We have a performance-based pay band system for school tutors so that you earn more as you gain more experience.

You earn coins by completing recurring slots. For each recurring slot you complete, you’ll receive one coin for each lesson you deliver in that slot.
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If you accept a recurring slot of 10 lessons, deliver 9 lessons, and request cover for 1 lesson, you’ll earn 9 coins once the slot is completed.

If you can’t make a slot, you can cancel it at any time. But you won’t collect any coins.

You’ll have to cancel a recurring slot if you go over our limit for cover requests. You can read more about all that in our Schools Programme Tutor Cancellation Policy.

If you miss multiple lessons in the slot without letting us know, we’ll remove you from the slot. This will count as a cancelled slot, and you won’t collect any coins.

We also put a limit on the number of cover requests you can make for each recurring slot. When a pupil repeatedly has cover tutors, it can really set back their progress. If you go above the cover request allowance, we'd need to cancel the whole slot, and you'd lose the coins. The cover request limit depends on the length of the slot, and you can find out more information here.

In any of the above cases, you won’t collect any coins from the recurring slot.

But if you get partway through a slot and the school cancels the remaining lessons or reschedules them to a time you can’t make, we’ll still count this as a completed slot on your behalf, and the tutor will receive coins for lessons attended and completed to date.

Please note: This means you won't receive coins for the remaining lessons that are cancelled or rescheduled from the slot. This also includes lessons that weren’t completed due to tech or site issues.

*All changes made to the above table are in line with the increase in the national living wage. They come into effect on April 1st 2026.

You only collect coins for recurring slots as when we ask pupils how we can make lessons better for them, their most common response is, “I want to keep the same tutor for all my lessons”.

During a standard 10-week programme of lessons, 40% of our pupils have at least three tutors. Sometimes that’s because the school reschedules the time of the pupil’s lessons. But in 80% of cases, it's because tutors are requesting cover or cancelling entire slots.

Pupils make the most progress when they have consistency, so we reward tutors who are able to commit to an entire recurring slot and stay within the limit for cover requests.

You won’t collect coins for completing cover lessons, for lessons you deliver in a slot that you cancel, or for private lessons. This means the number of coins you collect will most likely be lower than the total number of lessons you’ve ever delivered.

As a new tutor, you’ll start on the base pay band. From there, you can work your way up based on your performance and experience.
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To see which pay band you’re currently in, simply login to your account, click your icon in the top right corner and select the "School Pay Bands" page.

You’ll move up a band as soon as you reach the required coin threshold, and your pay will be automatically adjusted to reflect this.

You can get more tutoring work by tutoring reliably and boosting your profile, you can earn yourself a top priority for new opportunities. Read on for more information on how this can work:

Did you know that the majority of school lessons are at GCSE level? Core subjects are most popular (Maths, English, Sciences), so offering these subjects will increase your chances of seeing opportunities the most. And while you’re at it, why not extend them to KS3 and A Level too?

It’s worth including non-core subjects, too, particularly for the higher levels. Since fewer tutors teach them, there’ll be less competition.

This is the quickest way to get notified of new opportunities in real time.

If you’ve told us you’re unavailable or already teaching, you won’t see opportunities at that time. The majority of school lessons happen between 2pm and 5pm, around the end of the school day, so being available then ups your chances the most.

When you boost, you’re telling us that you’re ready and available to work. You’ll be bumped up the ranking for new opportunities relative to tutors who aren’t boosting. Do this weekly to show us if you’re still looking for work.

Your behaviour on-site impacts your priority status for new opportunities. So, if you’re turning up for lessons on time and not leaving early, you’ll be on top of the priority list, and you’ll see opportunities before tutors who are below you.

Typically, school demand starts to increase in November and really gets going in January and February, ahead of exam season. We anticipate you’ll start seeing more slots available to pick up from September onwards.