Networking events for tutors and child-focused businesses in North West London and Hertfordshire
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The Tutor Collective is a not-for-profit networking and mastermind group based in Elstree, Hertfordshire; the only one of its kind just for tutors, music teachers and other children’s activity providers.
We help our members meet like-minded people, grow their businesses through referrals and develop skills in key areas such as marketing, accounting, employment law, social media and more with our expert-led group discussions.
If you think your business would be a good fit, we’d love to meet you!
What our members say
I’ve been part of The Tutor Collective since the very beginning when there were just a few of us! Since then I have seen it grow to over 15 members. This is truly a well organised group where we share challenges, potential solutions and tools which we have experienced. Thank you Pete for bringing everyone together!
The Tutor Collective is a unique networking group for anyone whose main business is tutoring children. It’s so helpful to meet up with people who have similar businesses and get inspiration and support from each other. Each meeting there is a great speaker to help us with some aspect of our businesses.
The Tutor Collective is exactly what I’d been looking for. A professional, supportive network of like-minded educators who genuinely care about quality. It’s a community where standards matter, collaboration is encouraged, and you feel connected rather than working in isolation. I’ve met brilliant tutors, shared ideas and resources, and felt more confident and energised in my work because of it. If you want to grow your network with people who ‘get it’, I can’t recommend it highly enough.
I absolutely love The Tutor Collective. It’s such a great space to connect with other tutors who really understand what it’s like to run a tutoring business. The meetings are always supportive and inspiring, and I come away feeling motivated with lots of new ideas. The guest speakers at each meeting are fantastic too and always share really useful tips that I can actually put into practice. As a new member, I found everyone friendly, positive and welcoming. (Tutoring with Rosalind)
Why join us?
Support & advice
Most of us are either solopreneurs or have small teams. These meetings are the perfect opportunity to get out and meet like-minded people who can give you ideas, a different perspective, celebrate your wins with you and also empathise and offer solutions to the difficulties we all encounter from time to time.
More business
Once we get to know you, our members will likely refer and recommend you to their network. Unlike BNI and some other networking groups, there is no pressure to pass on referrals and all business passed is completely organic and voluntary.
Masterminding sessions
Each meeting, we have a formal group discussion topic, usually bringing in expert speakers such as branding and marketing gurus, employment lawyers or accountants; helping us develop and gain insights into specific areas of our businesses. See our ‘Events’ page for more info on future events
Exclusive offers
We’ve partnered up with local businesses to offer our members exclusive discounts on things such as design, branding and merchandise.
What happens at The Tutor Collective meetings?
Attendees will have the opportunity to introduce their business to the group and to learn about each other’s businesses. We discuss ideas, collaborate together, refer businesses to each other and of course…socialise!
The meetings are 70% structured and 30% casual to ensure we get the most out of each event but also have the time to network openly and have organic conversations.
Meeting structure:
- 0915 – pre-event open networking
- 1000 – meeting officially starts with 1-minute introductions
- 1035 – announcements
- 1045 – short break
- 1050 – group discussion
- 1140 – brunch & open networking
- 1200 – end of event
Is The Tutor Collective right for me?
If your business mostly serves children and you’re passionate, experienced and established at what you do, we’d love to see you at a meeting!
You can see find out more on our ‘FAQ‘ page.
Businesses we’re looking to connect with
- academic tutors (maths, English, 11+ etc.)
- after school clubs
- art schools
- child psychologist / counsellor / life coach
- childcare providers / childminders / nannies
- children’s entertainers
- children’s photographer
- coding and robotics
- cooking classes for children & teens
- dance schools
- drama schools
- event planners / decoration services
- face painters
- martial arts academies
- music schools / teachers
- parenting advice & support services
- sports clubs
What does it cost to attend?
New attendees can purchase tickets at the same reduced rate as our members for the first two visits from just £13 including drinks, or £20 including brunch.
See our ‘Events’ page or get in touch for more information or to book your place.
For more information about what happens after your second meeting, see our ‘Membership’ page.
Where and when are the meetings held?
Our meetings are held roughly once per month during term time on Fridays from 10am to 12pm at The Aerodrome Café, Elstree Aerodrome, Hogg Ln, Elstree, Radlett, London WD6 3AW.
See our ‘Events’ page for more details.
How it all started …
Hi, I’m Peter Elliot, the founder of The Tutor Collective.
Having attended business networking events for years, I’ve always really enjoyed and believed in the principle of it; meeting interesting, like-minded people and forming business and personal relationships that were mutually beneficial.
However, as the director of Guitar Teacher Bushey, I would find that whilst I would meet a lot of fascinating people (accountants, lawyers, plumbers etc.), I’d rarely meet people whose businesses had synergy with mine.
I have often been asked to recommend piano teachers and maths tutors for my students but never insurance loss assessors.. Who would have thought?!
Because of this, in April 2023 I decided to reach out to a few local children’s activity providers and invited them to meet up with the aim of exchanging ideas and eventually to refer and recommend each other, once we had got to know, like and trust one another.
Our first meeting was in my house on the 11th of April 2023 and had an impressive turnout of.. 5 of us. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the meeting (we did take some photos in the following meetings) though I assure you, we had some excellent coffee!
Over the following few months, we’d meet up intermittently, roughly once per term. It was wonderful seeing the same happy faces continue to attend the meetings. Slowly, the group started to grow and I decided to establish the group more formally as our community continued to flourish. Thus, ‘The Tutor Collective’ was born.
We moved to The Hertsmere in Borehamwood in January 2024 and then to The Aerodrome Café in Elstree in October 2024 where we have been there ever since.
We now have over 20 members who regularly attend our meetings and hopefully, we’ll see you there soon too!
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