agreed up front
Every order is priced per order, in GBP. You see the price before any work begins.
For students
You see and agree the price before any work starts. No hidden fees, no surprises.
For tutors
One simple, transparent platform fee, shown to you before you accept an order.
07FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is this allowed — isn't this cheating?
No. Instudy provides tutoring, feedback, and guidance on your own work — never finished work to hand in as your own. That's legitimate learning support, and it's the only thing we match. Contract cheating ("essay mills") is a criminal offence in England, and Instudy is built specifically to stay on the right side of that line.
How is my privacy protected?
You and your tutor interact under pseudonymous handles, we collect only the data a feature needs, and sensitive content like drafts and messages is encrypted at rest. The platform is self-hostable, so your data doesn't depend on a proprietary cloud.
How are tutors vetted?
Tutors are verified to the platform — including an enhanced DBS check for safeguarding — and students see a verification badge. Tutors stay pseudonymous to students even after they're verified.
How do payments work?
Prices are agreed per order in GBP before any work starts. For now, payment is handled manually and offline, and the platform records the status; crypto payments (via Coinbase Commerce) are planned for the future.
What if I'm not happy with the work?
Re-work comes first. If the work falls short of what you agreed, your tutor will put it right — included, within the agreed scope.
What does it cost?
It depends on the order — pricing is hourly, per word, or fixed, and you agree it up front. Students pay the price they agree; tutors keep the price they agree, minus a single platform fee that's shown up front. There are no hidden fees.
Ready to actually learn it?
Find a tutor, or start earning as one — privately, and on your terms.