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Class teacher privately tutoring pupils in their class

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Eastie77Returns · 30/01/2025 18:23

DS’s teacher tutors a couple of kids in his class each week. I thought this kind of thing was not permitted (teachers engaging in transactional engagements with parents). Anyone else think this is a bit odd?

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Eastie77Returns · 02/02/2025 22:25

AliceMcK · 30/01/2025 20:28

Is it a small school in a small community.

The current HT at our school is the aunt of my DDs bully, luckily she started the term after her niece left. She has a nephew in the school. The chair of governors had 2 grandsons in the school until this year, both school and teacher favourites. One teacher ( on maternity leave) has a son in reception. Another teacher has a son hopefully starting next September. The best school TA I’ve ever met has been with the school for 20 years, her mother worked at the school, her sister worked at the school, her children went to the school, her grandchildren don’t because their mum wanted them elsewhere. The mum also happens to be a hairdresser and has been doing my hair since my oldest was in reception. She dose half the towns hair, went to school with half the parents in the school. Several of the teachers also went to this school as children.

It would be nigh on impossible to not have crossover given the close and fairly small community.

I think the only issue I’d have is if the other children are not getting the level of education they need in class and the tutored children were regularly being rewarded in school for the extra tuition they receive out of school.

We have a tutor for 2 of our children, I’d absolutely hate to use their current teachers as tutors because their tutor brings a completely different outlook and energy to their studies, it gives them a refreshing change from the teachers they see day in and day out.

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No, not a small community. We are in London and there are dozens of primary schools in the area so I find it odd that so many members of her immediate family all work in one particular school, including her mother who has to report to her own daughter.

We have also have/had tutors for both of our DC but the idea of inviting their teachers into our home to tutor them is mind boggling to me. It would feel very awkward.

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surreygirl1987 · 08/03/2025 19:37

chonka901 · 30/01/2025 18:37

I would do this for free. Tell them to come at dinner time or after school.

I wouldn't want to charge.

I know the covid budget did pay catch up tutoring to staff.

And pressure upon teachers to do this (ie working for free and judging those who want paying for 'extra') is part of what is driving teachers away from the profession in droves 🤦🏼‍♀️

surreygirl1987 · 08/03/2025 19:42

mids2019 · 02/02/2025 06:10

Where are teachers finding time to set up a tutoring business? Wouldn't their time be better spent on lesson prep and more focused marking? In reality this is a side hustle and one that is quite opaque ethically and professionally. It's a form of private education through the back door or at least two tier teaching.

In the NH S waiting lists in some areas are partially down to the amount of lucrative private work some consultants do. I don't think we want to replicate this philosophy in schools do we? I guess it will be your more entrepreneurial teachers looking at doing this and it would be better for teacher pay to be increased overall rather than allowing teachers to be refocused by having to set up tutoring groups for extra income.

Given teachers have little time to mark my children's work or give significant feedback I am surprised there is time for tutoring which takes up considerable time . Are pupils suffering because the tutor does not have the energy or time to devote for their own job?

Where are teachers finding time to set up a tutoring business? Wouldn't their time be better spent on lesson prep and more focused marking?

Oh my god. You mean teachers can't do what they want in their spare time? You think they should be doing extra marking in their SPARE TIME? I did a PhD in my spare time... is that not allowed either? My colleague wrote a children's book... would you also ban that, saying she should be lesson prepping instead? I have kids and take them out at weekends... would my time there also be 'better spent on lesson prep and more focused marking'?

Attitudes like yours sicken me.

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