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Education Tutor Employment Contract UK

Set focused tuition around clear learning goals, safe delivery and honest progress reporting.

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Job description

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

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When to use this contract

Deliver lesson or activity plans aligned to curriculum requirements and classroom routines, updated attendance and progress entries on the learning platforms and assessment records, and completed safeguarding record entries and prompt escalation of safeguarding disclosures.

Workplace context: School, college or other agreed education premises and authorised off-site educational activities.

What makes this role different

Maintain accurate attendance and assessment records on learning platforms. Record safeguarding disclosures immediately and escalate to the safeguarding lead. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering log SEN observations and request practice or department manager review for adjustments. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering communicate pupil progress or conduct to parents or carers via school communication channels. Follow agreed behaviour routines and in-class engagement strategies consistently.

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Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The Tutor can create and update lesson plans, take and enter attendance, record assessment observations and log welfare or SEN notes in school systems. The Tutor must escalate safeguarding disclosures, persistent or unexplained absence, suspected harm or significant SEN need to the safeguarding lead and the practice or department manager for approval of referrals, external contact or formal adjustments. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

  • the subjects levels and learner groups
  • the home centre or online delivery model
  • the session scheduling cancellation and travel terms
  • the assessment reporting and resource expectations
  • the safeguarding lone-work and parental-contact route

Day-to-day operating brief

What Tutor work looks like in practice

Tutor responsible for planning, delivering or supporting education, pupil welfare, safeguarding procedures, accurate school records and effective communication with pupils, parents or carers and colleagues. The Tutor follows school curriculum and behaviour routines, maintains attendance, assessment, SEN and safeguarding records, and escalates welfare, safeguarding, SEN or conduct concerns to the practice or department manager or safeguarding lead.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

  • Assess starting points and agree learning goals.
  • Plan and deliver suitable tuition sessions.
  • Adapt explanations resources and practice.
  • Record attendance progress and next steps.
  • Protect learners through safeguarding and privacy controls.

A realistic working scenario

The Tutor plans or adapts lesson or activity plans, uses learning platforms and classroom equipment to support learner engagement, records attendance and progress in assessment records, follows school behaviour routines and inclusion measures, and escalates safeguarding disclosures, persistent absence or SEN needs to the practice or department manager and safeguarding lead.

Outputs to agree

  • Lesson or activity plans aligned to curriculum requirements and classroom routines.
  • Updated attendance and progress entries on the learning platforms and assessment records.
  • Completed safeguarding record entries and prompt escalation of safeguarding disclosures.
  • SEN or welfare notes and recommended in-class adjustments for practice or department manager review.

Records and evidence

  • Attendance and punctuality entries in the attendance and progress records.
  • Assessment records showing learner progress, marks and any reasonable adjustments.
  • Safeguarding records documenting disclosures, actions and referrals.
  • SEN or welfare notes recording observed needs, strategies used and referrals.
  • Communication logs with parents or carers about conduct, welfare or progress.
  • Lesson plans.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Class Teacher, SENCO or Headteacher. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

  • The Tutor can create and update lesson plans, take and enter attendance, record assessment observations and log welfare or SEN notes in school systems. The Tutor must escalate safeguarding disclosures, persistent or unexplained absence, suspected harm or significant SEN need to the safeguarding lead and the practice or department manager for approval of referrals, external contact or formal adjustments.
  • Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

  • Assessment systems.
  • School communication systems.
  • Classroom equipment.

Workplace context

  • School, college or other agreed education premises and authorised off-site educational activities.

Training and certification

  • Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

  • Maintain accurate attendance and assessment records on learning platforms.
  • Record safeguarding disclosures immediately and escalate to the safeguarding lead.
  • Log SEN observations and request practice or department manager review for adjustments.
  • Communicate pupil progress or conduct to parents or carers via school communication channels.
  • Follow agreed behaviour routines and in-class engagement strategies consistently.

Information the employer should prepare

  • the subjects levels and learner groups
  • the home centre or online delivery model
  • the session scheduling cancellation and travel terms
  • the assessment reporting and resource expectations
  • the safeguarding lone-work and parental-contact route

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The facts this Tutor contract is built around

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Work setting

School, college or other agreed education premises and authorised off-site educational activities.

Primary duties

  • Assess starting points and agree learning goals.
  • Plan and deliver suitable tuition sessions.
  • Adapt explanations resources and practice.
  • Record attendance progress and next steps.

Tools and training to confirm

  • Assessment systems.
  • School communication systems.
  • Classroom equipment.
  • Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Governance focus

Ofsted context where applicable. Maintain accurate attendance and assessment records on learning platforms. Record safeguarding disclosures immediately and escalate to the safeguarding lead. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering log SEN observations and request practice or department manager review for adjustments.

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Tutor duties

Deliver lesson or activity plans aligned to curriculum requirements and classroom routines, updated attendance and progress entries on the learning platforms and assessment records, and completed safeguarding record entries and prompt escalation of safeguarding disclosures.

Assess starting points and agree learning goals. Plan and deliver suitable tuition sessions. Adapt explanations resources and practice. Record attendance progress and next steps. Protect learners through safeguarding and privacy controls.

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The Tutor can create and update lesson plans, take and enter attendance, record assessment observations and log welfare or SEN notes in school systems. The Tutor must escalate safeguarding disclosures, persistent or unexplained absence, suspected harm or significant SEN need to the safeguarding lead and the practice or department manager for approval of referrals, external contact or formal adjustments.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Maintain accurate attendance and assessment records on learning platforms.

Record safeguarding disclosures immediately and escalate to the safeguarding lead.

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Frequently asked questions

When must I escalate a safeguarding disclosure?

Escalate any safeguarding disclosure immediately to the safeguarding lead and the practice or department manager, record the disclosure in the safeguarding records, and follow the school's escalation checklist for next steps and referral approvals.

Who may change attendance or assessment entries I made?

Only authorised staff (teachers or the practice or department manager) may amend official attendance or assessment records in the learning platform; if you identify an error, log the discrepancy and ask the practice or department manager or senior reviewers to approve and make the correction.

Can tuition take place in a learner's home?

Only under approved travel, lone-work and safeguarding arrangements.

Who sets learning goals?

Define collaboration with learners, families and referring staff.

Are cancelled sessions paid?

State notice and rescheduling rules.

Can sessions be recorded online?

Only with approved purpose, consent and secure storage.

Who receives progress reports?

Limit reports to authorised recipients.

Can the Tutor promise grades?

No; describe support and evidence without guaranteeing outcomes.

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