£60 an hour for a Math tutor?

I think she needs to be aware that if she's tutoring for exams she needs to be very clear she's knows the exam board spec, the marking system and what is required inside out.

Without wishing to take anything away from her, she's not a teacher. And although might have done fantatically at OCR A level Maths, for example - what does she know about AQA GCSE? Or indeed, AQA A level? It is not just about teaching how to 'do' stuff.

Maths isn't my subject by the way, but despite 30 years of teaching I'd want to spend a fair bit of time familiarising myself with any exam board I hadn't previously taught to or marked for if I was coaching someone. It's a specific skill that people who are paying have every right to expect you are on top of.

No idea how old Year 8 is - about 13/14? We had a maths tutor for the year leading up to exams (Scottish Nat 5s, sort of like GCSE but not) for my 15 year old, she was a just-retired Maths teacher and we paid her £25 an hour. £60 seems steep.

They could start with £20-£25 per hour whilst they are building up students, then increase it later if it goes well and they get good reviews?

Thing is however clever she is she is not a teacher. We used a very clever local student but with GCSEs looming Dd asked herself for a “proper teacher” so we found a fierce retired head of maths and she got a really good grade in what is her worst but very important subject.

@roses2 Thanks for your response and indeed I should have added that she’s been through the 11+ process herself. She’s probably done all the papers available on the planet 🤣
I was thinking she could start at £25ph in person and £20 online, and increase it as she builds up experience. Does it sounds fair?

We used a local math university student last year and he charged £30/hour in person at our house. Online was £20/hour. He had been through the 11+ himself and knew all the techniques.

@carmenn I would say it depends on your sons experience, what level they are tutoring (11+, GCSE etc) and if they have been through the exam process themselves. Look at your local nextdoor website to see if you can get some ideas there for pricing.

Mine just sat A levels and is very keen to start tutoring in between the terms at university. However they have no idea about how much they should charge.
It would be great if some of you could offer their advice.
They got A star in their four subjects (maths FM physics and chemistry) with very high marks. all 9s at gcse etc
Off to Oxford to read a STEM subject
How much do you reckon they could charge for in-person (London based) and remote sessions (I assume the fare is different)?
They have no formal experience with tutoring however have been tutoring plenty of younger pupils at their school and have good communication skills.
Thanks

I think it’s fair enough - if you are good at what you do and have a skill other people need you for you charge as much as you can get people to pay. It’s called running a business!

I'm a tutor and I charge £100 an hour - the students come to my house.

I am very good though!

Coming to your house would be more expensive because of travel costs. £60 an hour is pretty expensive though, most I know charge much less.

Wow £60 an hour. That’s better paid than a relatively senior doctor.

It sounds like a lot! I'm sure my son would do it for much less! How about find a sixth former? When my eldest was at uni he enrolled on a volunteer thing where they gave free tutoring to the students at a local school.

It's reasonable for a qualified Maths teacher.

What do you pay your plumber an hour? Or garage mechanic?

Wow. The disrespect towards the teaching profession lives on.

Probably because there are lots of people claiming to be tutors who are actually quite shit.

Last year we used an "11+ tutor" via an agency. He was a teacher during the day. He clearly did not prep for each lesson, rocked up each week and picked up a mock paper off DS' desk and asked him to sit and write. Didn't show him what good looked like and unsurprisingly DS didn't really make much progress. We persevered 5 months then replaced him with someone much better.

Anyone can call themselves a tutor.

We pay £90 an hour but with a very well known maths teacher. He designed a maths platform that most schools use now.

I Tutor Club tutors normally charge £50 an hour for an online lesson. All their tutors are qualified teachers

DS is a maths genius but sadly not great at tutoring his little sister even though cold hard cash was offered

Plus he'd never have put in all the extra work required behind the scenes between tutoring times based on each lesson

We paid £40 an hour

But I'd have reluctantly paid £60 if that was the going rate

DD requested a tutor so I found one and she did ok in her GCSEs.

Far better than without one that's for sure

The tutor started off by asking what DD struggled with. Tutor then formulated a plan moving forward

They met online and in person

Tutor was a younger female which suited DD well because they really connected

The teacher is working on the assumption that you are probably not good at maths either and so has extrapolated his charge by a factor of 'x' and then added 'c'.

We pay £40 for a retired head of maths. He’s been worth every penny and we would pay more if he asked/raised his prices

She was a fully qualified teacher in the subject who taught at a top name public school. Some things you skimp on some things you don’t.

Sorry wouldn’t be paying some kid £15 ph you need a proper qualified teacher so yes that fee sounds about right.

Ours got dd1 from 4/4 in her mocks to 8/8 in the actual GCSEs for science. Worth every penny.

This is way too cheap. Even if you tutor online, taking into account preparation time, setting homework and marking homework time if you do these outside of lesson, then you do not earn much above minimum wage.

From what you described, you need to charge more!!