How would i become a private tutor?

enimod1 · How would i become a private tutor?

my contract ends next week and a few parents have asked if i could tutor their children. How would i go about doing this? would i need a different sort of crb form? (once my contract ceases i will still be doing bits of supply work and paid by the LEA).

trinity0097

You don't have to be CRB checked if doing it privately, although most people would have their school CRB to show parents, and if they were known to you it wouldn't be an issue anyway!

All you need to do is set a rate, keep back 20% to pay the taxman, and then fill out a tax return as necessary to declare the earnings.

enimod1

what sort of rate do tutors charge?
have no idea and there are non advertised in the local paper.

Knightrider

I pay my son's French tutor £25 per hour. I pay his trombone teacher £40 per hour (but that's quite specialist as he's fairly advanced).

I would suggest the absolute minimum you charge is £20 per hour. Of course it depends where you are in the country and the financial circumstances of the families. But once you start it will be harder to put rates up than to start higher. Also, if you do a really good deal for children you know and like, how would you feel if people you don't know come along and expect the same rate?

enimod1

thank you- you have given me food for thought.

smallholder

I used to do this a few years ago and charged £25 an hour - now I would probably charge at least £30 for specialist tutoring for specific literacy difficulties. I only did a small amount at a time alongside part time teaching and writing and so it was included under 'any other earnings' in my tax form. I recently read somewhere ( can't remember where - sorry) that the tax man has been looking into tutoring and following up people who have not disclosed this, so I was glad I had done the correct thing.

enimod1

Thank you

Night Garden

I would say 25 - 30 pounds especially if there are lots of private schools in your area. I live in an area like this and am constantly asked to tutor. Smallholder is right about the change in tax for tutors.

Knightrider

Slightly off topic, but my husband (a tax accountant) advises that if you're ever filling in a tax return, don't put in round numbers ie £100 - that's an instant flag to the revenue that you're making things up. Instead, put something like £97.50 - far less likely to raise suspicion!!