Thinking of tutoring

[Daydreamer77]

I have been a primary school teacher for some time now and am thinking about starting tutoring. Just wondering how much people charge nowadays? Also do you prefer it to being in the classroom and do you make more/less than when full time teaching?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I started tutoring in September. I do private tutor work and I also work through a tutor company. I charge £20 ph. I am, at present, unqualified teacher. I start my teacher training in September. My teacher friends charge between £18-£35 ph.

I really enjoy tutoring, more so helping children who are struggling, as opposed to 11+ work, I actually find that quite boring.

I love working in the classroom, both totally different, but enjoyable.

My son is 7 and we use a tutor who is a head teacher at a primary school

He charges us £30ph and he comes twice a week.

He comes to our house.

Thanks for your replies 😊

I left classroom teaching in September and tutor primary aged children now. I really love it, it's so rewarding working with children one to one and seeing them make progress. I charge £40 per hour in Surrey - I have 25 years experience and have invested in plenty of resources. I tutor after school each day plus all day on a weekend day. Roughly equivalent to working 3 days a week in school in time involved and earnings - and so much less stressful! I could do tutoring during the school day too if wanted - eg online tutoring for children overseas or tutoring through the local authority.

I left teaching after 18 years in 2016 to tutor privately. I do mainly 11 plus and charge £440ph. I'm in the home counties.

I earn roughly what I did on a 3 day a week teaching contract. I work throughout the school holidays but never all day and can take a break whenever I want.

I enjoy my job but do miss working in school for many reasons so do some odd supply days and intervention groups for headteachers I know. Those days are enjoyable but a good reminder of why I don't want to be in school on a proper contract.

I tutor from home so need public liability insurance and also do odd bits of content writing so also have professional indemnity insurance.

The worst thing about being a self employed tutor, is dealing with clients and chasing for money. Also dealing with parental expectations of both you abd their child.

Tutoring requires a completely different mindset from working in a school when it comes to dealing with parents. You have to develop a whole new business person's skill set or you will be walked all over by some parents and find yourself out of pocket, resentful and stressed.

Before you start, put in place a really robust set of terms and conditions which ensure it will be financially viable. Feel free to PM me.

southchinasea Can I ask, do you work for a company or yourself? I'd like to do this, but have no clue where to start!

I work for myself. I set up a basic website and tutoring Facebook page and shared posts with local residents and parents groups on Facebook. I quickly picked up my first few families and people then recommended me to their friends. I started out in September and am completely full with a waiting list now.

This is unreal! Do you get charged as a second income? How does it work?

It's not my second income as I no longer teach in a school. I run it as my own business and complete a tax return each year.

Wow, we are all in the wrong job!

£30-50 ph (depending on level - I tutor KS2-5) Run it as a business. After tax, accountancy fees and insurance (v important) I’m making around my full time salary as a teacher (I was main scale not UPS) on part time hours (currently 18-20 a week) but I do a day a week of supply to keep my hand in the classroom. Best thing I ever did.