New Research Shows Parents Support Regulating Tutoring: A survey looking at 100 respondents has suggested that the vast majority (90%) of parents support regulating tutoring – i.e. they felt that the tutoring sector should be governed by regulations or through a regulatory body. The research also found that, on average, parents were willing to spend as much as £36 an hour for private tuition for their children, and that the majority found their tutors through search engines. Although the base size of 100 is too small to be considered conclusively scientific, a survey published in July, of 484 tutors, found that three in five (62%) believed that introducing a regulatory body would help to uphold standards in the tutoring industry.

New Research Shows Parents Support Regulating Tutoring

The above research follows on from a different survey, also published on the VoicED insights blog, which linked the level of tutoring received by pupils outside of school to their likelihood to attend grammar school. The findings from the previous survey suggested that tutors were most often employed to coach students taking grammar school entry exams – the majority were tutored one on one. This is also linked to a more recent study, which has suggested that adults are concerned over the levels of segregation within schools – which many feel is propagating a split in society between those at state school and those at independent schools. Tutoring is often seen as the preserve of those who are wealthy enough to afford it, and the fact that many children are tutored one on one may also limit their chance to mix with other students from different backgrounds even further outside the school gates.

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