What parents have to say about tutoring from AHeadStart.
“Thank you for your kind wishes to Charlie. He is quietly confident for a good result! Our thanks to James also. We were very happy with the quality of his tuition.”
Charlie’s mother Margaret, November 2015
Year 13, Calculus
"Shian was really happy with her tutoring yesterday and said it really helped so this is awesome yay!!"
Shian’s mother Jaimee, April 2015
Year 11, Mathematics
“Emma said her tutorial with Jackson was fantastic yesterday. Being dyslexic and a very visual learner his style of teaching really suited her. She came home feeling really positive.”
Emma’s mother Catriona, September 2015
Year 12, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
“Melanie,
Thank you for the report. Liam has helped Attica enormously for which we are very grateful.
Branton”
Attica’s father Branton, October 2016
Year 13 Physics
"Just wanted to say a big thank you to Laura for all her help with Ashleigh. She has finished all her English assignments and achieved with Merit. Ashleigh is thrilled as she was convinced she would fail English this year."
Ashleigh’s mother Jacqui, September 2013
Year 12 English
“AHeadStart definitely provides a more professional and comprehensive service [than other tuition].”
Emmerson’s mother Tracey, January 2016
Year 13, Biology & Chemistry
"Melanie fitted my daughter in an already packed schedule of hers. She went the extra mile to make sure she understood every concept in calculus. The result of her effective approach was a very confident student. My daughter just went from strength to strength, passed her internal exams, feels confident about success in the end of year exams and is absolutely motivated. Thank you, Melanie!"
Nastassja’s mother Henriette, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you SO much for all your help and support over the years – you have made an amazing difference to Alex and I know she would have struggled without you. I think it would be lovely to keep in touch – I know Alex will really like that.
Thank you again – for your fabulous help."
Alex’s mother Catherine, December 2012
Year 13, Level 3 Biology, Calculus, Chemistry & Physics
“Our child learnt exam techniques and hoe to study efficiently. She gained Level 1 with Excellence.
With the direct one on one tutoring Issey was able to concentrate fully on areas she lacked confidence in and areas she needed to improve on.”
Isabella’s parents Simon & Robyn, January 2016
Year 11, English, Maths & Science
“It was a great help to Grace. It gave her more confidence with exams and she passed her MCAT which she had been concerned previously that she may not. There were particular aspects also of the curriculum that were specifically letting her down in exams and she was able to get a greater understanding of these areas.”
Grace’s mother Pam, January 2016
Year 11, Mathematics
“Hi Melanie,
We could not be happier with the service you and Hayden have provided for both Ella and Jacob.
I have, and will continue, to highly recommend your service to others.
We wish you and yours, a safe, happy and restful holiday season!
Kind regards, Adele”
Ella’s and Jacob’s mother Adele, December 2016
Year 12 & Year 13, Mathematics & Physics
“We have been very pleased with the effort Blake and Lethan have put in for Matt. Both he, Pete and I appreciate their efforts very much.”
Matt’s mother Cate, December 2015
Year 13, Level 3 English, Geography, History
“Hayden has been amazing. Morgan is a much more confident boy with his studies :)”
Morgan’s mother Joyce, October 2016
Year 11, Mathematics & Science
"Somin is very happy with Joe and she says he is very good at teaching the way she needs to learn. This is much better for Somin than the other 2 tutors we had [elsewhere], who were too generally focused, but not on what she needed."
Somin’s guardian Vicki, August 2013
Year 11, Accounting, Mathematics & Science
"Bernadette got excellence on the recent tables and graphs formative and like Holly the tuition is invaluable for confidence. We are really pleased overall. We believe that tuition is essential because there seems to be big holes in the learning at school."
Holly’s and Bernadette’s mother Mary, July 2013
Year 11 & Year 12, Mathematics & Science
“Tuition with Hamish was fantastic - thank you. Sophia said he explained things really well and was able to answer her questions. She even came back enthusiastic and explained to us how you calculate the charge of elements in the periodic table! We would like to keep the Monday sessions with him.”
Sophia’s father Greg, October 2015
Year 11, Science
“The tuition helped Ellen pass all the Chemistry Papers at Level 3 that she sat. She learnt to understand the chemistry concepts that were proving difficult for her. [She enjoyed the] one on one time to fully understand the chemistry that she wasn't grasping in a full classroom situation and the opportunity to have her questions answered in a manner that she understood. She improved her results from the mock exams until the final exams.”
Ellen’s mother, January 2016
Year 13, Chemistry
“Molly said Jacob was great. He was knowledgeable and really clear when explaining things. She found the session very worthwhile.”
Molly’s mother Pip, June 2015
Year 13, Physics
"Mo did a great job even has Adam looking at Engineering at Uni!
[Adam] passed his Chemistry Internal well and thinks he has done well in his Externals so was well worth it."
Adam’s mother Jayne, November 2014
Year 11, Chemistry & Physics
"It’s nice to know that our son can go to AHeadStart and leave having learnt the things he somehow missed in class."
Lyndon’s mother Marian, December 2009
Year 10 Maths & Science
“Tom is loving his tuition, Sean is great and Tom has said he has learnt more in the last two weeks than all of last term!”
Tom’s mother Jo, April 2015
Year 9, Mathematics & Science
"Thank you so much for sending the report.
We’ve shared it with Sota’s parents in Japan as well.
It really gives a clear picture of how he’s been working on his tasks each time.
Sota often tells us how great Isabella is as a tutor.
We really appreciate her patience and the way she supports him.
We truly feel that Sota’s progress so far is thanks to her help.
He was also able to achieve in the recent NCEA internal exam.
As he now starts preparing for the external exams, we’d really appreciate your continued support in helping him work on his weaker areas.
Thank you."
Sota's guardian Mari, June 2025
Year 13 Biology
"I think Supun has already let you know his results. He has been awarded Merit endorsement for Chemistry. I am happy with the other subjects as well. Finally he has achieved University entrance for Engineering which I dreamed. This is the path I wanted Supun to show to go ahead and to achieve. Your teaching, your efforts and encouragements was a huge factor Supun to gain this. So thank you very much and much appreciate this."
Supun’s father Rohana, January 2012
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus, Chemistry & Physics
“Thanks Melanie. Jack found Liam incredibly helpful. He got an excellence for the last internal so fingers crossed today. Jack also said his physics exam went well.”
Jack’s mother Tracey, November 2015
Year 12, Chemistry & Physics
“I can't thank Joe enough for all he has done with George! We are happy to see that he has regained his confidence with Joe's help. I am sure it has not been easy to get a 9 year old to want to do an hour’s maths work after school but he has done an amazing job at making it fun and interesting. I am sure George will miss seeing him on Thursdays.”
George’s mother Gwynneth, September 2015
Year 4, Mathematics
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