Working part time in FE and tutoring

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I have recently registered as a private tutor, as I need to supplement the income from my part time role at college.

It says in the staff code of conduct that we need to ask permission, from the principal, for employment outside our working hours.

I am reasonably confident that I won't be prohibited from doing tutoring, but has anyone here eve had to do this? Did you need to have a meeting with them about this or is a written request okay? Were they particularly interested and interrogate you?

I will ask HR what the procedure is.

I think it's becoming more and more popular to tutor on the side. I know lots of teachers (primary and secondary) that do it and no one has gone to the Head to ask/declare. The main thing is not to tutor children/young people from your school/college, as that could be seen as giving them an advantage and could be a conflict of interest when thinking about assessments.
Is anyone else at the college tutoring?
It sounds like in your situation they are acknowledging it goes on, they just want to be made aware. It doesn't sound like they will get too annoyed about it.

@MyTwoDads Hi,
Yes, that's how I signed up. A former PT colleague owns a tutoring business and I've registered with her agency. It was actually a other member of staff at college who told me that she was looking for tutors having done a few hours herself.

I have emailed HR, so I'll wait and see what they say.