How much to charge for A level tuition.

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Hi, I've name changed for this as slightly outing.
DH is planning on taking early retirement soon and is hoping to take on some private A level tuition.
He has spent 25 years at his school which is a private high achieving and his whole class has achieved at least an A grade for the last 6 years.
He teaches Chemistry.
What would be a realistic hourly fee to charge and would you prefer online or in person tuition?.

Depends where you are!

£40 in Oxfordshire

London it could be £65-80 depending on track record (which sounds really good anyway!).

You could offer mix and match lessons - the price would be the same (here anyway). At that age, they can concentrate online fine.

I always charged £40 an hour for A Level (Maths, and for Further Maths). South East but not London

Oh Thank you so much. That's more than we were expecting.

I paid £25 over 18 years ago! London though. I would imagine it was at least £50+ now.

Ring a tutoring agency as if you were a parent of a potential student and see what they charge?

An agency would take a percentage of the hourly rate as a fee.

Depending where you are, standard fee would be £25-£30 per hour. Your husband is experienced and fully qualified so could charge more - perhaps £40-£50 per hour or even more in London. It also depends if he is teaching face to face or online, or whether he travels to the student. Bear in mind that the more you charge, the more you exclude 'ordinary' people. Also you may want to charge lower to start with while you build up a client base and good reputation as charging too much will put people off.

It really varies- £50-£100 here in London. Have a look on Tutorfair or similar and see what people with similar experience are charging.

Also depends whether he’s online or in person.

I paid £25ph for an A-level maths teacher (group tuition) and £28ph for a medical student to teach A-level biology (individual lesson)

I know that a local ex-teacher charges £30ph for GCSE English group lessons.

I've been paying between £35 and £85 an hour at GCSE level, depending on the tutor (Manchester).

It really varies- £50-£100 here in London

Who on earth can afford that ??

We paid £40 an hour for A Level tuition from a teacher last year.
And that was quite cheap - others were charging £50!
Online tends to be a bit cheaper.

If he can say he has been an exam marker or senior examiner, he can charge an awful lot, although it’s region dependent.

He might choose to start slightly cheaper for the first year as word of mouth is so important, but he might already have the necessary reputation as he’s been a successful teacher.

One tutor I knew charged the top end rates and said he had a waiting list. He had a long history of getting kids through in the school he worked in, plus was an examiner for a board and also an examiner for the subject qualification outside of GCSE/A Level - creative subject. He said that I you don’t charge enough when you’re highly qualified, people must think there’s a problem….they often WANT to pay top whack, as in their minds it means someone is better.

Plenty of people. It's what it costs 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s why tutoring isn’t accessible for all. It’s another of the inequalities in education. SOME people can and will pay £50-£100 for tutoring in the south east and LOndon. Therefore tutors can charge it. It’s basic supply and demand.

As a tutor it is very much about judging your local market. Some areas, you’d need to charge significantly less to get enough custom. However, as I said, for lots of affluent people, ‘too cheap’ is off-putting and seemingly paradoxically, those charging more can often get more work.

Tutors are in it to make money, not to support a levelling-up agenda. Some might offer a cheaper rate now and then, but it’s a business and aims to make money.

It was £20 an hour when I went to school and all this were fields 😅I'd expect to pay double now.

For every experienced teacher, HoD, examiner etc charging £50-£100 an hour there is an A Level/undergrad student happy to charge £10 an hour. I’m sure many of the latter are very good, but ultimately you get what you pay for.

Plenty of people. It's what it costs 🤷🏻‍♀️

No, it's not what it costs, but what tutors choose to charge.

And no, not many families can afford £50-100 per hour to help their children with their school work

It's what it costs in London... Not everyone can afford it, I suppose, but if nobody could there wouldn't be a market. And there is.

I paid £50 per hour for non ex teachers but professionals in the field for A Level science. I would have expected to pay £70 for an actual ex teacher in person.

In Greater London, in person.