Something we heard from a number of users was that the site appeared to be for Bristol only as the Find a Tutor search options and the map were very much focused on Bristol and its surrounds. This was due to a combination of issues (not least the fact that we did start of with a very local focus!) but after listening to our users we have made changes to the Find a Tutor that we think both makes searching for tutors a much easier process but also demonstrates the growing national coverage we have.
This is the first of a series of improvements that we'll be implementing over the next few months to ensure we are always striving to make Beanbag the best it can possibly be. As other changes happen I'll flag them here and am always happy to receive comments about anything to do with the site.
Chris Hall 23 July
Beanbag appears to be heavily focused on finding tutors for Children (which is useful), however is it also envisaged to work with tutors for adults.
There are a number of areas for example language learning where this might be popular. There may even be other areas that haven't been considered as standard education subject (but are nonetheless hard to learn on your own).
Classrooms do have their advantages (and some disadvantages in child education) however many adults are stuck with an even less appropriate "classroom anti-pattern" when it comes to learning new skills.