For Teachers & Tutors
Answer six questions and see which international curricula fit your background, how many students are looking for your subject right now, and exactly which parts of our free CPD training close your gaps. It takes about two minutes and it is not an application.
Where are you based?
This sets your currency, your payout route and how your evenings line up with our students.
Tutor & Teacher Training is free, self-paced CPD for private tutors and school teachers. Videos, notes and quizzes you can work through at your own pace.
Each curriculum from the ground up — how it is structured, assessed and graded, what the command words mean, and how the papers differ from a national curriculum. It assumes no prior exposure.
Side-by-side comparisons of the boards — Cambridge against Edexcel at IGCSE, IGCSE against IB MYP, International A Level against IB Diploma — covering assessment objectives, mark scheme wording, grading and the habits that do not carry across.
How to structure a first lesson, diagnose a new student quickly, and convert a trial into a regular booking.
Holding attention over video, and keeping parents informed without being pushy.
Supporting students with ADHD, autism or dyslexia in a one-to-one online setting.
No. It is a readiness guide, not a hiring decision. It tells you how your background lines up with teaching international curricula online and which training closes the gaps. Applying is a separate step, and you can do it whenever you are ready.
Yes. The Tutor & Teacher Training course is free and self-paced, delivered as videos, notes and quizzes. It covers IGCSE, A Level, IB and PSLE, running a trial lesson, engaging students and parents, and supporting students with ADHD, autism or dyslexia online.
Not necessarily. A QTS, PGCE or B.Ed is the strongest signal in an application and families ask about it directly, but experienced tutors and strong graduates without one are matched on demonstrated results and completed training instead.
No, and it is the most common gap we see in otherwise strong teachers. Assessment style is what differs most between a national curriculum and an international one, and that is exactly what the curriculum module of the training covers.
They are open student requests on Tutopiya, counted per curriculum and subject from the same data that drives our tutor job pages. They move as students join and are matched, so treat them as a current snapshot rather than a fixed figure.
Yes, and it is one of the more common questions we get. Our students cluster in Singapore, the Gulf and South East Asia, so their after-school lessons fall in the late afternoon and evening across Europe. The check shows how your own country's hours line up — we currently work with tutors in 27 countries.
Mathematics and the sciences at Cambridge IGCSE are consistently the highest-volume combinations, followed by A Level and IB Diploma in the same subjects. Select your subjects in the check and it will show you the live figure rather than a generalisation.
Pair this formula sheet with past papers, revision checklists, and planners — all free on our study tools hub.