Home edders?

[nodramallamaloo]

I'm thinking of setting up a home Ed group at my house where parents pay for the session and stay with their children. Trying to search all of this online and struggling!

Wondering what kind of insurance I'd need, would I need someone to come and check my house? Health and safety? Would I need to notify the council? If I was offering snacks and drinks would I need to get them to sign anything for allergies? Is there anything I haven't thought of?

Also how much would you pay for a home Ed group - a 30 min session, an hour session?

I have a degree in primary education so it would be an education based group.

[speakout]

So you are setting up a school?

[Thesearmsofmine]

It depends what you are planning. A once a week group type thing? What would the subject be, what kind of activities will you provide? I pay various amounts for acti items depending on what they are,

For setting up a group in a hall the organiser has to have public liability insurance but I’m not sure about in your home.

[Thesearmsofmine]

activities*

[Thesearmsofmine]

A home ed group is not a school @speakout

[speakout]

I have a degree in primary education so it would be an education based group.

Sounds like a school to me.

[isitpossibleto]

Don’t be obtuse, @speakout.

[ikeakia]

What would be the focus? English, maths, other subjects?

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

You could ask on the Home Ed board
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/home_ed

[WaterSheep]

I can't imagine there would be much interest for a group like this. Why would parents pay you to teach their child?

[QueenOfCatan]

I'd guess that there would be interest, quite a few similar things exist around my area though usually at neutral locations not in homes. You're best asking in your local home ed groups as long as you are a home educator yourself, people get understandably tetchy by non home educators trying to join groups for business.

[WaterSheep]

quite a few similar things exist around my area though usually at neutral locations not in homes.

There are quite a few meet ups in my local area, and groups which have a set focus such as at a community garden. These often have a small charge / voluntary contribution. However, they are very different from what the OP is suggesting, which sounds more like tutoring.

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

You are effectively setting up as a tutor doing group tuition.

www.thetutorwebsite.co.uk/for-tutors/how-to-become-a-tutor.html

[TAKESNOSHITSHIRLEY]

you want to look in to paying for a community center or local hall

we have been HE since jan 2015 and we help run a group

we just pay for a community center hall for 5 hours per week

we put the word out via word of mouth,flyers and face book and people started coming in an it just went up and up from there

you then charge per family at the door,(we charge £3.50 no matter how many kids per family)this covers insurance,heating, toys, books play things(we get a lot of that donated now but not in the beginning)

in the beginning it was more or less like a toddler group for older kids to come and meet kids like them and parents to meet other HE familys

once we got established we got a grant off the council as we became a registered charity and this meant we could pay to get people to come in for talks(police ambulance,fire etc) we do dance hours,yoga class, weekly football training with a former pe teacher and at the end of the month we got a professional coming in to talk about sex education and drugs

tbh people are not going to leave their houses to sit in yours.a hall in the community would be the best

spring time we are looking in to trying a forest type school,it will only be the one day a week but we have 2 scout masters in our home ed family

[SmallChickBilly]

There are a few similar groups round here and they are always popular- the home ed community seems to be very collaborative. What would you be charging for? To cover the cost of materials? Your time? As an actual business to make money from?

[Neverenoughcoffee]

Do you home educate? What are you offering that's special that families can't organise amongst themselves?
We're not on the whole a very wealthy community to tap into.

We often meet in each other homes and all bring a contribution to lunch. Obviously nothing is special needs to be in place for friends meeting up together.
If a home educator charged for that, I'd think it odd.
If you were offering something different like a foreign language session, then that would be more valuable..

[TitchyP]

If you're not a home-ed parent yourself you might find this harder than you think, especially at your house! You're offering group tutoring but home-Ed parents of younger children often want something a bit less formal. If you're looking to make money from it it's a bit of a non-starter to be honest.
Exam tuition is more lucrative.

[mantarays]

This is private tuition on a group basis.

[QueenOfCatan]

watersheep I meant that people are doing exactly as op is suggesting, there are groups with set themes or interests but there are tutors who do what is essentially group tutoring as well.

[Thesearmsofmine]

It is difficult because we don’t know what the OP is planning. I attend various home ed groups, at the moment we go to a weekly science group, the lady who runs it did start off offering in her home but now uses halls etc instead. We pay £5 per child per session(my toddler comes along for free) and for that we have a relaxed science lesson with lots of hands on experiments and my dc are working towards a science award. I guess you mean something like this OP?

[WaterSheep]

I meant that people are doing exactly as op is suggesting

That surprises me. I understand the collaborative group meet ups, and the themed groups. However paying for group tuition in someone elses home isn't something i've seen in my local area. Most home educators I know prefer a more laid back / relaxed environment.

[ikeakia]

Our area has just lost two tutors who did group classes. One did English, the others maths. There’s definitely a market for it in the right areas.

[nodramallamaloo]

@Thesearmsofmine thank you, it will probably be story sessions, with activities such as role play, making things based on the story, things like that, it will be weekly

@speakout 😂 how many schools have you ever been in.. I'm offering a once weekly group for around 45 mins with elements of education, funnily enough school is a little more than that..

[QueenOfCatan]

watersheep that's my preference too and I was quite surprised to find out that these tutor groups of sorts exist tbh. But then my local la are being quite sneaky and telling people that they must send regular updates and do x amount of work so I suspect that at least some of those who do it are trying to cover bases with the la and don't realise that there are different ways to learn.

[nodramallamaloo]

@Thesearmsofmine this is exactly what I meant..

To all the other comments, yes I have just started the home Ed journey with my children. I'm so confused by some of these replies, I haven't said anywhere that I'm going to be tutoring.. And I know plenty of people who home educate and also pay people to teach their children 😂 why would it be any different being in my home than being in a hall? And it's not like I'm inviting parents round for a coffee and charging them, I'm offering a service, no not a tutoring service, but an informal education based activity service.. thank you for the suggestions of looking on home Ed groups locally, I will do that.. and I didn't know there is a home Ed forum on here, thank you.

[ikeakia]

The most popular HE groups around here are ones that do have a strong educational basis, rather than extra curricular activities. We have an amazing art group that is run from the teacher’s house in a purpose built studio and natural talent can be guided by someone with art knowledge.

I’d love someone to set up a few more structured groups as my daughter has so extra curricular/PE groups.