Questions families ask about tutoring

Yes, they keep the same tutor, because consistency matters. After a free 20-minute parent call, and the optional $125 diagnostic if you choose it, Rebecca matches your student by subject, grade, learning profile and personality to one dedicated tutor at a reserved weekly time. You are welcome to name a tutor from the Staff page; if another would suit your student better, we say so and explain why before anything is agreed.

Never. There are no registration fees, no upfront blocks of hours and no semester contracts. Sessions are billed month to month for the lessons scheduled: $78 for K–8 maths or Orton-Gillingham reading, $90 for writing and essays, $92 for high-school maths and science, $88 for executive-function coaching and $125 for the baseline diagnostic. The SAT, PSAT and ACT package is $1,180 for twelve sessions, or $105 for a single hour. Online lessons cost the same as those in the study room.

Gladly. With your permission we review the course syllabus, recent graded tests, teacher rubrics and any IEP or 504 accommodations, and we are happy to exchange a short email with a classroom teacher or school counsellor. For a first lesson, bring the textbook or syllabus, two or three pieces of marked work and upcoming test dates; online students need a laptop or tablet with a camera. School documents are shared through the process described in our reply, never through an ordinary website message.

Within a few hours of every lesson your tutor emails a short recap: the concepts covered, breakthroughs and sticking points, quiz or test dates coming up, and any brief practice to do before next time. Each plan also gets a written review every term, so you never have to guess how things are going.

Send the contact form or an email with your student’s grade and the subject on your mind. Quillfield replies during opening hours to arrange the free parent call, and a weekly time is confirmed only once the tutor, the time and the programme have been agreed in writing.

Family schedules move fast. Reply to your confirmation email or use the contact form at least twenty-four hours before a session to move or cancel it at no charge. A session cancelled with less notice is charged in full, except for illness or a school closure, which are never charged. Every change is confirmed in writing and takes effect once that confirmation arrives.

For most students the right time is after finishing Algebra II, usually the summer before Grade 11 or the autumn of junior year, beginning with a full-length diagnostic ten to fourteen weeks before the official test date. We do not promise a grade, a score or a college place, because results depend on the student’s own work and many things no tutor controls. We tell you what will be practised, how often and at what cost, and report honestly on how it is going.

Both are live and one to one, with the same tutors, session lengths and prices. Younger students and those building executive-function routines often do well in our quiet study rooms in Columbus, while busy high-schoolers like the interactive online whiteboard. In-person students can switch any session online when illness, bad weather or sports travel gets in the way. The Privacy page explains what the contact and subscribe forms collect.