Home-Education learning hub in a hired hall

Parents and carers who educate at home and want their children to learn alongside others and get teaching in subjects they find hard.

Termly or weekly fees per child. Your costs are mainly venue hire and materials, so income grows as sessions fill up.

• Teaching or running groups of children
• Organising timetables and bookings
• Building trust with parents

• Registration: in England, a setting that provides full-time education for five or more children of compulsory school age counts as an independent school and must register with the Department for Education. A hub running one or two days a week is usually not full-time, but check with the DfE and your local council, especially if you add more days or children attend nothing else. Rules differ in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Parents stay legally responsible for their child's education, so make clear in your terms that your hub supplements home education
• Safeguarding: check what DBS checks, policies and staff ratios apply to you and any helpers
• Public liability insurance, and check whether the venue also needs to see your cover
• Fire safety, first aid and risk assessments for the hired space
• Venue hire is a fixed cost, so check that you can cover it in quieter terms

Estimates suggest startup costs are typically around £500 to £3,000, depending on venue hire deposits, teaching resources, insurance and any helpers you use. Venue hire is a fixed cost, so check you can cover it in quieter terms.

Monthly revenue is typically around £800 to £4,000, depending on how many children attend, how many days you run and your fees. Estimates suggest a minimum of around 10 hours a week.

Check this carefully. In England, a setting providing full-time education for five or more compulsory-school-age children counts as an independent school and must register with the DfE. A hub running one or two days is usually not full-time, but check with the DfE and your council. Rules differ elsewhere in the UK.