Questions
Before you start
Where should we start?
For a Leaving Cert Higher Level student, a free class. Sit in on one of our real classes, see whether it suits, and decide afterwards. For any other year or level, a one to one trial session at €27.50 rather than €55.
What exactly do we get for the money?
On the group: two live classes a week, every class recorded and filed under its topic, weekly homework with worked video solutions, a timed monthly assessment, a monthly one to one check in with their own tutor, and questions answered between classes. On Cork: two and a half hours in the room every Saturday morning, with a break part way through, plus the full online platform. On one to one: a tutor to yourself, a regular weekly slot, and a lesson built around your child.
What happens if we miss a class?
Nothing is lost. Every group class is recorded and filed under its topic, usually up the same evening, so the week is caught up in your own time. Missing the odd class is the normal case rather than the exception. Cork students get the same platform, and on one to one we simply move the slot.
What does the monthly check in actually cover?
Your child sits down with their own tutor, one to one, and goes through the assessment they sat that month. The questions they dropped marks on, why they dropped them, and what to go back to before the next one, named by topic. It is their own paper and their own mistakes, not a class average or a grade in an email. It is also the part nobody else at this price does.
What is the monthly assessment?
A timed, marked test on the topics covered that month, marked the way the real paper is marked. It is how progress gets tracked rather than assumed, and it is what tells us a student is drifting in October rather than in June.
When am I charged, and how many times?
Nothing is charged on any form on this site. The group is €149 a month, taken on the same date each month, and you set that up here. Cork is €169 a month on the same basis, with the last payment in May, and existing Cork students stay on the rate they signed up on. One to one is paid per session or per block once a tutor and a time are agreed on the phone.
Can we cancel?
Yes, any time. Email info@exceedmaths.ie and the next payment does not happen. There is no contract and no minimum term. One to one blocks are bought as you go, so there is nothing running to cancel.
Do you teach in person anywhere?
Yes, in Cork. Saturday mornings, 10am to 12.30pm at UCC, right through to the exams. Places are limited by the size of the room, so it is an application and a quick phone call rather than an instant signup. Everything else we do is online.
What if my child is repeating?
Repeat students are welcome on everything we run. The group suits a repeat year well, because it covers the whole course again at pace with the assessments to show what has actually stuck. If the gap is a specific set of topics rather than the whole course, one to one is the better fit.
Do you cover Ordinary Level or Junior Cert?
Not in the group, which is Leaving Cert Higher Level. For any other year or level, one to one runs from first year to sixth, Ordinary or Higher.
Does my child need to be strong at maths already?
No. Most students come to us because it is not going well. What the group needs is that they will turn up twice a week and do the homework. If the gap is years back rather than this term, one to one first is usually the better order, and we will say so.
How much do I need to be involved as a parent?
Very little. You will get a call to set things up, and after that the work is between the student and the tutor. The monthly assessment is how you find out how it is going without having to ask. If something is not going right, message us and we will sort it.
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