Tutor FAQs

We have opportunities across all regions of England & Wales, with online opportunities UK wide. To what’s available in your area check our Jobs page.

Apply online and we will review your submitted application, invite you to interview, interview you, and then collect all your documentation and qualifications required to make your file with us compliant and ready to work

The majority of our tutoring sessions take place during school hours, with additional options available for after-school sessions. We prioritise flexibility to accommodate our tutors' work-life balance, offering a limited number of weekend sessions as well.

Our Referrals Team will reach out to you by phone or email as soon as we find a suitable placement that aligns with your availability, skills, and readiness to travel.

Yes! If you have the time and availability to complete our Recruitment process we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Your application can be paused and resumed at a later time once it has been completed. Apply to work with us

No, we are unable to guarantee our tutors work, but the more availability and readiness to travel you can offer us the more likely it is that we will be able to fill your schedule. 

Working with us is very flexible to your schedule, and the amount of work available can scale with your availability, willingness to travel, range of key stages and subjects, and the different additional educational needs you can support (provided these align with the needs of students in your area). Recently, active tutors have delivered anywhere between 2 - 30 hours per week. 

If you are having issues applying with us please get in contact with the team on jobs@targetedprovision.com. 

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For more details, explore the FAQs and the 'Tutoring' section on our website. If you still have any unanswered questions, please reach out to us at jobs@targetedprovision.com

To see our available roles and opportunities please click here to visit our jobs page. 

We have the most demand for tuition in the core subject, but do also receive occasional requests for tuition outside of these subjects. In addition to this, our tuition is led by the young person's interest and so knowledge of niche subjects can be beneficial if it aligns with your student's interests. 

• 2 years of teaching experience
• A teaching qualification (in some areas we can only accept QTS).
• 2x references, including your most recent employer and covering 3 years of your work history.
• An Enhanced DBS
• A L2 Safeguarding Certificate
• A Prevent Duty Certificate

We are excited to work with tutors from all walks of life. If you have recently lived and worked abroad, the only additional requirement is for police checks from whichever countries you have been living in. If you do not have these, please visit the government website for details on how to apply for this. Please be advised that you will need to be living in the UK for at least 9 months of the year whilst you are tutoring for us (including for online work.)

Yes, we have partnered with a company to whom we can refer you to obtain an Enhanced DBS at a cost set by our partner company. 

Our goal is speedy progression for all of our candidates. We will aim to interview you within 2 days of applying and have your application completed within 1 week of passing the interview. In most cases, our speed through the process depends on your prompt interview booking and submission of references and documents. We have had a candidate ready to work the same day before! 

Our sessions generally run between 1-2 hours, although there may be cases where 3-4 hour sessions are being offered where this session duration meets the child or young person's needs.

Yes, many of our tutors work with us alongside other work and life commitments. Meet our tutors to find out what they have to say about us.

Our mission means that we approach our tutors with respect and always understand them as compassionate and skilled professionals. To make the difference for our young people, we take additional care when matching tutors with young people they are well-placed to support, and we take their thoughts and opinions seriously; we take better care of our children and young people by taking better care of our tutors.

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In addition, we ensure that every tutor is fully supported in their role; we lead the industry in providing a support network built to strengthen the relationships between tutor and families.

After every session, we ask you to complete a report on that session so that we can monitor the child’s progress. This also helps us to track your hours and ensure you are paid promptly each month. At the end of each placement, we will also ask you to complete a conclusive report for the child or young person you have been supporting. Please note that reports are completed online.

Supporting our tutors, we have a dedicated team of SEND Support Specialists who conduct regular check-ins, provide advice and guidance, and answer any questions that you may have. Our streamlined systems are set up to reduce the administrative load and our Referrals Team meticulously matches tutors with placements that align with their skillsets.

In addition to the support that we provide, we also invest in our tutors. We run community events for our tutors, maintain an online tutor community page for mutual support, produce our bespoke training, and give each of our tutors unlimited access to the full Tes CPD suite. 

Tuition takes place across a range of environments. Most commonly, tuition is delivered in the home of the young person or online, but can also take place in care homes, community settings, and schools. 

We generally will ask tutors to travel up to 45 minutes for tuition, but if you are willing to travel more or less than this you can just let us know. 

We will put you in contact with the most appropriate person (often parents/carers) for arranging tuition and to address any questions you may have that they can answer.

Our tutors can deliver up to 40 hours per week of tuition with us across multiple students, with individual placements generally ranging between 2 - 15 hours per week.

Lots of our tuition does continue through the holidays but this is often considered on a case-by-case basis by the local authority and led by the needs of the young person. 

While we offer all our high-quality training for free, we do not provide compensation to tutors for this training.

No, our tutors are engaged as ‘Workers’ meaning that for the duration of your placement, you will be employed by Targeted Provision and paid via PAYE.

We offer between £25 - £35 per hour for tuiton, with the exact rate depending on if it is face to face or online, the level of preparation required, and the travel time involved.

No, we do not directly pay for planning, preparation, or reporting time but these will be taken into account in the rate offered for each given placement. 

No, we do not directly pay for resources and resource preparation but this will be taken into account in the rate offered for each given placement.

No, we do not directly pay for travel / travel time but this will be taken into account in the rate offered for each given placement.

No, tutors are engaged as ‘workers’, meaning they are employed for the duration of their employment. You will be paid automatically at the beginning of every month with tax covered by PAYE, so there is no need to submit invoices to be paid.