Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 9AM - 6PM
Saturday: 10AM - 2PM
Phone
01642 089 889
General Questions
Experience has found that private tuition gives students better grades, builds confidence and allows for more career opportunities.
With ever-growing class-sizes, teachers are not always able to give one-to-one support if a student is falling behind or struggling to understand a concept.
A tutor will spend the time trying to understand your child’s abilities and personality, and teach them accordingly.
It may be a particular area that your child is struggling with, or a whole subject such as Maths that they just can’t seem to grasp.
A child may find that if the problem is explained to him/her in a different way, it suddenly clicks.
Here are a few more reasons why one-to-one tuition is more beneficial for your child: Benefits of Private Tutoring
Once you get in touch, we will discuss your child’s needs and learning objectives with you, and your expectations from tutoring as well as pricing. We can then match you with once of our high quality tutors.
You will have the chance to speak to the tutor we select before committing to any lessons.
Once you are happy to proceed, we will sign you up on our website. You will have full access to our tutoring portal where you can book lessons, make payments, add feedback and view your child’s progress through tutor reports.
Payment for the lesson is made online once the lesson is complete.
We are here to answer any questions you may have and will check in with you after your first lesson to make sure you are happy with your tutor.
We provide tutors for students aged 5-18 years, which covers Key Stages 1,2,3 GCSE, BTEC and A-Level.
We are still adding new tutors everyday in a range of subjects. Our tutors cover the most in demand subjects of Maths, English and Sciences but we are constantly more subjects according to demand. If there is a subject you would like us to offer, please let us know!
The price of a lesson varies depending on the experience your tutor has and on the subject and level required. Typically, the price of a lesson varies from £25-£45, but may be more for A-Level subjects with an experienced tutor.
The fee you pay is all inclusive and there are no hidden extras: tutor travel expenses and our fee are all included.
This depends on each individual need, which we can discuss with you and your child. We require an initial lesson commitment of 6 lessons as we believe this is the best way for your child to obtain maximum benefits from private tutoring. The tutor and student need time to build up a relationship and this also allows the tutor to identify specific problem areas.
You only pay for the lesson once it is complete.
Lessons are charged on a lesson-by-lesson basis and you will be invoiced once a lesson is complete.
We ask that all payments are made through our online system. This way you can easily keep track of payments you have made and any outstanding charges.
We take safeguarding very seriously and we make sure that all of our tutors are DBS-checked. Unlike teachers, who are required by law to have an enhanced DBS check, the UK Government does not require tutors to undergo a DBS check. However, we require all of our tutors to undertake an enhanced DBS check with a ‘Children’s Barred List’ check to provide you with reassurance and peace of mind.
We also interview each tutor face-to face and request an up-to-date CV and two references from the tutor before they can become registered with us.
The small fee that we take is an introduction fee for our services of finding and vetting high quality, local tutors and assessing their suitability for your child.
It also helps to pay for the platform to help you manage your lessons and tutors online, and to streamline payments in one place.
Questions for Tutors
We require all our of tutors to have experience in teaching or tutoring children so that we can provide our students with high standards of tuition. We are looking for qualified teachers with at least 2 years experience, but we will also consider newly qualified teachers or graduates on a case-by-case basis, depending on previous experience.
We require tutors to have an up-to-date (no less than 2 years old) enhanced DBS check (see below) which you need to upload to your account. We also require two references, one from a previous tutoring client or employer. It would also be useful to upload your CV to your account.
The first step is to register with us by creating an account and providing some details about yourself such as your qualifications, teaching experience and expectations. It is important that you provide us with as much information as possible and supporting documents such as a CV, and DBS certificate – so that we can progress your registration.
Once we have all the information we require, we will get in touch with you to arrange an informal consultation. This is a 30 minute discussion (usually on Zoom) to find out more about you, before we can approve you as a tutor.
We will then get in touch again once we have found you a suitable student match.
The amount of money you can make will be based on your experience, academic achievements and feedback. You set your own tutoring rate but we can guide you on the market prices and what clients are willing to pay. We take a small commission for our services, which is paid by the client, so you take home 100% of your tutoring rate.
We take safeguarding very seriously and require all of our tutors to have an enhanced DBS check with ‘Children’s Barred List’ check.
We ask our tutors to have an enhanced DBS check that is no more than 2 years old and to preferably register on the Update Service.
If you do not already have suitable DBS check then you can obtain an enhanced DBS check through our agency at a reduced rate. Please get in touch with us if you would like to use this service.
When you start clocking up hours tutoring with us, you may need to tell HMRC about your extra income. We have explained some of the basics about this below, but we always recommend that you get professional tax advice from an accountant.
HMRC allows you to earn £1,000 a year before you have to declare your income to them. This is your ‘tax free allowance’ and applies to anything and everything you earn (whether it’s solely from Top Class Tutor, or from other places too).
If you earn more than £1,000 in the year from April to April, you need to declare this income to HMRC through a Tax Return (also known as a Self Assessment).
If you’re not sure if you’ve earned that much, you can find your total income by going to your Income page on your Top Class Tutor account.