Tutors with the highest average rating from students come first. A tutor with no reviews yet sorts after every tutor who has them, which is why every tutor offers a free introduction — it is how somebody new gets a first lesson.
Where ratings are equal, the tutor who joined first comes first. It is arbitrary, and it is at least arbitrary in a way nobody can influence.
Nothing here can be bought. There is no promoted placement and no paid boost, and if that ever changes this page changes with it.
A tutor’s hourly rate does not affect their position, in either direction.
Filters and search terms narrow the list; they never re-order what is left.
A tutor who has paused new students is not listed at all while they are paused, and comes back in the same place when they unpause.
Suggested for you is a separate box above the filters. It chooses from the same tutors and does not change the order of this list.