How much can a qualified teacher earn from tutoring?

Search this question and you'll find plenty of confident-sounding averages. The honest answer is that tutoring income is arithmetic: your hourly rate, times the lessons you actually teach, minus fees and tax. You control the first two. Here's how the numbers work on Teachers Delivered — no promises, just the sums.

You set the rate

On Teachers Delivered you choose your own price per hour-long lesson. There's a platform minimum of £30 — a deliberate floor, because we only list qualified teachers and don't want experienced professionals underbidding each other — and no cap. What you should charge depends on your subject, level (A-Level generally commands more than KS2), and local market. Your rate is shown to parents up front; there are no hidden extras on either side.

What you keep

We charge a 20% platform fee per lesson, which covers card processing, the built-in video classroom, finding you the families in the first place, and all the payment admin. There's no joining fee and no monthly charge — if you don't teach, you don't pay anything.

Worked examples (illustrations, not predictions):

• £35/hour, 3 lessons a week → £105 booked, £84/week after the fee — around £330 in a typical month.
• £40/hour, 6 lessons a week → £240 booked, £192/week — around £770 a month.
• £50/hour A-Level specialist, 10 lessons a week → £500 booked, £400/week — around £1,600 a month.

Parents pay when they book, and the money reaches your bank through Stripe — no invoicing, no chasing.

Remember the tax

Tutoring income is self-employment income. You'll need to tell HMRC and complete a Self Assessment return once you're over the trading allowance, and it's worth keeping simple records from lesson one. HMRC's guidance on working for yourself covers the details — and nothing here is tax advice.

What actually drives the total

Rate matters less than consistency. The tutors who earn well are the ones parents rebook week after week: they teach the student's exact syllabus and exam board, they're reliable, and they collect good reviews. Demand also follows the school calendar — it climbs through autumn, peaks from January to summer exams, and surges around results days — so a profile that's live before September catches the whole wave.

See the numbers for yourself

Create your profile and set your rate — you can change it whenever you like from your dashboard.