Before anyone teachesThe Four Checks Every Tutor Clears
Anyone can claim a subject on a profile page. These four checks exist because a parent in the Eastern Province cannot sit in on the lesson and judge it for themselves.
Subject interview
A specialist in the same subject does the interviewing. Broad teaching experience is not the test. Knowing this syllabus at this level is.
Observed mock lesson
Every candidate teaches a real topic while being watched. Explaining something clearly to a fifteen year old is a separate skill from knowing it.
Mark scheme test
Candidates mark genuine student answers against the real scheme. If they cannot say why an answer stopped at four marks, they cannot teach to six.