Becoming a private tutor- all questions here

lewistye

twinklie wrote: »

Some of the figures may be slightly out because I've copy and pasted this from elsewhere. You may also be required to pay class 2 National Insurance at the rate of £2.50 a week, but only if you earn more than £5,315 (between 06/04/11 and 05/04/12) after expenses in any one year through Self Employment.

If you think you will earn less than £5,315 in the financial year, then you can apply for a “Certificate of Small Earnings Exception” which means you will not have to pay NI (National Insurance) Contributions. The Exception application can be found at the end of this document CF10 - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/cf10.pdf

IMPORTANT National Insurance point: (thanks to Becles for this!)
If you earn less than £5,315 , you don't have to apply for the Small Earnings Certificate and you can pay the £2.50 a week contributions.

If you are not paying NI in any other jobs, it can be worthwhile to pay these NI contributions. It will count towards any benefits you may need in the future and contributes to your state pension record.

Bear in mind that HMRC generally seem to have very long delays on processing these forms so don’t worry too much if it’s a few weeks before you hear anything. It's usually better to just call them!

Information on Self Assessment - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sa/selfemp.htm

Don't just think about Class 2 NICs - Class 4 NICs will be required in self-employment if you are earning more than £7,225.Also, if you have more than one job (and both are PAYE), you should still be paying Class 1 NICs on both, unless you are under the NI limit (£102pw I think)

twinklie

Totally correct, I'm a full time teacher though and was just commenting based on earning minimal amounts as a SE worker. But certainly, you guys that do more hours would need to consider these things.

Thanks lewistyle.

kathcake

~Hello
Saw this thread and wondered if I could possibly teach. I have a degree in media although not sure if you could teach that to younger students? I would be more interested in teaching smaller children as its a lot easier lol. Any ideas on what I could teach that doesn't require too much work? and how to get started i.e. ads etc. Also i did consider teaching older people how to use the computer but is that worth doing as you can get free courses for that can't you? And again where would you advertise because obviously they wouldn't be using a computer to see anything!

thanks
kathy

NickiM

I am thinking of possibly tutoring too so I will be following this thread with interest.

kate1979

Can anyone help with a question?

I am a Maths Tutor and have always tutored in students' homes. I have had an enquiry from someone who is unable to be tutored in her own home, and for similar reasons I can't really tutor in mine.

Am I able to tutor in the local library? My husband is unsure as I would effectively be running my business from there for that particular hour. I have searched the web but have only come up with examples in the US which may well be different. I have phoned our local library and council but noone was able to answer my question, although a very helpful lady gave me the number of a manager who might be able to help when he gets back from holiday. I have also asked on the TES but not had much traffic there.

Has anyone had the same problem/experience in this area? Thanks in advance.

Gazing_On_Sunsets

kate1979 wrote: »

Can anyone help with a question?

I am a Maths Tutor and have always tutored in students' homes. I have had an enquiry from someone who is unable to be tutored in her own home, and for similar reasons I can't really tutor in mine.

Am I able to tutor in the local library? My husband is unsure as I would effectively be running my business from there for that particular hour. I have searched the web but have only come up with examples in the US which may well be different. I have phoned our local library and council but noone was able to answer my question, although a very helpful lady gave me the number of a manager who might be able to help when he gets back from holiday. I have also asked on the TES but not had much traffic there.

Has anyone had the same problem/experience in this area? Thanks in advance.

It's tricky. I have tutored in a quiet corner of a well known coffee shop chain, during the day when they were not busy; even so it felt awkward, but as long as we were drinking coffee they didn't seem to mind...BUT...I suppose technically we were carrying on a business on their premises. Not sure how different it is to having a business meeting, though.

I had a male Muslim student who felt uncomfortable being alone with me (female) so we tutored at his wife's sister's house (she was in the other room with her baby but it was enough for him to feel okay).

Good luck

ppolly

I have tutored in a library - it is a large central library - that also has college students studying there. There was never a problem at all. I think that the library staff probably have other things to worry about!

System

Hi,
I have my first ever tutor appointment coming up and im really nervous/excited. Its for maths gcse and I don't have a degree in maths, but in another subject although maths is my strong point. I have no teaching qualifications but have thought about becoming a teacher.

Does anyone have any tips on what to do?

go4it

berbastrike wrote: »

Hi,
I have my first ever tutor appointment coming up and im really nervous/excited. Its for maths gcse and I don't have a degree in maths, but in another subject although maths is my strong point. I have no teaching qualifications but have thought about becoming a teacher.

Does anyone have any tips on what to do?

Cancel the appointment? Seriously how you do expect to tutor maths GCSE when you have no idea about what the maths GCSE entails? Does the client know your 'maths' background? There's nothing wrong with tutoring this way, but the client must be clear what they are paying for and really shouldn't be paying more than £10-£15 per hour for an unqualified tutor.

Sorry to sound harsh!

bobbyoscar

go4it wrote: »

Cancel the appointment? Seriously how you do expect to tutor maths GCSE when you have no idea about what the maths GCSE entails? Does the client know your 'maths' background? There's nothing wrong with tutoring this way, but the client must be clear what they are paying for and really shouldn't be paying more than £10-£15 per hour for an unqualified tutor.

Sorry to sound harsh!

I couldn't agree more