To ask how much you would pay for GCSE/A level science tuition?

[tutoringscience]

Hey everyone - I was hoping for some advice. I have been tutoring GCSE biology and chemistry, and A level biology for four years now. I do it all online. I got 12A*s at GCSE (I know, I was always a nerd!), As in my bio/chem A levels, and then went on to study vet med for five years at uni. I am now 23 and I'm a fully qualified vet, but teach on my days off.

Anyway, to the question. I have always charged £20 an hour for these sessions. I have just started advertising to take on my next lot of students in June. This year I am putting my prices up to £25. Do you think this is reasonable in your opinion? It is definitely less than the going rate as far as I am aware. Whilst I am not a qualified teacher, I have in depth knowledge of the specifications, have always had super good results whilst I have been doing this, and obviously have the relevant science degrees.

I know some people feel quite passionately that only qualified teachers should tutor and if this is your opinion please don't reply to this - I have no plans to stop what I am doing and have helped a huge number of students whilst i have been doing this!

It depends where you live I suppose. I had a uni student studying maths (got all A stars in math and physics, chem) £15/hour. I gave a qualified retired teacher £25/hour for English. This was way outside London.
You are young and not a teacher. £20 seems fair, but it if you get clients at £25 go for it! But if my kid didn't get good grades I'd be annoyed.

I started off charging £20/hour as a 19 year old with 0 experience, hence I feel like now an extra £5 is warranted four years down the line. It is tricky though - I know I can get kids good grades as I have done it before, however I do only see them for an hour a week, so it is a lot harder if they aren't putting in any work outside the session. However, I think that applies to all tutors not just me!

Having done both, they are vastly different jobs. You cannot compare the success rate of one to one with teaching a class of 30. That "poor" teacher from the local comp may well do a very different job without all the distractions, without the low level disruption and without all the red tape.
When my students gain good marks, if course I've helped them along the way but the vast majority of students who are prepared to go to one to one lessons with have supportive parents and will be prepared to put the work in on their own. Very different to working in the local comp. So i wouldn't be so conceited as to consider this solely as my success rate or proven track record.

As long as they know that's perfectly fine

@Cosyblankets Nothing conceited about it. I always say that it is a collaborative effort between myself, the student and the school. However, in my experience working within schools and the feedback I have heard from parents, there are indeed poor teachers. I worked alongside several teachers who had poor academic records (several GCSE retakes and third degrees) and who absolutely were not cut out for teaching. They would be poor whether teaching in a school or tutoring one-to-one.

Unfortunately, this government does not value teachers and it means the bar to entry has become lower and lower.