Become a tutor at Teach Wessex
Are you a passionate, fun and experienced teacher or tutor looking to share their love of learning?
We are looking for qualified teachers who want to support and inspire children through fun and interactive online learning.
Excellent communication skills, in-depth subject knowledge, reliability, and a passion for encouraging children are essential.
Why Teach Wessex?
We’re a small family run tuition business who are passionate about helping children foster a love of learning through fun, friendly and informative online teaching.
✅ We find the students for our tutors.
✅ We manage the bookings and admin, this way tutors can just focus on teaching.
✅ Tutors have complete autonomy over what to teach and how you teach it
✅ Tutors work on a self-employed basis.
✅ Tutors set their own hours.
Tutors main duties
Tutors will enhance students’ knowledge and understanding by identifying learning gaps, improving skills, boosting self-esteem, building confidence, and nurturing a positive attitude towards learning.
✅ Deliver 1:1 or small group online sessions from the comfort of your own home.
✅ Complete freedom over the work you take on, so it fits around your schedule.
✅ Prepare activities and resources, plan lessons and liaise with parents (where necessary) and the Teach Wessex team.
✅ Be available to teach typically between 15:30 and 20:00 week days, although some work may be carried out throughout the day.
Our requirements
✅ Kind, passionate and enthusiastic about education and learning in your chosen subject(s).
✅ Professional Teaching Qualification e.g. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
✅ PREVENT duty certificate
✅ KCSIE Level 1 Safeguarding certificate
✅ Registered as self-employed with HMRC.
✅ Enhanced DBS certificate and be registered on the DBS Update Service.
✅ Deliver online lessons.
✅ Capacity to tutor for 2+ hours a week.
✅ Over 18.
✅ Right to work in the UK.
Does this sound like you?
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you will be working on a self-employed basis and must have the right to work in the UK. Tutors are responsible for paying their own income tax and must be registered as self-employed with HMRC.
Yes, you do need to be a qualified teacher. This is one of the unique features that Teach Wessex offers. You will be asked to provide copies of your teaching qualifications during the interview process.
Tutors must hold a current Enhanced DBS certificate and be registered on the DBS Update Service.
Tutors must ensure that they have the correct equipment to provide online lessons. This includes a PC/laptop, a fast internet connection, webcam, a microphone, and bright lighting. Please ensure that tuition sessions are conducted in a quiet environment/atmosphere with minimal to no distractions.
We require a minimum of 2 hours a week tutoring from each tutor. As this is a flexible role, you will set your availability and we will try and find students to fill these times. However, we cannot guarantee that we’ll be able to find you any students.
We will contact you to discuss potential students and agree with you when a trial/weekly session can be arranged. It is your responsibility to ensure you have a record of when your sessions are booked.
All communication with the parents outside of the sessions is done by Teach Wessex. This is to safeguard the tutors, students, and parents. You will not have any contact details of the student/parent i.e. phone/email and vice versa.
Students are booked in for regular weekly/bi-weekly term-time sessions. However, sessions may be scheduled during school holidays upon parent request and depending on the tutor’s availability. We close for 2 weeks over Christmas, 1 week over February half term, 1 week over Easter and 2-3 weeks over the summer holidays.
You will be expected to be available for term times. However, we understand that you also need time away and if you are booking a holiday, we request at least 4 weeks’ notice, more if possible. This enables us to inform the parents/students and reschedule sessions where necessary.
Tutors must invoice either weekly or monthly. Payment will then be made to the tutor by bank transfer.
If a student cancels within 48 hours of the start of the session, full payment will be taken.
If you are unwell and unable to carry out the session, at least 24 hours’ notice of cancellation must be given, so that the Client can be informed, and an alternative date agreed, where possible.
Here’s what some of our tutors say……
“I would 100% recommend working for them……Teach Wessex has allowed me to re-discover my passion for teaching by taking me back to the real reason I chose this career – working with the students.
I feel so supported by Katie at Teach Wessex who is always available during my lesson times and beyond to deal with tech issues, making sure the students have the books they need, dealing with all the administration of timetables, and speaking to parents. This means that I spend my time actually teaching and watching the students learn and progress while Teach Wessex does the rest.”
Sasha, English GCSE and 11 Plus Tutor
“I have worked for Teach Wessex for three years and found, thanks to Katie and Phil that I thoroughly enjoy it. They are very adept at working out students’ needs and learning styles which means I am armed with what I need, in order to do my job to the best of my ability.
The flexibility of working online means that I can teach 1:1 at times that suit, all on the back of a full time teaching role. There is not much better than simply being able to get on and teach knowing that you have the full support of good management and well placed students.”
Charlie, English GCSE Tutor
“They are a great company to work with, really friendly and helpful…..Teach Wessex always aim to please their tutors and students to the best of their ability. Katie is extremely helpful in contacting students, passing on materials to help them and offering advice when needed. Teach Wessex go to great lengths to find the right tutors for their students. They are enthusiastic in collating relevant information about pupils and assisting students and tutors alike to share good learning experiences“.
Lesley, English GCSE Tutor