Our first objective is to uphold professional standards in the tuition sector, promoting best practice and high-quality provision whilst simultaneously setting and enforcing a robust Code of Practice in a world where tuition is generally unregulated as a profession.

We do this through:

• Setting and reviewing a robust Code of Practice.
• Demanding members comply with essential criminal record checks.
• Issuing guidance on best practice, as appropriate.
• Facilitating the sharing of best practice between tutors and tuition providers.
• Enforcing our Code of Practice effectively, up to and including removing members that fail to comply.
• Hosting the National Tutoring Awards each year to celebrate exemplary tutors, tuition businesses and suppliers to the tuition sector.

We represent the tuition sector, which is otherwise left without a voice amongst policymakers and other more established parts of the education sector more widely. We engage with government ministers and civil servants within the UK, supranational and international policymakers/authorities, other professional bodies within or adjacent to the education sector and more broadly with the general public. We acknowledge the importance of professional standards and good practice whilst promoting the value of tuition within education systems.

We do this through:

• Providing informed guidance to policymakers on a local, national and international level.
• Building collaborative partnerships with other professional bodies across the UK and worldwide.
• Articulating the value of good tuition and identifying the risks associated with substandard tuition provision and how they can be mitigated.

The Tutors’ Association exists to further the interests of its members. We encourage all tutors and tuition providers that are aligned with our vision and purpose to join TTA. We continually review and develop opportunities to support our members through the provision of resources, guidance and opportunities to develop and grow their businesses.

We do this through:

• Attracting and recruiting tutors and tuition businesses as members.
• Protecting the legitimate interests of members and the Association as a whole.
• Collating advice on regulatory compliance and sharing it with members.
• The joint procurement of valuable products and services that would be difficult or uneconomic for members to procure separately.
• Promoting to potential suppliers the value of engaging with the tuition sector.
• Identifying and sharing business development opportunities with members.
• Hosting events, including the National Tutors’ Conference, Regional Events and online events that facilitate networking, the sharing of best practice and valuable connections and relationships.
• Engaging and collaborating with other event organisers in the education sector.
• Hosting trade missions and other similar opportunities to showcase our members, where appropriate.