IB and IGCSE tutor jobs: teach international curricula with NXTutors

There is no charge to join or to set up your profile. You decide which programmes, subjects and levels you teach, whether you teach at home, online or both, and your fee per class. Demand differs a great deal from city to city, and we make no promise of students, grades or income.

The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is a course in which students take subjects at Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL). In mathematics they choose Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation, and in the sciences they take subjects such as physics, chemistry and biology and each course includes internal assessment. Families with younger children may follow the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), where tutoring often centres on structured written responses and investigation skills.

Cambridge IGCSE courses, run by Cambridge International, usually have a Core and an Extended route; in the sciences, candidates who learn only Core content are limited in the grades they can reach, so the tier matters. Every IGCSE science candidate sits either a practical test or an alternative-to-practical paper. Pearson Edexcel International GCSE is a separate qualification with its own specifications and papers, and some schools teach it instead of, or alongside, Cambridge. Always ask which board and which tier the student is entered for before you plan.

IB internal assessments, such as the mathematics exploration or a science investigation, and the extended essay, must be the student's own work. A tutor may teach the underlying skills, for example how to frame a research question, how to handle uncertainties or how to structure an argument, and may discuss general approaches. A tutor must not write sections, design the investigation, or edit drafts into shape. Parents are sometimes unsure about this, and a tutor who explains the line clearly in the first conversation builds trust.

The same principle applies to IGCSE practical work and to MYP tasks. Teach the student to plan an experiment, tabulate readings and evaluate a method, then let them do the task themselves. Say on your profile and in your proposal that you support skills, not ghost-writing; it is honest, and it protects the student's qualification.

These parents tend to know the mark schemes and want a tutor who does too. They look for someone who teaches to command words such as 'describe', 'explain', 'evaluate' and 'show that', uses past papers and examiner-style marking, and gives clear written feedback after each block of lessons. Many IB students juggle six subjects plus core requirements, so a tutor who plans around their deadlines, rather than adding to the pile, is valued.

Requests for HL mathematics and HL sciences are often the hardest to fill locally, which is why online teaching is common here. IGCSE requests frequently come one or two years before the exam, when a student moving from an Indian board meets unfamiliar question styles, or when the family wants Extended-tier confidence. Tutors who can teach in British-style terminology and units, and who are at ease with calculator-active papers, settle in quickly.

NXTutors does not demand a particular certificate for IB or IGCSE teaching. You must be 18 or over and keep your profile accurate, without claiming results, schools or ranks you cannot prove. What families look for is a strong degree in the subject, direct experience with the programme you list, and familiarity with its published guides, specimen papers and mark schemes. Experience as a school teacher on these programmes helps, but so does years of one-to-one tutoring if you can show the depth in a demo.

List programme, subject and level precisely: IB Mathematics AA HL, IB Chemistry SL, MYP sciences, IGCSE Physics Extended, Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics. Because IB and IGCSE requests are always matched on board, a vague profile reaches fewer of the families you want.

A family's request reaches you as a lead when the subject, class band and board match your profile, the mode suits, and for home lessons the family's sector falls within your travel areas or zone. You first see a masked card: the class, a summary such as 'IB Physics HL, help with uncertainties and paper practice', the area, timing, a budget band and a few signals of fit. Names and phone numbers stay hidden.

Unlocking costs credits, at present 80 to 240 per lead, depending on how complete the request is and how soon the family wants to start; the card shows the price before you decide. A lead can be unlocked by five tutors at most and then shows as Full, and it stays open for about seven days. You then send one proposal with a message, your hourly fee and up to three demo slots; chat opens when the family replies or shortlists you. Credits come back automatically if a lead is duplicate or fake, withdrawn, or your proposal is unopened for 72 hours, with seven days to claim. Leads go only to tutors whose ID has been approved.

You set your own fee per class, and families see it before the free demo. Across NXTutors, most home-tuition sessions fall between ₹800 and ₹2,500 an hour; Classes 11–12, IB/IGCSE and JEE/NEET sit toward the upper end; specialists for IB HL or JEE Advanced can charge more. The things that usually move an international-curriculum fee are the level (HL against SL, Extended against Core), the subject, whether coursework skills are part of the work, travel time for home lessons, and the number of sessions a week.

Under the platform's current rules (see /tutor-terms), for home tuition you receive 50% of the first month's fee and the full fee from the second month; for online tuition, 70% of the fee every month. These describe how payments are split, not what you will earn. Charge exactly the fee shown before the demo, never charge for the demo, and agree any change in advance for future classes only.

Joining is free. Apply on WhatsApp through the Apply form on /become-a-tutor, confirm with a one-time code at first login, and complete your profile: programmes, subjects, levels, fee per class, home, online or both, and travel areas. Upload your ID under Documents. Tutors who join go through an ID check: you confirm your phone or email with a one-time code and upload a government photo ID (Aadhaar, voter ID, passport or driving licence, front and back), which our team reviews. The Verified badge appears only after our team has reviewed the ID. It is not a police or background check; read /how-we-verify-tutors. Teaching children means keeping the parent informed and following /safeguarding-policy.

The free plan carries 160 lead credits a month and, as they roll out, up to ten WhatsApp alerts a month when you are among the five closest fits for a new lead. Optional paid plans add credits, AI tools and visibility in places labelled Featured; see /pricing. They never alter how tutors are ranked for a request and do not promise leads. Browse /tuition-jobs and city pages such as /tuition-jobs/gurugram, /tuition-jobs/mumbai, /tuition-jobs/bengaluru and /tuition-jobs/hyderabad, and see /online-tutor-jobs, /physics-tutor-jobs, /chemistry-tutor-jobs, /maths-tutor-jobs and /jee-neet-tutor-jobs.