FAQ
Tutors
Please, contact us if there is an answer you can`t find here.
1. How do I receive clients?
After you submit the tutor registration form, your details will be placed on
the Home Tutors directory straight away. However, our administrators will open
your profile and run some checks (usually within 24 hours). If there are any
minor errors they will correct it.
You can also search the Tutor Request Directory from your Tutor
Admin Panel. There, you can search and contact clients who have
submitted a tuition request. This facility is limited to those tutors who have
purchased this feature during registration.
2. How much does Home Tutors charge its tutors? Click here
3. I have no experience can I still register?
Yes, as long as you have at least a bachelors degree.
4. I have a PhD, does that mean I am qualified?
Unfortunately, from the point of view of Schools and Colleges, a
PhD holder is not considered to be qualified. If you have a PGCE, BEd,
MEd and similar, only then you are considered to be qualified.
5. How old do you have to be to register? I am 18, an undergraduate, can I register as a tutor?
You must be at least 21 years of age and hold a degree to register as a tutor with Home Tutors.
6. Can I have the tutees come to my home instead of me going to theirs?
Yes. However, if this is your preferred method, then please mention
that in the Tutor Preference section of the Tutor Registration form.
7.
How do I get paid?
Tutors get paid by clients at the end of the tuition. You can arrange to get
paid by cash or cheque.
8. How do I pay Tax and National insurance?
All tutors who sign up with Home Tutors are self employed. It is your responsibility to pay tax and insurance contributions.
9. What if my lesson gets cancelled in the last minute?
As a matter of courtesy to our teachers, Home Tutors asks clients
to pay half the cost of the tuition (excluding the travel cost) if the
lesson is cancelled for any reason within 48 hours. However, from
experience we have realised that charging a client for a lesson that
they did not have leaves bad feelings, which later leads to cancelling
all the lessons altogether! Therefore, we ask tutors to decide whether
to charge a client or not on a case by case basis.
In general, we recommend that when a client cancels a lesson for the
first time, politely tell them how this will cause you inconvenience
and that normally you would charge them a cancellation fee, but as this
is the first time you won`t charge them. So, when it happens the second
time, then you can inform them politely that you will be charging them
a cancellation fee. If the client regularly cancels lessons, whether
they give you plenty of notice or not, then we would ask you to
consider dropping this client.
10. What happens if a client does not pay after tuition?
In the unlikely event that a client refuses to the agreed amount,
we suggest that you try to resolve it in a professional and courteous
manner. You may want to allow the client to pay the following week or
reduce the frequency of lessons. If the clients does not want to pay
you at all, then please stop all further lessons and contact Home
Tutors. Please, provide us as much details as possible about the
dispute, including the dates.
11. Will Home Tutors obtain a CRC (Police check) on my behalf?
At present we are not able to obtain CRC on behalf of our tutors.
12. Is Home Tutors an agency or an online directory?
We are a tutoring agency and a directory. We provide a number of
services and facilities tailored to the needs of tutors and clients. We
have a team of workers who answer queries from clients and tutors,
update the website resources, match students with tutors, and add new
features to enhance the experience of both our tutors and clients.
13. I can`t find my area on your database
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Unfortunately, we have not added quite a large number of smaller towns due to receiving low number of inquiries.
14. How will Live Tutoring work, and how will I get paid for this?
Please see the section for live tutoring. The payment is mutually agreed between the tutor and client
(parent/ student).
15. How do I know that my details are secure?
Your contact email, full address, and date of birth are not revealed to the
public. With respect to security matters, we have software installed that will
protect your personal information from marketing companies.
Please contact Home Tutors if you have other queries.
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"I have found Home Tutors to be efficient and enjoyable to use..."
Marilyn Thompson (English Tutor from London.
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"Home Tutors is the only tutoring website that I have joined ... have found it
very useful and have therefore not looked elsewhere. I have also recommended it to
friends." Mark Haris (Tutor, London)
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