£60 an hour for a Math tutor?

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My child in year 8 needs a Math tutor. I have found one who comes to the house and has quoted me £60 an hour. Is that the going rate?

I have another child in year 5 who has a weekly tutor and they charge £30 ph.

Any advice appreciated

It's reasonable for a qualified Maths teacher.

What do you pay your plumber an hour? Or garage mechanic?

It sounds like a lot! I'm sure my son would do it for much less! How about find a sixth former? When my eldest was at uni he enrolled on a volunteer thing where they gave free tutoring to the students at a local school.

Wow £60 an hour. That’s better paid than a relatively senior doctor.

Coming to your house would be more expensive because of travel costs. £60 an hour is pretty expensive though, most I know charge much less.

I'm a tutor and I charge £100 an hour - the students come to my house.

I am very good though!

I think it’s fair enough - if you are good at what you do and have a skill other people need you for you charge as much as you can get people to pay. It’s called running a business!

Mine just sat A levels and is very keen to start tutoring in between the terms at university. However they have no idea about how much they should charge.
It would be great if some of you could offer their advice.
They got A star in their four subjects (maths FM physics and chemistry) with very high marks. all 9s at gcse etc
Off to Oxford to read a STEM subject
How much do you reckon they could charge for in-person (London based) and remote sessions (I assume the fare is different)?
They have no formal experience with tutoring however have been tutoring plenty of younger pupils at their school and have good communication skills.
Thanks

We used a local math university student last year and he charged £30/hour in person at our house. Online was £20/hour. He had been through the 11+ himself and knew all the techniques.

@carmenn I would say it depends on your sons experience, what level they are tutoring (11+, GCSE etc) and if they have been through the exam process themselves. Look at your local nextdoor website to see if you can get some ideas there for pricing.

@roses2 Thanks for your response and indeed I should have added that she’s been through the 11+ process herself. She’s probably done all the papers available on the planet 🤣
I was thinking she could start at £25ph in person and £20 online, and increase it as she builds up experience. Does it sounds fair?

Thing is however clever she is she is not a teacher. We used a very clever local student but with GCSEs looming Dd asked herself for a “proper teacher” so we found a fierce retired head of maths and she got a really good grade in what is her worst but very important subject.

They could start with £20-£25 per hour whilst they are building up students, then increase it later if it goes well and they get good reviews?

No idea how old Year 8 is - about 13/14? We had a maths tutor for the year leading up to exams (Scottish Nat 5s, sort of like GCSE but not) for my 15 year old, she was a just-retired Maths teacher and we paid her £25 an hour. £60 seems steep.

I think she needs to be aware that if she's tutoring for exams she needs to be very clear she's knows the exam board spec, the marking system and what is required inside out.

Without wishing to take anything away from her, she's not a teacher. And although might have done fantatically at OCR A level Maths, for example - what does she know about AQA GCSE? Or indeed, AQA A level? It is not just about teaching how to 'do' stuff.

Maths isn't my subject by the way, but despite 30 years of teaching I'd want to spend a fair bit of time familiarising myself with any exam board I hadn't previously taught to or marked for if I was coaching someone. It's a specific skill that people who are paying have every right to expect you are on top of.

Thanks all for your perspectives. I fully agree that she’s not a teacher and doesn’t have much experience, which is why she would be happy to start at quite a « low » rate whilst she builds up experience and gets feedback. £20/25 sounds like a fair amount.

The only thing I would like to add based on my experience with older children when we had to hire tutors is that like for anything else there are different levels of teachers and some of them are better than others… We’ve used a few qualified and acting teachers which were used to teaching 11-16 yo and they were absolutely hopeless at explaining more difficult A level concepts. We found that current A level teachers were quite hard to come by and ended up using students instead, still at or having finished university (though they had a tone of experience and raving reviews).

Depends on a lot of things , we paid £25 per hour for DS tutoring, but up to 3 were in her class ( same age , all doing gcse revision)

we were very happy with it , and more importantly dd was .

and as it only cost £100 per month, we paid it on payday like other bills and it made it affordable for us, even with an extremely low income

we are in North Yorkshire

Does anyone have any recommendations for an online programme? DD has just finished maths factor with carol Vodermans which was brilliant for her through primary, looking for something yr 7 onwards. Have just had a look at absolute maths as mentioned above but open to other suggestions.

Not many students will want a tutor that can only do the job during the holiday so something to consider.

Some might just want to do some extra preparing during the holiday for the coming SMC/BMO1/BMO2, for example.

My Cambridge (STEM) undergrad has been charging £35 an hour for in person maths and physics tuition. However, he can't do it during term time, and many parents would rather have in person lessons/continuity of tutoring so it's not been as lucrative as he hoped. Plus, this holiday he's been doing an internship which forms part of his degree, so he's not done any tutoring....

@Panicmode1 I’ve read your posts on the higher education board as my daughter will read the same subject… Thanks for your feedback. It’s a good point - our children are only available in between terms which reduces tutoring opportunities… I guess they also have to spare some time for homework and revisions… She’s not even started and already been sent dozens of pages of maths and physics problems to solve before she starts which will keep her busy for the best part of September!

Is the term time tutoring allowed for Cambridge undergraduates?

@DEI2025 he just doesn't have time in term time - although I think he's maybe done a couple of Zooms when asked.

I don't know if having a job is not permitted, but his schedule of contact hours, labs and supervisions, on top of trying to row and socialise every now and then, within an 8 week term, means his time is very restricted.

That’s shocking that he’s already showing misogynistic attitudes at his age!

Seems a lot. My dd had a maths tutor for her GCSE's this year, we had one that came to the house which was £40 ph, but she didn't click with him so went to a tutor class with 4 other children and that was £34.50ph.

Yes this trend of saying Math is so annoying. Don’t care what it is in the USA, it’s MATHS here- abbreviation of Mathematics!