Practice papers, tutoring or question banks?
Full timed practice papers build exam stamina and show where marks are lost. Tutoring fixes specific misunderstandings. Question banks drill one topic. Most students do best combining them, in that order of need.
Full practice papers
Strengths: they train pacing and stamina, and show you the whole exam. A worked solution after each paper turns mistakes into a to-do list.
Limits: a paper does not explain a concept you have never understood. If the same topic keeps failing, move to tutoring or a topic drill.
Tutoring
Strengths: personal explanation, feedback on writing, and accountability.
Limits: cost, and the quality varies a lot. A tutor works best when the student arrives with a specific list, which practice papers produce.
Question banks
Strengths: targeted repetition on one topic until it is secure.
Limits: topic by topic practice does not train the switching and timing of a real exam.
A simple order
Sit a timed paper, mark it with the solutions, list the topics that lost marks, drill those with a question bank or a tutor, then sit the next paper to check. Repeat.
Questions
Are Test Papers Hub papers a substitute for tutoring?
No. They show what to fix; they do not replace personal teaching when a concept is missing.