Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

The staffroom

Whether you're a permanent teacher, supply teacher or student teacher, you'll find others in the same situation on our Staffroom forum.

Tutoring own students

10 replies

Anonymouseky · 09/02/2026 19:47

I’m considering doing some private tuition in addition to my paid teaching role. I did this years ago, but had to give it up due to unsociable hours and fitting it around my children. I’m now in a position where I could potentially start it up again. I’m just wondering what others do if they are contacted by the parents of current students to offer tuition? I don’t think I would be comfortable giving private tuition to someone I teach during the day. I’m not entirely sure why, but I think tutoring feels like a more personal relationship with families if that makes sense. I’m wondering if I should add something in my tutoring contract about not taking on current students. Am I being daft?

OP posts:
SquareSweetsThatLookRound · 09/02/2026 19:58

I’ve always passed them on to other tutors.

MrsHamlet · 09/02/2026 22:24

I don't believe anyone should be paid to tutor students from their own school.

Willsmer · 10/02/2026 06:57

Best to pass this on to other tutors. Saves any difficulties or conflict of interest.

Anonymouseky · 10/02/2026 18:34

Thanks all, I just wanted to check I wasn’t being odd about it.

OP posts:
Fifthtimelucky · 10/02/2026 19:03

My daughter is a teacher and her school does not allow its teachers to accept requests to tutor their students privately (or indeed to tutor any students at the school).

RS1987 · 12/02/2026 11:11

It’s not allowed in my school - conflict of interest

JaffavsCookie · 12/02/2026 20:45

Yep, not allowed in my school, conflict of interest is real

menopausalmare · 20/02/2026 21:18

At our school, you would need to declare a conflict of interest and would not be allowed to tutor on site.

sorryIdidntmeanto · 21/02/2026 10:52

Not allowed at our school.

WonderingWanda · 25/02/2026 06:51

You aren't allowed to tutor your own students, because you sre already being paid to teach them.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page