Advice

[leer71]

Hi, my son is a tutor and has been doing it for a couple years, but recently stopped because of his A-level exams. He teaches Mathematics at GSCE/A-level and was looking for advice on how to find students for him. He is very hard-working and he loves teaching.

Thank you. Hope you have a nice day!

If your son does not even have A-levels himself, then why would you expect parents to pay him to tutor their dc for A levels ?

This. At minimum I would be looking for a qualification at least a level up from that he is teaching. So an A at A level to teach GCSE, and a degree to tutor A level. Though even that would be a stretch. I would really want a degree, PGCE and teaching experience for any level including primary.

I understand that, but his argument is that he will be able to relate to students better since he has just been through the course and he is similar in age. Also, some students find one-on-one tuition intimidating, so having someone closer in age may make it easier. Additionally, he is pricing it as a cheaper alternative—I think £10 or £12.50 per hour. Although he doesn't have any teaching qualifications or degrees, he did well at GSCEs, getting eight grade 9s, and has taught GSCE students before with positive reviews.
I really appreciate your advice and would love to know your thoughts on this

There are different guidelines for teaching under 16’s and over 16’s. If he is looking to teach under 16’s, then best approach is to go to university and take a degree in Maths, followed by a PGCE. There is government website called Get into teaching which outlines the different options.

My daughter tutored and did this by word of mouth. She started by helping a friend’s child with homework that led to 11 plus tutoring and it snowballed from there. People used to recommend her on the likes of Nextdoor and local FB groups so maybe your son could try there? She regularly turned down work. She finished tutoring when her A level work load got heavy with plenty of notice to tutees. She got excellent results for eleven plus and GCSE and had parents who had been paying £50 an hour for a qualified tutor say their child ‘clicked’ better and learnt more effectively with her, she never claimed to be qualified.

DD is now at uni and no longer tutors but some of her friends do and are on online platforms that advertise tutors so again another option, I don’t have names of them but hopefully an internet search will answer that.. It helps with getting work on these platforms if grades are good or at a prestigious Uni and then start getting the feedback which becomes important.