Why we are not a directory

The difference, in two paragraphs

On a directory, anyone can appear. Somebody fills in a form, perhaps pays, and the page goes live. The site’s job is to have as many pages as possible, so the incentive is to admit everybody and leave you to sort it out.

Here, a person appears because they applied to teach with us, were assessed on their subject, had their documents reviewed, were interviewed where the role required it, were selected, were onboarded, and then had somebody specifically authorise their profile to go public. Our incentive is the opposite of a directory’s: every additional name is work we have to do and then stand behind.

What that costs you

It would be dishonest to describe the upside without this part.

• There are fewer names, and there will always be fewer names than on a directory.
• It is slower. A network assessed one person at a time cannot launch everywhere at once.
• Right now there is nothing to show you. No profiles are published, in any market.

What it buys you

• Every name came through the same process, and we can tell you what that process was.
• We can take somebody down. A site that sells listings finds that hard; we do not, because publishing was our decision in the first place.
• Nothing here is a paid placement. No position on this site can be bought.
• Nobody appears merely by signing up. An account, an application and a published profile are three different things.

Where you are is a delivery option, not the product

Distance matters when somebody has to travel to a lesson, and then it matters a great deal. It is not what makes teaching good, so we do not lead with it, and we will not put the nearest name in front of you as though nearest were a recommendation.