Private Education

Real one-on-one lessons, real grading, and a learning plan that grows with your child. This is school support that shows its work — structured, graded, and visible to you, delivered by the same trusted assistant every single week.

One student per contract · 2-hour minimum · free homework corrections — see how it works

School Subjects and Homework Help

The everyday academic support your child actually needs, one-on-one and paced to them.

  • Any subject, any age — reading, writing, math, science, and the rest, from a 6-year-old learning to read to a teen deep in the school year.
  • Homework, done properly — not just answers, but the thinking behind them, so the next assignment gets easier.
  • Re-teaching what school moved past — the gaps that quietly pile up get filled in, one at a time, until it clicks.
  • Private and paced to your child — no classroom to keep up with, no one moving on before they’re ready.
  • The same assistant every week — someone who knows your child’s habits, not a new tutor each session.
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A Learning Plan That Grows With Them

Built from a real assessment, then updated as your child moves — so every lesson has a reason.

  • It starts with an assessment — we find out exactly where your child is before deciding what to work on.
  • Broken into modules — one concept at a time, each marked not started, in progress, or mastered.
  • The next step unlocks when they’re ready — a module only closes when your child has genuinely got it, not on a fixed date.
  • Checkpoints that prove growth — we re-test against the starting point, so the progress is real and you can see it.
  • You always know the why — every lesson connects to the plan, so nothing feels like busywork.
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Real Grading and Progress You Can See

Worksheets, quizzes, and tests that are actually marked — with feedback, in your account.

  • Real work, really graded — worksheets, quizzes, and tests come back with a mark and written feedback, not a vague thumbs-up.
  • You see the actual work — open the assignment, read the questions, see how your child answered and where they’re improving.
  • Every session lands in your account — grades, notes, and focus areas you can open any evening, on your own time.
  • A journal of the whole year — a running timeline of what your child worked on and how each session went.
  • The difference from a normal tutor — structured, graded, planned, and visible — not a mystery hour you pay for and never see.
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Test, Exam and Prep Support

The high-stakes stuff — school exams, entrance tests, and the tests that change a life.

  • School tests and exams — a real prep plan in the weeks before, not a cram the night before.
  • Study skills that outlast us — note-taking, planning, and how to actually revise, so your child can do it on their own later.
  • College and university prep — entrance prep, applications, and the writing that gets them in.
  • Vocational and citizenship tests — licences, certificates, and the citizenship test, with practice until it’s second nature.
  • Practiced, not just explained — real practice questions and mock runs, so test day feels familiar.

ESL and English Support

For newcomers of any age — real, confident English for school, work, and everyday life.

  • English for every age — a child new to Canada, a teen catching up, or an adult building confidence at work.
  • Reading, writing, and speaking — all of it, together, so the whole picture improves at once.
  • Built for real life — the English you use at the grocery store, in a meeting, or on a form — not just textbook drills.
  • The same steady person — confidence grows fastest with one familiar face who knows how far you’ve come.
  • From falling behind to catching up — we’ve watched students go from the lowest marks on the report card to the highest, and win school awards for it.
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What Private Education covers, at a glance.

Reading & writing

From first words to strong essays.

Math

The building blocks and the hard parts, one at a time.

Homework help

Done properly, so the next one is easier.

Study skills

Note-taking, planning, and how to actually revise.

ESL & English

Confident English for school, work, and daily life.

Test & exam prep

A real plan for the tests that matter.

College & citizenship prep

Entrance, vocational, and citizenship-test support.

Online homework tracking

Work done at home, recorded and reviewed.

Good to know: Private Education works online or in person, and it’s built for every age — a 6-year-old learning to read, a teen prepping for exams, or an adult studying for a citizenship or vocational test. Your first conversation sorts out the subjects and goals that matter most to your family.

The fine print, up front

How Private Education contracts work.

Behind every lesson is work you don't see — planning, custom assignments, homework checks, and grading, all built around one child. These rules protect that quality, and we'd rather you know them before you ever pay for an hour.

01

One student per contract.

Education is fully private and one-on-one. Your assistant builds the lessons, assignments, homework checks, and grading around one student — teaching a second child would mean double that preparation, so each contract covers one.

02

Every session is 2 hours, minimum.

A real lesson has two halves: usually an hour of teaching, then an hour of practice where your child works with what they've just learned. Teacher first, then child. One hour isn't enough for both — so every appointment is 2 hours or more, across all of our services.

03

Homework corrections are free.

The work your child does between sessions gets checked, corrected, and returned at no charge, on your assistant's own time — it's part of how the lessons stick, not an add-on.

04

Want a second child taught too?

Teaching two students is close to double the work — separate lessons, separate marking. Your assistant decides whether to take a second child on, and sets that fee themselves; most land around $30 per hour, same 2-hour minimum. Private Mentorship takes no share of it. They may teach them together or as two separate classes.

We'll ask your assistant on your behalf. Most take it case by case — and the standard is private one-on-one, where each child gets their own dedicated time.

The sibling rate is for genuine siblings, so we may ask for ID to confirm the two children share a last name.

05

Friends can study together.

Hours can't be shared with friends or extended family — every student needs their own contract (1 or 2 months, with a 24 or 40-hour package).

And yes — friends are welcome. If two families each have their own contract and the assistant agrees, their kids can take the class together with the assistant, in person or online. Many kids love learning alongside a friend; some families pair their own children up, and most still choose private one-on-one.

These aren't hidden terms — they're how we protect the quality of every single lesson. You'll see everything again, in writing, before you commit to anything.

Common Questions

Good to know

Can we pay by the session, like a tutor or babysitter?

Private Mentorship is built around reserved weekly hours with one consistent assistant — the same trusted person for the family, every week. It isn’t a by-the-session or pay-as-you-go service. That consistency is the point: trust between an assistant, a child, and their parents grows over time, and real progress — routines, learning, confidence — comes from a steady relationship rather than scattered sessions. It’s a long-term partnership built around a family’s long-term goals, not a quick fix. Flexibility still lives within that commitment: sessions can be rescheduled, plans adjusted, and contracts frozen when a family needs a longer break.

Can we freeze our contract if we need to take time off?

Yes. A freeze — pausing sessions for a stretch of time — covers medical situations, summer or winter breaks, a move, or any season when a family needs to step away. The hours are never removed; a freeze simply holds them in a banked balance until sessions resume. Freezes are arranged with advance notice — the family lets their assistant know when they’re stepping away and roughly when they’ll return, so it can be planned around. Most families freeze for about two to three weeks, often around holidays or travel, and pick right back up. A few things to be clear on: a freeze protects the hours, not the exact weekly spot — for longer breaks of several months, the assistant may take on another family in that time, so the standing weekly position may not be waiting on return. The hours themselves are never lost — they stay in the banked balance. Like all paid hours, they’re non-refundable; banked hours are time still held with Private Mentorship, not a refund. Whenever the assistant has availability, they’ll do their best to open space so the remaining hours can be used as sessions resume.

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Every assistant covers Education, Life Skills, Childcare and Personal Support — you never pick just one, and there’s no extra fee per area. Each family draws on the mix they actually need.