Do you need qualifications to start a tutoring business?

James Muddimer, writer

Published at 25/07/2019, Updated on 04/05/2022 , Reading time: 5 min

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With parents increasingly looking for ways to support their children’s studies, the market for tutoring is growing across the world. The industry is now worth billions of pounds. But many are put off from exploring ways of opening their own tutoring business because they believe that they lack the right academic qualifications.

But the truth is that there are many ways you can enter the tutoring game without impeccable A level results or a first class degree. When starting your own tutoring franchise, you can hire some qualified teachers to cover the trigonometry for you. Instead, your job will be to oversee the business side of the venture.

What do you need to start your own tutoring business?

If you don’t need qualifications to start your own tutoring business, let’s have a look at the some of the things that you do need to be successful in the industry:

1) A small amount of money to invest. Starting up your own tutoring business does not require buying lots of expensive resources. With more and more tutoring companies going online, it is not even necessary to invest in a business premises.

Even if you want to offer an in-person tutoring service, there are plenty of opportunities to start up your own home tutoring business. By visiting students in their own homes, you don’t need to pay for a classroom.

That’s how things work at Principal Tutors. By bringing the classroom to students’ homes, this tutoring franchise has made plenty of room for profit by cutting costs. Principal Tutors is offering franchise opportunities for a minimum investment of just £995.

2) Business experience. When starting any kind of business, experience matters. And that involves more than just knowing how to balance the books. You need to know how to manage employees and make difficult decisions. Throw a few challenging customers into the mix, and you’ve already got a lot on your plate.

That’s why the right business background is key. Having experience in managing people, for example, is a massive plus and can help you to form solid business relationships with those that matter.

But this doesn’t mean that you need to have experience in actually running a business. Think of your skills in terms of the different roles you’ve played in different jobs, right down from customer assistant roles to shift management. What matters is that you’re capable of handling authority and dealing with pressure.

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3) The right values. Along with experience comes the right characteristics. A can-do attitude can make all the difference when you want make waves in a new industry. Staying positive and keeping faith in your business model can help you to stay on track when times are tough and make the most of success too.

Why should you start a tutoring business?

If you’ve got all of these things, then chances are that you’re more than capable of starting a profitable tutoring business. You’ve got the opportunity to enter a thriving industry that is growing internationally with the help of new tech.

The shift to online webcam tutoring has created a whole new market in Asia for English-speaking tutors. This is particularly true for rich countries like Dubai and China, which are full of parents that want their children to experience an English education.

After all, the British education system is known all over the world for academic excellence. Opening your own franchise means that you can carry that reputation into new markets and attract the attention of wealthy clients.

But private tutoring is not just on the rise in these countries. It is becoming more and more popular all over the world. Now, tutoring is beginning to be seen as a necessary rather than supplementary part of a child’s education. That’s the result of the growth of ‘testing culture’ and increasing competition for jobs amongst young people.

Tutoring Franchise Opportunities

Here on our network, we have a number of tutoring franchise opportunities that cover a whole a range of academic and practical skills. Whatever kind of education franchise you want to invest in, we have companies looking for new franchisees on our directory.

Tutor Doctor

Tutor Doctor is the world’s fastest growing home-based tutoring business. With 35,000 tutors based over five different continents, this education franchise is helping children all over the world to gain confidence in their studies.

The company’s winning franchise model has led to 640 franchise units being launched internationally. For a minimum investment of £29,700, you can become the latest entrepreneur to join the Tutor Doctor network.

Tutor Doctor’s training and support programme will equip you with everything you will need to grow a high-flying franchise business. It includes, amongst other services:

80 hours of online training
A week of in-person, intensive training
Weekly global franchisee calls
An invitation to an annual conference

In the tutoring game, good business is all about gaining recommendations. Using the resources provided by Tutor Doctor, Cambridge franchisee Rob Kerrison delivered his service to 1,000 students over just four years.

Smart Raspberry

If you’re interested in helping kids to develop some more hands-on skills, then this is a franchise opportunity for you. Smart Raspberry helps children to develop their culinary skills by taking part in fun cooking workshops.

With the backing of Smart Raspberry, you will have access to a steady stream of customers. Franchisees regularly host after-school and school holiday events, as well as kids’ parties and Duke of Edinburgh Award courses.

The minimum investment required to start your own Smart Raspberry franchise stands at just £3995. In return, you will receive full support from your new franchise partner. To deliver on this promise, Smart Raspberry offers: