How We Do It

After-school clubs are operated from 3.10 - 4.10 at local schools (Southampton).  If you are able to collect your child at 4.10, then you would opt for the 1 - hour option, but if you need a little longer, your child can simply stay with us for an extra half-hour and learn a bit more!  If, as a parent, you would like your child to attend one of our clubs, please talk to your child's school and ask them to contact us, or contact us directly and we can approach the school.  After-school clubs can be funded either by parents directly, or by the schools, with the parents making a contribution, although that is a matter between parents and schools.  If parents fund the club directly, we charge £35 for a 10-week course (1 hour lessons) or £50 for the 1.5 hour lessons.  We need a minimum of 10 children to run a course.  If clubs are funded by schools, our fee is £400 for the 1-hour chess course and £500 for all other 1-hour courses.  Schools can then ask parents for a contribution of whatever sum is felt to be reasonable, to halp offset the cost.  For full details, please see our fees page.

Intra-curricular courses are funded by schools.  These are a little more expensive, as we will need to do more work.  Before a course starts, we will need to 'differentiate and integrate' - that is, to work out, with you, how our course contrbutes to and enhances the overall key-stage and other educational objectives of the school.

The summer school is funded by parents and costs £25 per day, per child, and discounts are available for block bookings and additional children.  Please enquire using our feedback form, for more details, or see our 'summer school' page.

The Saturday Chess Club does what it says on the tin!  It is a chess club, on Saturdays, and runs from Paul's house in Maybush, from 12 pm to 2 pm.  The fees are £7 per saturday, payable 4-weekly in advance, please.

Paul and Kim can also offer private tuition at £40 per hour,  This can be offered at your house or at ours, as you choose.  Subjects offered are the same as in our normal courses.