Home lessons and the code of conduct
Read and accept your centre's code of conduct for lessons at home, and what to expect on the day.
Updated 18 October 2026
Why this exists
Having a tutor in your home raises fair questions about what to expect and how your family is kept safe. Your centre's code of conduct sets out what tutors do and what it asks of you, and you can read it before agreeing. On the day you know when the tutor is on their way and when they arrive and leave.
If your centre teaches in students' homes, it has its own code of conduct for those lessons.
Accept the code of conduct
- Open Home lessons. Your home page reminds you when it is waiting for you.
- Read What our tutors do and What we ask of your family.
- Choose Accept.
If the centre changes the parts families agree to, you are asked to accept again. Your lessons still go ahead in the meantime; the tutor is told.
On the day
- Your tutor may send a message when they are on their way, with when they expect to arrive.
- The tutor checks in when they arrive and checks out when they leave. Your centre is told if a lesson cannot start or ends early.
- Every tutor who teaches in a home has a current, verified working with children check.
Your address and notes
Your centre keeps your address and any notes for the tutor, such as who will be home, how to get in, parking, pets and allergies. Your tutor sees the street and notes only shortly before your lesson, and only for their own lessons. Gate codes and notes are never put in an email, a text message or the AI assistant.
Some centres let you add and change these yourself. See Keeping your home details up to date.
Good to know
- If the page says your centre does not teach in students' homes, you have nothing to accept.
- To change a lesson's time or place, contact your centre.