UK school closures prompt surge in demand for private online tuition
The private tuition industry is booming amid the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty currently hanging over the next academic year. With school closures and fears of infection driving unprecedented demand for online teaching, UK tutoring firms have seen a surge in online tuition in the past three weeks as parents anticipated and then responded to the decision to close schools indefinitely.
It has been reported that daily users of online classroom platforms have risen more than six fold in the first 2 weeks of school closures and all lessons are being taught online, compared, with 10% a few weeks ago.
A drop-off in demand for GCSE revision as a result of the cancellation of exams had been more than offset by demand for other tutoring. For example, private schools are continuing to assess key-stage three pupils, aged 11-14, and after Easter some schools will start A-level courses for those pupils who were due to do GCSEs this summer. In addition, some A-level students who were due to take their exams this year have decided to re-sit them next year but continue to keep working in the meantime.
As a result, teachers who currently find themselves not working may want to consider taking advantage of this rise in online tutoring to generate an income until the schools are back on track. Many existing tutors have switched to online platforms following isolation and conversely many parents have adopted this as a way of dealing with home schooling for the foreseeable future.
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