Maths tutor contract - any examples?

[TreeHugg]

I'm planning to pay my son (in y12) to tutor his younger brother (in y9) in maths. Both are very able at maths, so this is as much about giving my eldest some informal work experience which may help him to take on some tutoring work in future, and an opportunity for him to earn some money, as it is to benefit DS2. I want to draft a basic contract to cover terms of the agreement. We've never used tutors ourselves so would be interested to see an example, or at least a description of what a tutor contact covers. Can anyone help?

Never had a contract. Just got reviews from other parents and made sure they had a dbs. They all seem to have the same set hourly rate round here. Agreed expectations before they started about what dc's target was.

You want to get your 12 year old son to sign a contract? I don't get it.

Oh, in year 12. Even so, seems strange? Is this necessary?

Never had a contract either. We just agreed we would pay £x for an hour's tuition every week. The tutor said he would expect homework to be done for the following week's lesson and we said "fine". That was it.

As a person attempting to tutor my DS in maths though, I suggest the main item on any contract should be not to lose their tempers with each other :)

I've never had a formal contract either (tutor, not maths tho).

I imagine the emails or other written contact with parents would count as a formal contract (in the same way that a letter of appointment to any job does). There has never been an issue. I discuss what they are aiming to do (eg specific grade) and what we are working on obviously (GCSE, A level, KS3).

I can't imagine why you would want to give your own son a contract? My DD did some tutoring when she was in yr 12, English was her great subject, she worked with friends' children (my friends obvs) so it was fine. If they hadn't been happy they could let us know.