What parents have to say about tutoring from AHeadStart.
“Thanks Melanie. Kate is far more comfortable with Statistics after these sessions. I'm not going to think too much about that after years of private schooling! Thank you for your assistance Melanie, I am very pleased to have been able to call on you and your team of tutors.”
Kate’s mother Marie, November 2015
Year 13, Statistics
"The tuition is making all the difference for Edie, she feels a lot more confident, and she was the only person in her class as school to pass both papers for the mock exam last week, so she is happy! Before the tuition she felt like she was going to fail the exams, but Jackson has really taken a lot of her stress away, so thanks very much!!!"
Edie’s mother Gretchen, September 2014
Year 13, Physics
"I wanted to let you know that Ruby got fabulous results in her externals thanks to Joe, yourself and your staff. She even got an excellence and 2 merits in accounting and had never achieved more than an achieved until then.
Thanks again for having this awesome business."
Ruby’s mother Keryn, January 2014
Year 11, Accounting & Mathematics
“Hi Melanie
Sam really enjoyed it and thought Sean was awesome. His words were 'he's young and cool, and he stays on the subject, he doesn't get distracted and start talking about other things'. So there's an honest answer from mine. Sam is quite a social chatter so it sounds good that Sean will keep him on task. He was excited telling me about it which is what I thought as he likes one on one or in this case two to one.
I'll definitely keep you posted. My husband dropped Sam and met Sean and he said he gets a good feeling and that we will see results. All in all, a great first review.
Very happy indeed. Thanks so much.”
Sam’s mother Rochelle, March 2016
Year 7, Mathematics
“Hi Melanie,
Thank you so much for sorting us out with such a great tutor. Mitchell is feeling very confident and I know he really rated Jeremy as a tutor - so please pass on our thanks to him.
Kind regards, Amanda Campbell”
Mitchell’s mother Amanda, November 2016
Year 12 Physics
"Hi Chloe just thought I’d let you know Charlotte got 90% in her maths exam - top in the class! Thank you for all your help."
Charlotte’s mother Mel, November 2012
Year 9, English & Mathematics
"Overview an excellent relaxed approach which should boost any student's learning. Thankyou for coming to our house and discussing this material with her ... see you next year. "
Amuri’s mother Jenny, December 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Physics
“Charlie said it went really well & Josh was great - cool in fact! He believes Josh has made a difference already! Thanks heaps.”
Charlie’s mother Jane, August 2015
Year 11, Mathematics
"We found Caitlin excellent as tutor, Rebecca reports that she was very knowledgeable about the material and even lent her a text book for study. Rebecca related well to Caitlin and enjoyed her sessions. We are very grateful for having found your service, as I believe correspondence on its own would have been sadly lacking – I think there is definitely room for some improvement in their resources and methods of instruction, the assigned teacher at the school was pleasant but Rebecca had little contact outside of brief written comments on her work papers."
Rebecca’s mother Noreen, November 2011
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"[My daughter] was advised not to attempt Chem or Stats as her level 2 results were not good enough. She passed all of her internals with some merit passes. She has worked very hard with the tuition showing her how to maximise her efforts."
Mother of student December 2009
Year 13, Level 3 Chemistry & Statistics
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you SO much for all your help and support over the years – you have made an amazing difference to Alex and I know she would have struggled without you. I think it would be lovely to keep in touch – I know Alex will really like that.
Thank you again – for your fabulous help."
Alex’s mother Catherine, December 2012
Year 13, Level 3 Biology, Calculus, Chemistry & Physics
“Thanks Melanie and Lauren
Lauren has been a very positive feature of the year, and I would like to thank her for her support.
Regards, Frances”
Rebecca’s mother Frances, November 2016
Year 13, English & Classics
"Eva just texted with her physics result. One mark off excellence, and half the class failed. I am so relieved that we have Max on board. He is fabulous. [Eva] was one of the few pupils who had even seen some important model thing, and this was only because Max had gone through it with her. Thank goodness for Max!"
Eva’s mother Frances, June 2015
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry & Physics
“Hi Melanie
Thanks for your follow up. Ferg was very happy with his tutorial. In fact he discussed it all the way home in the car. Then I was allowed to read what he had done, and look at the work he had done at school. (A first!!)
He knows he’s got the ideas, just getting them underway is his challenge (and then of course the proofreading, tenses etc.) But as I have tried explaining to him a hundred times, that can all be done at a different time
The big thing is he is motivated, so really wants to do well. So, yes, I would say the first tutorial was a success. He was happy with Brooke and how she related to/helped him
Cheers Paula.”
Fergus’ mother Paula, June 2016
Year 11, English & Mathematics
"Melanie had exactly the right approach to engage Elsie about Maths. We all enjoyed Wednesday nights - and Elsie made real progress. Her confidence and enjoyment of the subject improved and she got improved test results - having struggled to "get" maths all the way through High School."
Elsie’s mother Mary-Anne, December 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"Holly is enjoying her maths lessons with James and has found them really helpful, she got a merit pass for her last internal which was a fantastic result. Having the extra help has helped her confidence so that she has a better attitude to maths."
Holly’s mother Bernadette, July 2013
Year 11, Mathematics
"Jed’s feedback was very positive and he definitely thinks tutoring will be useful, he obviously liked Max. Martin said he drove Max a bit mad with his questions but it sounds like Max managed that well!"
Jed’s mother Lesley, September 2014
Year 11, Science
“I can't thank Joe enough for all he has done with George! We are happy to see that he has regained his confidence with Joe's help. I am sure it has not been easy to get a 9 year old to want to do an hour’s maths work after school but he has done an amazing job at making it fun and interesting. I am sure George will miss seeing him on Thursdays.”
George’s mother Gwynneth, September 2015
Year 4, Mathematics
"I hope Bevan passed message on that Matt made a huge improvement in Cambridge maths mid yr exam. 68%! He’s feeling good about it!"
Matt’s mother Robyn, June 2012
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics
“Thanks Melanie. Mo has been a wonderful tutor to Dalton and Dalton has really come to like him. I have already asked Mo if he is still tutoring next year to assist Dalton again. Wishing you a happy Christmas and many thanks for all your help.”
Dalton’s mother Brigitte, November 2016
Year 11, Mathematics
“Hi Melanie,
Tutoring is going really well - Mitchell says he finally understands things, he thinks Jeremy is great. Thank you so much - a relief for us.”
Mitchell’s mother Amanda, November 2016
Year 12, Physics
“We tried Numberworks when the children were younger. I think the total one on one AHeadStart tutoring was better for our Catherine.”
Catherine’s mother Vivienne, January 2014
Year 12, Biology, Chemistry & Mathematics
"Not only has my Max found your Max very helpful with his maths learning, but he has also enjoyed his company, taken a tutorial at the University and been inspired to follow in Max’s footsteps and aim to do a degree in Computer Science! A direction was what Max needed most of all so now he has a reason to try to do well in his exams."
Max’s mother Caroline, October 2014
Year 12, Mathematics
"We have enjoyed Caitlin’s help and have been very impressed in how Caitlin managed to turn Ashlea around from failing to finishing within the top 3 of her Year 12 class. We really can’t thank Caitlin and AHeadStart enough."
Ashlea’s father Stephen, June 2011
Year 12, Level 2 Biology & Chemistry
"Nick has done extremely well. He failed his last Eco exams. This time he got excellent for one paper and merit for the other two!!! What an amazing improvement. Please pass this on to Sarah."
Nick’s mother Kim, November 2011
Year 11, Level 1 Economics
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