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A* Academy Tuition (GCSE and A-Level) review

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Telford · Service area: Telford

A* Academy Tuition (GCSE and A-Level) in short

A* Academy Tuition is a Telford GCSE and A-level tuition listing at Jay Drive, reached by mobile with no standalone website behind it [1]. In our view it reads as an early-stage solo listing: a live contact route and a stated subject range, with services, prices and policies all uncheckable.

What customers say is brief but positive: five out of five from a single Google review on its public listing [1]. One review counts for little in our assessment, though it points the right way. No other review source was found to set beside it.

What counts against A* Academy is everything unpublished: no company record, no stated qualifications, no prices and no insurance detail [1] [2]. Our review leaves it outside the top ten, which is fair on the evidence as it stands.

A* Academy Tuition (GCSE and A-Level) reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for A* Academy Tuition (GCSE and A-Level), with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google5.0 out of 51

Our verdict

Our judgement: A* Academy suits Telford parents seeking GCSE or A-level one-to-one tuition who are comfortable enquiring on thin public evidence [1]. The single review is positive [1]. It counts against it that services, prices, history and company detail are all unpublished.

Score summary

Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.

Composite score
53.9 / 100

Customer evidence C1 · weight 30%

68

Google 5 out of 5 from 1 review [1]. With fewer than five reviews so far, this counts a little less.

Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%

50

Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked.

First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Trading history C4 · weight 10%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%

40

No prices or fee statements are published.

Website and service information C7 · weight 5%

30

There is no standalone website; only the company social page sits beyond the Places listing [1].

Industry qualifications

Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.

Strengths

  • The Places listing carries 5 out of 5 from its Google review with the Jay Drive address and phone [1].

  • The mobile number gives a direct contact route alongside the live listing [1].

Limitations

  • There is no standalone website, so services, prices and policies cannot be checked [1].

  • No company record, qualifications or insurance details were found [1] [2].

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Questions about A* Academy Tuition (GCSE and A-Level)

Is A* Academy Tuition any good?

Too thin to judge either way. The single Google review is positive, but there is no website, so subjects, prices, tutors and policies cannot be checked [1]. Our assessment leaves it outside the top ten on that lack of evidence. Phone the listed mobile and ask for the basics before you treat it as a contender.

Is A* Academy registered with a trade scheme?

No. Industry qualifications cannot be sourced from the registers, a website or any platform checked, and no company record was found [1] [2]. No mandatory register covers private tutors, but the absence of any stated credential still counts. Ask the tutor directly what sits behind their teaching.

What does A* Academy charge?

Nothing is published, since there is no website carrying a price list [1]. Ask for the hourly or monthly figure, what it includes, and the cancellation terms, and get the answer in writing before any paid session takes place this term.

Where does A* Academy work?

The listing gives a Jay Drive address in Telford with a mobile contact number [1]. There is no stated venue, timetable or service area beyond that. Ask where sessions happen and whether teaching is face to face or online, and what a first session covers.

How is A* Academy ranked?

A* Academy was researched in our September private-tutor round but sits outside the top ten. Customer evidence counts most toward each score, then teaching credentials, trading history and stated cover, with pricing clarity and website detail counting next. A single review plus no website cannot carry it further.

Others assessed for this trade

  1. Study Base Tuition Centre71.9 / 100Ranked 1. Best for Ofsted-registered one-to-one tuition with deep local history.
  2. First Class Learning Telford Central65.6 / 100Ranked 2. Best for structured Saturday maths, English and science classes.
  3. CARES Tutoring and Consultancy Services65.4 / 100Ranked 3. Best for SEND assessments with one-to-one maths tuition.
  4. Conexus Tuition Shifnal, Codsall, Tettenhall65.4 / 100Ranked 4. Best for franchise-group tuition at a Shifnal school venue.

Sources

  1. Google Maps listing — A* Academy Tuition, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. Companies House — search for A Star Academy Tuition (no Telford match) Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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