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Many parents worry about their child’s progress at school and feel unable to support them educationally. These parents will often seek the help of a private tutor to provide extra lessons for their child.

If you are thinking of starting up a tutoring business and have relevant qualifications and experience there are a few things to consider.

Are you going to offer subject specific tutoring or general support? It is advisable if at all possible to have contact with the school and discuss, with the parents’ consent any areas that the child is struggling with.

Resources that are used need to be good quality and up to date with current teaching methods. The internet is a valuable tool in this respect as there is a wealth of material available to download.

Lessons will need to be planned carefully taking into consideration the age of the child, level that they are working at and timing. The younger the child the more varied activities will need to be as attention span in younger children will be shorter.

Children respond well to a reward system so this can be built into the lessons as a regular feature and provide an opportunity to celebrate success.