Cambridge IGCSE English Tutor

Apex Academic Centre; India; On-site; ZAR 60,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Apex Academic Centre is seeking Cambridge IGCSE English tutors to work online with learners across South Africa and internationally. You set your own hours, and we connect you with learners via the MyAPEX platform.

You teach one-to-one, mark work, and help learners with reading, writing and composition under Cambridge assessment criteria. A relevant English qualification and Cambridge experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification, typically a BEd, a PGCE, or a degree with a strong English component.
• Demonstrable Cambridge experience.
• SACE registration is an advantage but not required; verified if held.
• Police clearance if tutoring in person.
• Laptop or desktop, webcam, stable internet and a quiet teaching space.
• Willingness to mark and provide written feedback.
• Cambridge AS/A Level English experience or ESOL exposure is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Teaching Cambridge IGCSE English one to one across reading comprehension, summary, directed writing and composition.
• Teaching to the Cambridge assessment objectives and marking accordingly.
• Marking written work with specific feedback to improve next pieces.
• Building the summary skill deliberately to aid performance.
• Supporting second language learners with register, idiom and structure.
• Keeping all communication on the MyAPEX platform and managing bookings.

Education

BEd

PGCE

Degree with strong English component

Job description

Cambridge IGCSE English Tutor

Apex Academic Centre is looking for Cambridge English tutors to take IGCSE learners through reading, directed writing and composition, online across South Africa and internationally. You set your own hours, we bring you the learners.

Curriculum

Cambridge CAIE, IGCSE

Subject

English First and Second Language

Level

IGCSE Years 10 and 11

Mode

Online On the MyAPEX platform

Location

South Africa Work from anywhere

Engagement

Part time Independent contractor

This is an ongoing opening. Apex places Cambridge English learners throughout the year, so we keep a standing pool of verified IGCSE English tutors and match you when a learner in your subject and your available hours comes in.

About the role

Cambridge IGCSE English learners come to us from Cambridge schools across South Africa and from families schooling internationally. Two groups dominate: strong readers who cannot yet shape an answer to what the question actually asks, and second language learners who understand the text perfectly well and are held back by the writing.

You would teach one to one, online, on Apex's own platform. Lessons are booked through MyAPEX and you accept the requests that fit your diary. Marking is a real part of this subject, so take on the number of learners you can genuinely give written feedback to.

What you would be doing

1. Teaching Cambridge IGCSE English one to one, across reading comprehension, summary, directed writing and composition, at First or Second Language depending on the learner.
2. Teaching to the assessment objectives. Cambridge English is marked against stated criteria, and a learner who writes beautifully but ignores the task loses marks that a plainer writer who answers the question keeps.
3. Marking written work properly, with feedback specific enough to change the next piece rather than a grade and a general comment.
4. Building the summary skill deliberately. It is the most teachable part of the paper and the part learners most often lose marks on, because selecting and condensing is a technique, not a talent.
5. Supporting second language learners with the register, idiom and structure the paper expects, without flattening their own voice.
6. Keeping communication on the platform. All lesson communication and homework runs through MyAPEX, which is how Apex keeps a record for the parent and the learner.

What we need from you

A relevant qualification, typically a BEd, a PGCE, or a degree with a strong English component.

Demonstrable Cambridge experience. You have taught or tutored IGCSE English and you know the paper structure and how the assessment objectives are applied.

An advantage, not a requirement: SACE registration. Many of the strongest tutors are graduates, postgraduates or subject specialists rather than registered schoolteachers. Where you do hold SACE registration, Apex verifies it and shows it on your profile, and parents do look for it.

A police clearance certificate if you tutor in person. Apex requires one for in-person tutoring. It is not required to tutor online, and you can add it later if you decide to teach face to face.

A laptop or desktop, a webcam, a stable internet connection and a quiet room to teach from. Apex checks all four.

Willingness to mark. This subject is taught as much between lessons as during them.

Helpful but not required: Cambridge AS and A Level English, English as a Second Language experience, and work with learners writing in a second or third language.

What Apex verifies before your first lesson

Verification is a condition of engagement

Apex verifies who you are and what you are qualified to teach before you take a booking. A self-declaration is not enough, which is why we ask for documents rather than assurances. What is checked depends on how you teach: in-person tutoring carries one additional requirement, because the lesson happens face to face.

• Identity. Your ID or passport, and that the name on it matches your qualifications
• Qualifications. The certificates behind the subjects and levels you want to teach
• Police clearance. Required for in-person tutoring
• SACE and other credentials. Verified and shown on your profile where you hold them, as an advantage rather than a requirement
• Equipment. Machine, camera, connection and teaching room

Screening is a continuing condition, not a once-off. The detail sits in clause 4 of the Tutor Terms and Conditions, and there is a full walkthrough in What it means to be a verified Apex tutor.

How the work reaches you

Matching

Learners come to you

You are matched on subject, curriculum and the hours you have actually marked as available. You accept or decline each request.

Payment

Paid on the 2nd

Tutor fees are paid monthly, on the 2nd of the month, per lesson actually delivered. If a date falls on a weekend or public holiday, it moves to the next business day.

Your diary

You set the hours

No minimum, no fixed timetable. You tutor as an independent contractor and you decide how much work you take.

Questions tutors ask before applying

Do I need to send a CV?

No. Applications are made through MyAPEX, where you build a tutor profile once: your subjects, your curricula, your qualifications and your availability. Apex no longer accepts CVs or applications by email, because the profile is what parents read when they choose a tutor.

Is this a job or contract work?

Apex tutors are independent contractors, not employees. You set your own hours, you accept the bookings you want, and you are responsible for your own tax and statutory obligations. This is set out in the Tutor Terms and Conditions you accept when you register.

Is this First Language or Second Language English?

Both. Apex places learners on either, and you say on your MyAPEX profile which you can teach. Second Language learners are a large share of the South African demand, so tutors who are genuinely good with them are valuable.

How much marking is involved?

More than in most subjects, and it is the part that produces the improvement. You decide how many learners you take, so you control the load. Tutors who take on more marking than they can turn around are the ones who struggle.

What happens after I apply?

You complete your profile on MyAPEX and upload your documents. Apex verifies them, and once you are cleared your profile goes live and you start receiving matched requests in your subjects. You are not charged anything to apply or to be listed.