Signing up as a tutor takes a minute and is free. At the end you'll have a tutor account and a Home page that guides you through setting up your profile.

On tutorspot.co.uk, select Become a tutor in the top menu. The sign-up form, Create your tutor account (1), is on the right of the page.

Scroll down to See what you'd take home. Drag Your hourly rate (1) and Hours a week (2) to match how you'd like to work. The panel on the right updates as you go:

At £40 an hour for 10 hours a week, for example, you'd keep £31.00 an hour and £310.00 a week. Students pay your rate with no booking fee on top.

You set a separate rate for each subject and level later, when you build your profile.

Back at the top of the page, enter your First name, Last name, Email and a password in Create a password. Your password needs at least 8 characters. Tick I accept the terms and privacy policy.

If you miss something, the form tells you which field needs attention when you try to continue, for example First name is required. or Please accept the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

If the email address already has a Tutorspot account, you'll see Has already been taken under Email. Sign in with that account instead, or use a different email address.

Select Create my tutor account (1). We create your account, sign you in and take you to your tutor Home.

Your Home page greets you by name. The Set up your profile card shows how far you've got (for example 4 of 8 steps), the three stages your profile goes through (Profile, In review and Live) and a checklist of what's left to do.

Select Finish setting up your profile (1) to open a step-by-step guide that walks you through your bio, photo, subjects, rates and more. You can also open any unticked item in the checklist and use its button to go straight to that step.

Clients can find and book you once your profile is complete and our team has approved it. Work through the setup guide, then add at least one qualification so we can review your profile.