Your legal obligation
What the law requires from private tutors
Self-employed private tutors who visit pupils at their homes or see students in a home studio have health and safety obligations that cover the tutoring environment, client contact, and safeguarding considerations. A risk assessment covering the working environment - whether the tutor's own home, a client's home, or a hired space - and the lone working considerations of one-to-one work with young people needs to be in place. || Where tutoring takes place in a client's home, the variable nature of different working environments needs to be addressed. The safeguarding and welfare considerations of working with children also form part of the broader risk management picture for private tutors. || A risk assessment, health and safety policy, and fire safety documentation for any fixed teaching space are all required. A COSHH assessment covering any chemical products used - cleaning products, art materials in some tutoring contexts - may also be needed.
The real problem
Private tutors often overlook compliance requirements because their work appears low risk
One-to-one teaching in a home environment can make compliance requirements feel unnecessary. But the legal obligations of running a self-employed business seeing clients - particularly children and young people - still include a risk assessment, health and safety policy, and fire safety documentation. CompliantDocs generates appropriate documentation from your answers.
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