1-on-1 tutoring · Online
A tutor who has done the reading before the first hour.
Most tutoring spends session one working out what is wrong. We do that part first, for free, in a 20-minute consultation — so the hour you pay for starts on the material.
- A tutor who has read the work before session one
- One 60-minute session a week, same time each week
- Taught against the Ontario curriculum, grades 6–12
Free consultation
Pick a time that works.
- Length
- 20 minutes
- Cost
- Free, no payment details
How it works
Three steps, and only one of them costs anything.
- 01
Book a free consultation
Pick a 20-minute slot. We talk through where your student actually is, what is going wrong, and whether tutoring is even the right answer for it.
Free, and no payment details are taken
- 02
Share some information
A short form: the mark you are aiming for and by when, whether you would rather we teach from your student's course outline or ours, and anything else we should know.
Takes a couple of minutes — attachments optional
- 03
Choose a package
After the consultation, not during it. The tutor reads everything you have sent before session one, so the first hour is spent teaching rather than working out where to start.
Nothing is charged until you choose
Step two
What we ask you for.
The form takes about two minutes. Three questions, and two optional attachments that make the first session considerably more useful.
Both are optional and neither is needed to book. They exist for one reason: a tutor who has seen the work already knows where to start, so the first session is spent teaching instead of diagnosing.
The mark you are aiming for, and by when
A number and a date. Everything else is planned backwards from it, so a specific answer here is worth more than a long one.
Your student's course outline, or ours
We can teach directly from the outline their teacher issued, or use Origin's outline for that course. Either is fine — this is your call, and you can change it later.
Anything else we should knowOptional
How they take feedback, what has already been tried, a diagnosis, a rough term at school. Anything that would change how we teach them.
A recent graded testOptional
Marked, with the teacher's comments still on it if possible. Where marks were lost tells a tutor far more than the number at the top.
A recent report cardOptional
It shows the shape of the year across every subject, which sometimes reframes what the real problem is.
Pricing
$30 a session, less if you book ahead.
One 60-minute session a week. Prices are Canadian dollars and include everything — there is no registration fee and nothing renews automatically.
1 week
A single test or assignment
Sessions: 1 × 60 min
Per session: $30
$30
4 weeks
One unit, start to finish
Sessions: 4 × 60 min
Per session: $28.50−5%
$114
Saves $6
8 weeks
Half a term, through to a midterm
Sessions: 8 × 60 min
Per session: $27−10%
$216
Saves $24
You choose a package after the consultation, once you know what we would actually do. Nothing is charged before that.
If you're the student
What the hour is like.
You set the hour
Bring the assignment that's due, the test that's coming, or the thing that didn't make sense in class on Tuesday. The session runs on that. There's no script to get through first.
You'll be asked to explain it back
Not to catch you out — it's the fastest way to find the exact point where it stopped making sense. Getting it wrong out loud is the useful part, and nobody is marking you here.
You leave knowing what to do next
Every session ends with a short, specific list. Not busywork, and not "revise chapter 4" — the two or three things that will actually move the mark you're aiming at.
Online
No travel either way. Join from wherever they study.
60 minutes, weekly
Same slot each week, agreed at the consultation.
Grades 6–12
Ontario curriculum, tutored by specific course.
Questions
Before you book.
If yours is not here, email or call — the answer will not be a sales pitch.
Twenty minutes, and it is a conversation rather than a sales call. We go through where your student is now, the mark you are aiming for and by when, and whether their own course outline or ours is the better fit. If you have sent a recent test or report card, we will have read it beforehand. You leave knowing what we would do and roughly how long it would take — and you are not asked to decide anything while you are on the call.
You buy one package at a time and nothing renews on its own. There is no subscription, no minimum term beyond the package you chose, and no contract to get out of. When a package ends, continuing is a decision you make again rather than one you have to cancel.
Online, so there is no travel either way and a session can happen from wherever your student actually studies. You will get the joining details by email before the first one.
Grades 6 through 12, taught against the Ontario curriculum. We tutor by specific course rather than by broad subject, so the consultation is where we confirm we can properly staff the exact course your student is taking — and we will tell you plainly if we cannot.
No. They are genuinely optional and booking never depends on them. They only exist to save time: a tutor who has already seen the work starts teaching in the first session instead of spending it working out where the gaps are.
Talk to a person
Questions before you book are fine.
You do not have to book anything to ask a question. If it is easier to email first, do that instead.
About anything you send us
Anything you send is used only to prepare for your student's sessions, and is seen only by the people at Origin preparing them. It is never shared outside Origin, and you can ask us to remove it at any time.
Next step
Twenty minutes, and you will know whether this is worth it.
No payment details, no obligation, and we will tell you plainly if tutoring is not what your student needs.
Pick a consultation timeConsidering a group instead?
If your student has a sibling or a friend in the same course, a group session works out cheaper per student and runs 15 minutes longer.
See group pricing