Live online grinds with a specialist tutor, in a small group or 1:1, from primary school through to the Leaving Cert. From €9 a grind in a small group or €15 one-to-one, billed every 4 weeks. Your first grind is free and there is no contract.
One simple price, billed every 4 weeks. Every grind is 50 minutes, and your first one is free.
Your child’s school stage
3–5 students
€69every 4 weeks
8 grinds, about €9 each
No enrolment fee. Classes start once 3 students join.
Just your child and the tutor
€119every 4 weeks
8 grinds, about €15 each
One-time €35 assessment fee, waived if you join within 72 hours of your free grind.
Prices in EUR. Group classes run weekdays at 5pm and 6:30pm Irish time, and Saturdays at 10am. Groups are made up of students at the same school stage.
Group or 1:1, the price covers all of this. No hidden extras.
See the tutor and the teaching style before you pay anything.
A short test at the start and every 8 weeks, so you can see the improvement.
What was covered, how it went and what comes next.
Cancel any time before your next bill. Not happy in the first 4 weeks? We refund unused lessons.
Pay 12, 24 or 52 weeks upfront and save 5%, 10% or 15%.
10% off each extra child’s plan.
Grinds prices in Ireland are quoted in more different ways than almost any other market, which makes comparing two providers harder than it should be. Three things account for most of the confusion.
A grind is not always sixty minutes. Ours run to fifty, which is deliberate: long enough to work through a full topic, short enough that concentration holds, particularly for younger pupils. When comparing tutoring rates, check which unit the figure refers to before assuming one is cheaper.
What moves the price is year and level rather than subject alone. Leaving Cert Higher Level maths costs more to staff than Junior Cycle Ordinary Level because far fewer tutors can teach it to H1 standard. A provider quoting one flat rate for every year and level is usually cutting a corner somewhere.
Registration fees, term deposits, exam-season surcharges and lesson credits that quietly expire are where an advertised rate and the final bill part ways. Ours lists everything up front: a one-time €35 assessment fee on 1:1 plans, waived if you join within 72 hours of your free grind, and no minimum term.
The most expensive way to buy grinds is to leave it until after disappointing mocks in sixth year. By that point there are only a few months left, and that is enough time to sharpen exam technique but rarely enough to rebuild foundations that slipped over the previous two or three years.
Families who start in Transition Year or early fifth year, once Leaving Cert content properly begins, tend to need fewer lessons overall and spend less in total, because the work can be genuinely building rather than damage control before the points race. The same logic applies at primary level, where steady support before the jump to secondary school and Junior Cycle is worth considerably more than a scramble once first year gets underway.
None of which means starting late is pointless. Exam technique, marking-scheme strategy and paper timing all improve quickly, and that alone shifts a grade band. It simply means the earlier decision is usually the cheaper one.
4th–6th Class: building number and literacy fluency ahead of the move to secondary school
1st–3rd Year: shoring up Junior Cycle foundations ahead of Classroom-Based Assessments
TY–5th Year: choosing Higher or Ordinary Level and starting into Leaving Cert content
6th Year: mock exams, the Leaving Cert itself, and the CAO points race
Quick answers on billing, scheduling and what each plan covers.
Take the free trial lesson first. The tutor will tell you honestly how much support your child needs, which is a better starting point than a price list.