How much would you pay for a primary school English teacher?

[Dede26]

Hello!

I'm having difficulties in finding out how much is a suitable amount to pay for an English (qualified and experienced) Primary tutor for online sessions. Rates range from £15-£200! What are people’s experiences of paying for tuition? Or what would you pay?

Thanks so much.

We pay £50 an hour.

Not the same subject and level, but we paid £50 per hour for online GCSE tuition in a key subject. Ex-secondary head of department. It wasn't cheap but excellent value as DC went up two grades. I think you're paying for experience, so if the primary teacher has that, plus a good track record in tutoring, then around £50 is a fair price. Our tutor not only had the subject knowledge but quickly worked out how my (very reluctant) DC liked to learn, so they were motivated and enjoyed the sessions.

When looking around we found cheaper options from £25 upwards for students/newly qualified teachers. I felt we couldn't risk using less experienced tutors as the stakes are so high at GCSE. At primary level there's a little more choice as you may be looking for support at a slower pace?

Online i'd think £35-50 ish

I think £40 - 50 is reasonable for someone experienced. I'm a specialist primary teacher and that's what I'd charge. I'm primary experienced, ex deputy head with a masters level qualification in teaching children with literacy difficulties. I don't want to work online (yet). Important to remember that it's not just the hour they are with your child that you are paying for - sometimes I spend the same amount of time planning and preparing for that hour. Some children live in your head a bit while you work out how best to 'get' them.

Morning op,

I paid £25 a hour for primary school and now paying £25 a hour for secondary school. Two different companies via zoom and we have found them both to be really good.

Thanks @confusedbythesystem - I know what you mean. Students seem to be charging such little compared to more experienced teachers.

@Noneofourbusiness is that through an independent tutor or agency?

Experience is the key here I think. We pay £40 an hour for an ex primary school teacher with 30+’years experience which includes marking exam papers.

@Dede26 both were an agency and with teachers of many years experience/accolades.

We pay £70 an hour for ours (SW London) she has so much experience and prepared our daughter brilliantly for the 11+. Local agencies with graduates (non teachers!) were quoting the same rate or higher! 😱

Hi @Dede26

I am a qualified primary school teacher that charges £30 an hour for online tutoring, I teach all subjects across all the year groups. I do have some places available where I am taking on new students if you are interested, please feel free to message me.

Thanks

If you need to spam on here it says it all
You are also working at rate which suggests that you are desperate for work.
Good experienced tutors who are QTS with track records can charge decent prices which is not £30 an hour! They also dont need to spam for work on Mumsnet.

Sadly the tutoring market is full of failed teachers (I am not suggesting that is what this poster is). So if you are engaging one you should do full due diligence as to why they left the profession. Look for personal recommendations and dig into their track record for the exam/entrance exam that you are wanting your child to sit for

I paid something like £25 per hour back in 2019/2020. I would imagine she charges around £30 now. She is a qualified primary school teacher who left teaching when she had children of her own and decided to home educate them. She also specialises in working with children with SEN.

What exactly are you after a tutor for? Also, where do you live? I tutor Year 5 and 6 children with additional needs sometimes, face to face. I charge £20 for 45 minutes, which I think is long enough for the children I work with.

@Ametora You comes across as aggressive and rude you need to calm down because I don’t know who you think your talking to with that attitude. Firstly my rate does not suggest I am desperate for work and I do not need you to tell me that experienced tutors charge decent prices, which is not £30 an hour as you say. I charge £30 as an experienced tutor as it is affordable to most, not every parent is going to be able to afford £50+ an hour. If you were able to use your brain you would understand that people have different financial backgrounds, not everyone can afford to pay a lot for a tutor. A tutor can be experienced and charge £30 not every tutor that is experienced is going to charge a high amount.

Also I am not spamming, it is called being nice and helpful all I did was just simply say I have space available for new students if she wishes to contact me. I am not bombarding the OP with messages, pressuring her to contact me or posting countless times on this thread saying the same thing repeatedly clearly you do not understand what spamming means.

You are disrespectful and need to watch the way you talk to people as you sound like a bitter person. If you are like this online god knows what you are like in person. I mean jumping on me because I said I am taking on new pupils and suggesting I am desperate for work and not experienced based on what I am charging. Seriously? Its pathetic you’re a joke try being a better person.

One thing I would say, there was a tutor who made a thread about it on here recently, and they said the agencies can be awful in terms of not matching tutors to pupils well, treating tutors badly, and taking off a good half of what was being paid. I would be inclined to ask other parents for recommendation ms and try to go direct if possible, or with an agency with really good reviews - including from its tutors!

Agree the sheer choice of online tutors can be overwhelming. I saw an old thread where teachers mentioned which agencies were particularly good to work for and picked one of them (Sherpa). It had a well set up platform for delivering the sessions and the technology and messaging were seamless.

At the start you could browse a range of tutors and pick 2 or 3 who seemed promising. Someone at the agency also made suggestions. Then your child had a free chat and mini-lesson with each one. I think we only did the free mini-lesson with two tutors, one for around £35ph, the other £50ph. The £35 lady was very pleasant and seemed competent at explaining the subject, but the £50 tutor engaged with my DC better and really got them chatting and learning from the off!