Where the session happens, who else is at home, and how a late arrival gets communicated. Small things, settled once, that stop being a problem for a whole year.
Updated 27 October 2026 · Great Home Tutor · Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon
Fix three things before the first session: the room, the timing, and identity. A table in a shared, visible room with an adult somewhere in the house is the standard. Take the tutor's identity document and a phone number you have actually called, and agree how a late arrival or a cancellation gets communicated.
| Applies to | Home tuition, Classes 1 to 12; parts apply to online too |
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| Where | Home tuition across Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon, plus online anywhere |
| Standard | Shared room, door open, an adult in the house |
| Enquiries | +91 92121 42427 |
The room
A table and a hard chair, in a room that people pass through. A dining table in a shared space is close to ideal: it is visible, it is quiet enough, and it is not anybody's private room. The study works too, with the door open.
Not a bed, and not a closed bedroom. This is partly about safety and partly about posture and attention, and both reasons are good enough on their own. A child working on a bed writes badly and drifts within twenty minutes.
Light matters more than parents think, particularly for evening slots in winter when it is dark by the time the tutor arrives. If your child is squinting at a page, half the session is being spent on something other than the subject. Sit at the table yourself one evening and look at the page.
Verification, done plainly
Ask for an identity document and keep a copy. Ask for a phone number and call it once before the first session. If the tutor comes through a service, ask who at that service you should contact if there is ever a problem, and keep that number too.
None of this needs to be apologetic or awkward. It is normal practice, an experienced tutor expects it, and a tutor who resists it has answered a question you did not have to ask. Do it at the demo stage, before anybody has become attached to the arrangement.
An adult in the house
This is the one rule worth holding to without exception. Not in the room, as a rule, but in the house and within earshot. It is unremarkable, it protects the child, and it also protects the tutor, which is a reason parents rarely think about and every honest tutor will appreciate.
For online sessions the equivalent is the screen. The session happens in a common room with the screen visible from the rest of the room, not behind a closed door with headphones on. For junior classes, a parent should be in the same room.
The thing that is not negotiable. If a child ever says they would rather not be alone with a particular tutor, that is the end of the conversation, not the beginning of an argument. You do not need an explanation, a reason or evidence, and you do not owe anybody a justification. Change the tutor. A child who learns that such a statement is taken seriously will tell you the next thing too.
Timing, arrival and the practical stuff
- Late arrivals. Agree that a delay is messaged, not assumed. Traffic in Delhi and across to Noida and Gurgaon is genuinely unpredictable in the evening, so what you are agreeing is the message, not the punctuality.
- The last slot of the day. Think about how the tutor gets home afterwards, particularly in winter. A slot that ends very late is harder to keep and quietly becomes the first one cancelled.
- Building entry. Sort out the gate or society entry process once, in the first week, so it is not renegotiated at the gate twice a month. A standing entry arrangement saves ten minutes of every session.
- When the family is out. Cancel, or move it online. Do not leave a tutor and a child alone in the flat because it was inconvenient to reschedule.
Phones, and what is on the table
The child's phone goes in another room, not face down on the table. The tutor's phone should be away too, except when it is genuinely being used for reference, and it is fair to ask for that at the start rather than getting irritated about it in month three.
If anyone wants to record a session, both sides agree first. Some tutors record explanations for revision and that can be genuinely useful. It should never be a surprise to either party, and it should never be a substitute for raising a concern you actually have.
Questions parents ask
Is it rude to ask a tutor for identity proof?
No. It is standard, and asking it at the demo rather than later keeps it entirely neutral. A professional tutor will have been asked many times before.
Both parents work and nobody is home at six. What do we do?
Three workable options: move the slot to a time an adult is home, arrange for a relative or trusted adult to be present, or move to online with the session in a common room. Leaving a child alone at home with a visiting tutor is not one of them.
Does a daughter need a female tutor?
That is a family's own call and both choices are reasonable. What matters more in practice is the room, the open door and an adult being in the house. Those apply whoever the tutor is.
Can the session happen at the tutor's home instead?
Some tutors offer it and it can be fine, but the same conditions apply and they are harder to verify. See the space first, ask who else is at home during the session, and be clear about how your child travels there and back.
Should the tutor have my child's phone number?
For juniors, no; use the parent's number for everything. For senior students, a shared arrangement is practical for sending questions, and it works best when a parent is on the same group rather than outside it.
What if we simply do not have a spare room?
You do not need one. A cleared dining table and a quiet hour are enough, and are better than a room nobody else enters. Deal with noise rather than with space.
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