Tuition Services (Company) Agreements
Many businesses provide clients with a teacher, tutor, instructor, coach or mentor who works on a one to one basis with clients. Such services include provision of:
· Tutors/teachers who teach academic and other subjects to children or adults, e.g. Music, Maths, English, etc.
· Tutors, mentors, coaches who provide any training, instruction etc. in academic, business/commercial, IT/technical, practical, creative subjects, or foreign languages, or in life skills.
These Tuition Services (Company) Agreements contain templates for the provision of such services to individual clients as “consumers”, i.e. for the client’s private (not business) use.
Using the various documents offered in this subfolder will ensure that both the tuition company which provides these services and its client have a clear picture of what is to be provided and how it is to be provided. Both parties will be made aware of their respective obligations, particularly those relating to the provision of services and payment for those services.
In addition, these terms and conditions will underscore the qualifications, skills and experience of the teachers, thus providing reassurance to the client and enhancing the business of the provider.
These templates are only for use where the provider is a company which engages one or more individuals to teach the company’s clients. If the provider is not a company but is an individual working on a sole trader basis, you should instead use one of the Tuition Services (Sole Trader) Agreements .
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Frequently Asked Questions
My company provides tutors or coaches to private individuals. Which agreement should I use? +
Use these Tuition Services (Company) Agreements where your company supplies a teacher, tutor, instructor, coach or mentor to individual clients for their private use as consumers, and your company engages the individuals who teach. They suit academic tutoring, skills, business or technical training, languages and life coaching. If you provide the tuition yourself as a sole trader rather than through a company, use the Tuition Services (Sole Trader) Agreements instead.
My clients are private individuals, not businesses. What consumer rules do I need to follow? +
Because your clients are consumers, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies. You must perform the service with reasonable care and skill, within a reasonable time if none is agreed and for a reasonable price if none is fixed. Things you say about the service that the client relies on can count as terms. Your terms cannot exclude these core protections, so your tuition terms and conditions should sit alongside them rather than cut across them.
Do I have to give private clients a cooling-off period to cancel? +
Usually yes if the client signs up at a distance or away from your business premises, for example online, by phone or in their home. Under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 the consumer generally has 14 days to cancel without giving a reason. If you fail to tell them about this right, the cancellation period can extend by up to 12 months. If the client asks you to start within the 14 days, you can charge for what you have already provided. Build these rules into your booking process.
What should my tuition terms and conditions cover? +
Clear tuition terms should set out what is provided and how, the fees and when they are payable, booking, rescheduling and cancellation, the qualifications and experience of the teachers and each side's responsibilities. Setting out the tutors' skills and experience also reassures clients and supports your business. These templates cover those points and are written for supply by a company to individual consumers.
What is the difference between the company and sole trader tuition agreements? +
The company version is for use where a company provides the tuition and engages one or more individuals to teach its clients. The sole trader version is for an individual who teaches on their own account. Which you use affects who contracts with the client, who is responsible for the service and how status and tax are treated, so pick the version that matches how your tuition business is actually run.
