Live online lessons with a specialist tutor, in a small group or 1:1, from Year 1 to NCEA Level 3. From NZ$15 a lesson in a small group or NZ$28 one-to-one, billed every 4 weeks. Your first lesson is free and there is no contract.
One simple price, billed every 4 weeks. Every lesson is 50 minutes, and your first one is free.
Your child’s school stage
3–5 students
NZ$119every 4 weeks
8 lessons, about NZ$15 each
No enrolment fee. Classes start once 3 students join.
Just your child and the tutor
NZ$229every 4 weeks
8 lessons, about NZ$29 each
One-time NZ$55 assessment fee, waived if you join within 72 hours of your free lesson.
Prices in NZD. Group classes run weekdays at 6:30pm NZ time, and Saturdays at 12pm NZ time. 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.
Private tuition pricing across New Zealand is quoted in several different ways, which makes comparing two providers harder than it should be. Three things account for most of the confusion.
A lesson is not always sixty minutes. Ours run to fifty, which is deliberate: long enough to work through a full concept, short enough that focus holds, particularly for younger students. When comparing tutoring rates, check which unit the figure refers to before assuming one plan is cheaper than another.
What moves the price is year and NCEA level rather than subject name. NCEA Level 3 calculus costs more to staff than Year 3 arithmetic because far fewer tutors can teach it to Excellence standard. A provider quoting one flat rate for every year is usually cutting a corner somewhere.
Registration fees, assessment charges, minimum terms 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 NZ$55 assessment fee on 1:1 plans, waived if you join within 72 hours of your free lesson, and no minimum term.
The most expensive way to buy tutoring is to leave it until after a shaky start to NCEA externals in Year 12 or 13. By that point there is only a term or two left, and that is enough time to sharpen exam technique but rarely enough to make up credits that should have been banked earlier.
Families who start in Year 10, before NCEA Level 1 begins, tend to need fewer lessons overall and spend less in total, because the work can be genuinely building rather than damage control once internals start counting. The same logic applies at primary level, where a term of steady support before the jump to secondary school is worth considerably more than a scramble once Year 9 gets underway.
None of which means starting late is pointless. Exam technique, time management and understanding what an assessment schedule actually rewards all improve quickly, and that alone shifts a result. It simply means the earlier decision is usually the cheaper one.
Years 4–6: building number and literacy fluency ahead of intermediate school
Years 7–9: shoring up junior secondary foundations before NCEA begins
Year 10–11: subject choices and starting into NCEA Level 1
Years 12–13: NCEA Level 2 and 3, University Entrance and Scholarship exams
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.