School Chess Club: Recurring Income Without Your Own Premises
Parents want meaningful after-school programmes โ a chess club offers children logic and strategy development right on school grounds.
The business involves running regular chess clubs in schools after lessons. An instructor โ you or a hired coach โ visits the school once or more per week with their own chess sets and teaches groups of children from beginner to intermediate level. Parents pay a monthly fee; the school provides a room. The model requires no premises of your own and minimal stock. The key is securing headteacher approval, setting a minimum group size, and maintaining consistent weekly sessions. Income is recurring and relatively predictable โ once a group is full, it runs itself.
Most parents want activities that build real skills โ not just childcare. But the after-school market is fragmented, expensive, or poorly accessible. Schools themselves lack the capacity or qualified instructors to run such programmes in-house.
โ๏ธChess is having a renaissance
Interest in chess among children has grown significantly in recent years, driven by online platforms and popular TV series. Schools are actively seeking extracurricular activities that parents value.
