If your child attends a British school in Riyadh, Dubai, Kuwait, Doha, Manama or Muscat, most of their subjects are taught in English, and some days they come home with homework they don't know how to start. In a one-to-one lesson, a teacher who knows the British curriculum goes back over what they covered in class, in the exact terms their school uses, from EYFS to IGCSE and A Level. Start with a free trial lesson.
These are the stages as the system in England sets them out. After the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the national curriculum is organized into four key stages: Key Stages 1 and 2 make up the primary curriculum (Years 1–6) and Key Stages 3 and 4 the secondary curriculum (Years 7–11). Two years of Sixth Form follow Key Stage 4. Choose your child's stage to see what we focus on with them.
Sets standards for learning, development and care from birth to age 5. In the school key-stage table it covers ages 3 to 5 and ends with the Reception year (ages 4–5)
Your child learns English letter sounds and counting through talk and play, so they start Year 1 already familiar with letters and numbers.
Key Stage 1 covers Years 1–2 (ages 5–7) and Key Stage 2 covers Years 3–6 (ages 7–11)
This is where reading and writing in English take root. We keep up with your child's homework, deal with any weakness in reading or math before it grows, and revise with them before school tests.
Years 7–9 (ages 11–14)
Subjects multiply and go deeper, and the gap between a student who understands and one who memorizes starts to show. We make your child's math, science and English solid, because that is what they will build on at GCSE and IGCSE.
Years 10–11 (ages 14–16), when most pupils work toward national qualifications, usually GCSEs or Technical Awards
These are the two years your child works toward GCSE or IGCSE. We teach each subject to its syllabus from the exam board their school uses, and practice sample questions with them before every exam.
Two years from age 16, after GCSE or IGCSE, usually studying AS and A Levels
Deeper subjects your child chooses for themselves, which call for understanding concepts and applying them. We go through each unit and solve problems step by step together, then your child tries on their own.
Subjects by their official names: first the compulsory subjects of the national curriculum for England at each key stage, then the subjects Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel offer. You don't need to know these lists by heart. Tell us the subject your child needs, and we'll sort out the rest with you.
The Key Stage lists are the compulsory subjects of the national curriculum for England. At Key Stage 4, schools must also offer at least one subject in each of these areas: the arts, design and technology, the humanities and modern foreign languages. The Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel lists show subjects the two exam boards offer, mostly a selection of popular ones. Neither board makes any particular subject compulsory, so each school chooses which ones to offer.
Checkpoint, IGCSE, A Level: you hear these names from school a lot, so here is what each one means in brief. We explain your child's subjects and revise them together through the year. We also prepare students for IGCSE and A Level exams.
Many schools use Cambridge Checkpoint tests at the end of Cambridge Primary (Stage 6) and Cambridge Lower Secondary (Stage 9); Cambridge marks them in English (as a first or second language), mathematics and science.
Pearson Edexcel's iPrimary (ages 3–11) and iLowerSecondary (ages 11–14) programs include externally assessed Achievement tests, in Year 6 for iPrimary and Year 9 for iLowerSecondary.
Cambridge IGCSE is for 14 to 16 year olds, offers over 70 subjects, and is examined twice a year, in June and November.
Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs are graded on the 9–1 scale and examined in May–June and November each year; not every subject is offered in November.
GCSEs in England are graded 9 to 1, with 9 the highest; the bottom of grade 4 is comparable to the bottom of the old grade C.
A Cambridge International A Level is typically a two-year course and an AS Level typically one year, with half the A Level content.
Pearson Edexcel International AS/A Levels (IAL) are modular: students usually take the International AS units in the first year and the International A2 units in the second. Exams are held in January, May–June and October each year, but not every subject is offered in every series.
Before any plan, we ask about your child's year group, their school's curriculum and exam board, and the exact subject or unit where they're stuck.
We teach in the language the student needs. School is in English, so we explain things in the terms your child hears in class and reads on the exam paper, and clarify in Arabic whatever needs it. Then they work through the exercises on their own.
Before school exams we go over the units that will be tested and practice sample questions, so your child walks in having already seen this kind of question.
We keep parents updated on their child's progress, so you know what they've understood and what's still left, without having to sit through every English assignment yourself.
Yes. We also teach international curricula, such as the British curriculum and IGCSE, the American curriculum and the International Baccalaureate (IB). We build lessons around your child's year group and subjects as their school teaches them, and around the syllabus of the school's exam board, such as Cambridge International or Pearson Edexcel.
The national curriculum for England sets the subjects primary and secondary schools teach and the standards children should reach in each. Local-authority-maintained schools must teach it; academies and private schools do not have to follow it. So two British schools in the same city, in Riyadh, Dubai or Doha for example, may differ in curriculum and in exam board. That's why we start by asking which curriculum and exam board your child's school follows, and build the lessons around them.
We teach in the language the student needs. Most subjects at your child's school are taught and examined in English, so we explain them in English, in the school's terms, and clarify in Arabic whatever needs it.
Yes. We explain your child's subjects and revise each unit through the school year, so the work doesn't pile up before exam season. We also prepare students for IGCSE and A Level exams.
Cambridge IGCSE is graded A* to G, with 9–1 versions of some subjects offered in certain regions; Pearson Edexcel International GCSE is graded 9 to 1. GCSEs in England are graded 9 to 1, with 9 the highest; the bottom of grade 4 is comparable to the bottom of the old grade C.
A Cambridge International A Level is typically a two-year course and an AS Level typically one year, with half the A Level content. Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel International A Levels are graded A* to E; AS Levels are graded A to E, with no A*.
Yes. Lesson times are flexible for each student and set in their country's time zone, so you can pick a time after school or at the weekend that suits your child. Lessons run on whichever available online platform is easiest for the student.
Yes. Female teachers are available, with a dedicated section for women, so your daughter can study with a female teacher. Teachers contact a student outside lessons only through the parent or the academy's number, never through their personal numbers or accounts.
Send us your child's year group on WhatsApp, the subject that worries you and, if you know it, the exam board. We'll suggest a teacher who suits them, and your child takes the trial lesson before you decide.
