private tutoring - hourly rate?

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Does anyone here use a private tutor? Or is a tutor?

I'm thinking about doing some private tutoring. I am a qualified primary teacher, so would offer maths and literacy tutoring. But I don't know how much to charge. Some websites suggest around £15 ph, but I know some people are paying £35-40 ++ ph. I don't want to be greedy and price myself out of the market, but nor do I want to work for well below market rate.

I have a few leads on people who want tutoring already, and they've asked me to name their price.

I used to tutor but the deal was that the mother looked after my children while I taught her ds. I then charged £10 ph, but it was a different situation, and amongst friends.

Any ideas?

£20 an hour - have a music and a maths tutor who come to our home

I found a great gcse maths tutor for my daughter from TutorExtra.co.uk for £25 per hour

Bear in mind that charging more shows that you value your skills, and may make you attractive to parents who want a 'premium service' (whatever that means!). There are tutors charging over £100 per hour, which is something to bear in mind if you feel that you are being too expensive by charging 40 or 50.

Also bear in mind that it is difficult to radically change your rates once you have started. £20 per hour may seem like a decent rate, but when you think about preparation and (if you are going to students' homes) travel time, it can end up being effectively a mimumum wage job, without the benefits of employment.

In conclusion: start a little high, and adjust your prices down slightly if you can't attract clients.

Hello
I'm looking for a patient female GCSE maths tutor. We are in Queens Park. Any recommendations? Would be very much appreciated as I've had no luck yet.

I have tutored and taught English in schools for over 16 years now and I am disgusted by some agencies who represent "tutors" who are not actually qualified teachers. Some "tutors" do charge as little as £15 per hour but when you look at their teaching qualifications, current DBS, and references - you will see many of them don't have any of them.

There are parents who recognise the gaps in their child's education and feel that additional, intensive support is necessary. This is indeed a reflection of the education system in this country I am afraid. I myself have tutors for my three children: maths and science - they are simply not my areas of expertise and the kids thrive from the support that these subject specialists give.

So a word of advice: do your homework and make sure that your child is being tutored by a qualified teacher and one that has a degree in the subject they are teaching; ensure they have the correct DBS check; and finally - if they sound really cheap - they are cheap for a reason!

^ agreed
And, if you’re going down the tutoring route to help with exam prep, make sure their knowledge is up to date. The new GCSE & A Level specs have different requirements of both pupil and teacher, and it takes time to become truly familiar with them. Ask any potential tutor if they have experience teaching the spec you wish your child to be prepared for / have had exam board training / are they an examiner etc.

I charge @ £30 A Level, £25 GCSE, and £15 below GCSE, and calculate to make half that rate per hour once you take into account travel and advertising, talking to parents, et cetera. Not included is prep time, wear and tear on vehicle, printing, and of course taxes!

Tutorial colleges pay me ~£25 for A level, but take off some of the responsibilities, e.g. multiple tutorials in one place will mean less travel time, printing resources may be available.

If you plan to engage a tutor, ask to do one trial tutorial and have a chat after, also talk to your child and make sure they're a good fit. Pick them from a reputable agency, tutorial college, or by word of mouth from people you trust, and don't worry about saying sorry, no, if they just aren't right for you.

I live in a rural village in northern England.

I charge £30/hour for GCSE and £40/hour for A level. All students come to me. I am as busy as I want to be. I arrange a fixed slot each week for each student, all tuition is one-to-one.

A couple of years ago I paid £40 for my daughter. Maybe that's London rates but she was worth every penny considering my daugher got into the school she wanted. The same teacher has put her rates up now but my son is following her blog and says it's helping with his writing. misswritelondon.weebly.com. Looks like we're going to do it on the cheap this time round!

My mother tutored me for free when I applied for Tiffin School and Langley Grammar School, she became a tutor full time shortly after and is one of the highest rated tutors on a certain site where she has over 60 reviews. She currently charges £55/hr as she is exceptionally good and the reviews are a testament to this.

I've decided to follow in her footsteps, I charge £100/hr for University level Economics, Personal Statement writing, Investment Banking applications and £60/hr for all other subjects such as Eleven Plus, English, Maths. I agree that some people may say that my rates are rather high compared to others but my professional and academic accomplishments are a testament to my quality - I got 10A*s and 2As at GCSE and have just retired from working at a hedge fund in The City.

Hi
Just wondering if anyone has used Sensational Tutors?
Also any ideas on how much is the going rate for Special needs tuition in your home?

Tutorful have posted their average cost of lessons here: tutorful.co.uk/blog/how-much-does-a-tutor-cost

Those prices are ridiculously low! Around £25 for a Science GCSE tutor in London? Am I reading that right?

The going rate for the best tutors in London is c.£50 per hour, depends on travel, experience, qualifications and related things, and also whether it's online or not, some top agencies charge £65 but the tutor is getting c.50, some websites have tutors for c.50 but charge a £20 intro fee on top of this. There are new agencies popping up at the moment who are trying to turn tutoring into Uber and are driving down prices but also quality, frustratingly they are taking a cut too so for the consumer prices actually go up. There are tutors who charge up to £300 an hour (I also couldn't believe it!) but they are the best and hopefully prove so, although there are also the best tutors who are charging £50-70 an hour but just want to be more financially accessible than these money chasers! Also in London, graduates or non specialist, non teacher trained or not very good tutors charge c.20-35 an hour but you get what you pay for. Outside London, especially the further you go, the going rate is closer to c.£30. Finally, since a teacher makes c.£20-30 per hour, I'd argue any less than this is either an issue of quality/credentials or a person under selling themselves. Group sessions are a good way to do a deal, like 2 students for £25 each and then you can get someone good, who values what they do because they are actually good, but save some money. Bottom line is an examiner or ex-examiner, qualified teacher with good results is your best bet but you do have to pay for quality. I have seen a lot of students messed up by tutors and I also see a lot of people who don't really know what they are doing but appear good, so please go for quality rather than bargains, hope that helps!

I have a massive issue with tutorful since they take a cut for each lesson and yet disengenuously say they are fairer than the grand dads of the game tutorhunt and first tutors who only take an intro fee, this means tutors have to either get less and let them have (steal) it or charge more so you basically get poor quality tutors who are happy to take less or you pay more than the other websites so not a good guide for price I am afraid...above all the guide should be what a qualified teacher makes an hour in a school which is £20-35 an hour or more

Join the tutors association, you get all the insurance and more for a low price!

When you say trial tutorial I do hope you don't expect that to be free as tutors have to make a living and time is precious to a good tutor!

Hi, we're going to close this thread. It was started back in 2009 (!) and keeps getting resurrected by spammers...