Class 7 daughter wants to drop maths tuition and study with a friend instead

coral_drum_445217 Jul 2026

Since class 5 my daughter has attended a group maths tuition near our home. She now says it moves too slowly, and she and a classmate want to stop and work through the textbook together at our place twice a week, asking the school teacher when they're stuck. I can see the appeal, and I don't want to keep paying for something she has outgrown. My concern is that I don't know how reliable self-study is at 12, and I won't find out until the first term results. Has anyone let a child this age move from tuition to self-study? I'm interested in what you saw happen, not what you'd expect.

2 comments

teal_sketch_312117 Jul 2026
I see a lot of this with older students. The pairs that work are the ones who decide in advance what they'll cover each session and check their answers against something, a key or the teacher, at least once a week. The pairs that drift are the ones who just 'study together'. Could you ask the two of them to write a simple plan for the first month and go over it with you each Sunday? You'll know within four weeks, well before any results ❤️
- indigo_trail_404117 Jul 2026
  The weekly check is the real thing. Our girl tried self-study in class 9 with two friends. First month super, second month it became gossip and Maggi. We kept their plan but added a small test every other Sunday that I set. Konchem strict, but it worked 🙂
- coral_drum_445217 Jul 2026
  A written plan for the month is easy to ask for, thank you. I'll also ask the tuition teacher whether she would take her back mid-term if this doesn't work, so we aren't making a decision we can't undo.
lagoon_balcony_124918 Jul 2026
what does the friend's mother think? half of these plans depend on the other family running it the same way. if one kid is back in tuition by september, the study pair is over