Job

Online tutor with GoStudent (UK and Ireland market)

GoStudent, online

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 23 Sep

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: 18 or over
Where: Remote. Online, 'Tutor anytime, anywhere'

Freelance one-to-one online tutoring of school students for GoStudent's UK and Ireland families, in 50-minute lessons, with students matched to you. Tutors based outside the UK can join if they hold a police background check from their own country.

The facts

What you get: Self-employed, paid an hourly rate per 50-minute lesson, rising with a loyalty bonus as you complete more lessons. The page's calculator shows from 620 pounds a month for 10 lessons a week to 2,480 pounds a month for about 40 lessons a week. Base rates are shown after registration.
Where: Online, 'Tutor anytime, anywhere'
How long: Freelance; no fixed contract
What it costs you: No fee to join. Tutors based outside the UK arrange their own police background check from their own country.

Where you stand

There is no fee to apply, and GoStudent, online should never ask you for money.

This one is not fully funded. In their words, what it costs you: No fee to join. Tutors based outside the UK arrange their own police background check from their own country.

What they ask for

18 or over
an Enhanced DBS certificate, or the country-specific equivalent (a police background check) if you are based outside the UK, before you are matched with students
pass competency tests in your subjects and give an introduction video or group interview with the camera on
a good internet connection and a quiet place to teach

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states.

A short application, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.

In their words: “A sign-up form with personal details, a subject quiz, an introduction video, onboarding with a self-study course, and a background check certificate.”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
On the date, the listing says: The page says 'Sign up as tutor' and 'Anyone over 18 can apply to become a tutor', with no closing date.

3. What it costs you

No fee to join. Tutors based outside the UK arrange their own police background check from their own country.

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Tips for applying for a job

General advice from us, the same for every job. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Match your CV to this job: put the experience closest to what it asks for first, and use the same words the listing uses for the same things.
For each thing the listing asks for, have one real example ready: where you did it, what you did, and what changed because of it.
Informal work counts. Selling, tutoring, running a family shop, volunteering and caring for relatives all built real skills; say what you did plainly.
If a cover letter is asked for, keep it to three short paragraphs: why this job, what you have done that fits, and when you can start.

If there is an interview or a test

Read the listing again the day before, and the organisation's own about page.
Prepare two or three short stories: a problem you solved, a time you learned something quickly, a time you worked with others.
Have one or two questions ready for them, for example what the first three months in the role look like.
For a call or video interview, test your data, battery and a quiet place beforehand. If your connection drops, call or write straight away.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on GoStudent, online's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

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How we checked this

This was opened and verified at GoStudent, online's own website on 23 September 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.