Summer Holiday Tuition

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I am thinking of offer tuition at a local venue over the summer holidays. I'm an experienced primary teacher and do some private tuition in pupil's homes. I also have specialist dyslexia training.

I wanted to get an idea from MNers whether you think there would be a demand or whether most people would be too busy enjoying the summer holidays to want to take their child to a tutor.

I was thinking of running it 2 days a week over the summer and charging £25-30 for a 50 min slot (so approx 7 slots each day).

Is there anything that I should particularly offer or take into consideration?

Thanks.

I wish you luck but holidays are for switching off I think. I am sure others will be open to the idea though.

I'm a full time private tutor and I very rarely have students over the holidays. There is almost no demand for it at all (I'm a maths and science specialist) but that might differ if you're in a leafy suburb somewhere with plenty of pushy parents. What would be different about your summer school to the tutoring you normally do? In my experience people want longer support than just six weeks of lessons and you might struggle to fit then in around your job.

If I'm going to be carrying on with a young student after the summer I usually encourage them to have a break unless there's a specific issue they need to address by September. Most are away for a few weeks anyway. Hope that isn't too negative!

I think it 's a great idea. A few sessions , especially towards the end of the holidays would be very useful. There would still be plenty of time for a good break.

Thanks for the feedback. PurpleDaisies I am planning to only do tutoring after July. I really enjoy the 1:1 tuition I do but would like to have pupils come to me at a venue as it would obviously be more cost effective. Can I ask how you operate as a full time private tutor?

I do live in an affluent area with selective indies and grammar schools but my real interest is children who struggle with literacy.

Just to clarify by "full time" I mean it is my only job! At this time of year it is full time hours (and more) but much quieter from July to October time. I mainly work with secondary students...there is no shortage of children who want c's in maths and science. I offer a few different a levels too so I always have a waiting list. It started really slowly a few years ago but once your name gets on a few school grapevines as someone who is good the phone just keeps ringing. I mainly go to their houses because I prefer it that way. My A level pupils are usually free at random points in the daytime so I can fit them in with plenty of space later in the evening.

I started tutoring rather than school teaching a year after I was diagnosed with m.e. and was well enough to work a bit but not full time. My husband's job pays the mortgage so I'm lucky in that my income is mainly for fun things like big holidays. I absolutely love my job. At some point I'll hopefully go back into school when I'm fully recovered but for now I'm really happy doing this. The main disadvantage is self assessment tax!

It sounds like your potential clientele is totally different from mine! Perhaps it would be worth asking a few local parents what they think about a summer literacy catch up or get ahead programme (that's how I'd market it). Good luck whatever you decide to do.

I don't think its a bad idea. We've never used a tutor before, but plan to this summer, in order to rebuild the confidence that school seems to have eroded.

Your grammar is not great. Sure you're up to it?

I used a tutor for my Year 1 child last summer. He was struggling at bottom of class at end of school year as he has no interest in learning anything pre-school and so was behind by quite a way. He enjoyed the lessons and it transformed him. I would use you for sure and wouldn't hesitate to do same again.

iPad typing grammar does not always reflect actually grammatical ability. I think we can give the op the benefit of the doubt can't we?

Ps tutor came to us though as wanted to make it feel less formal. Didn't want him to feel he was going to school when his friends didn't have to.