What students have to say about tutoring from AHeadStart.
“I would highly recommend AHeadStart for students undertaking NCEA. It has been especially helpful for helping our children to understand how NCEA works and to manage and prepare for the external exams."
Holly’s & Bernadette's mother Mary, January 2014
Year 11 & Year 12, Chemistry, Mathematics & Science
"I passed all my maths and science papers with achieveds and merits."
Kieran, January 2009
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics & Science
“I want to thank you for the tutoring Ben has received. I appreciate that Ben hasn’t been the easiest student to teach, but I have been very happy with the tutoring he received
Kind regards, Lisa”
Ben’s mother Lisa, October 2016
Year 12 Chemistry
"I think my tuition helped me understand the basics of the topics [and] then learn how to put that understanding to use when given a question. Over all it helped me to understand what questions I was going to get asked and how to solve them the fastest way without making lots of silly mistakes."
Kate McDonald, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Statistics
“Hello Melanie. I just want to thank you for the excellent tutorials you provide.”
Ariam, July 2014
Year 13, Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Statistics
“AHeadStart is a fantastic tutoring company! With tutors who help each individual students and cater to their specific needs, and with the flexibility of being able to come to your own home. AHeadStart is definitely a tutoring company I would recommend.”
Matthew, January 2016
Year 12, Chemistry
"[Tuition] also helped me have a better understanding of the maths subjects I wasn't doing too well in and also helped me set realistic goals for the subjects. Once I got what I wasn't getting it made my confidence go up as I knew that I could actually do it."
Alice Cameron, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"Hi Melanie
I wanted to say a special thank you to you and Antonio for helping Sarah out this past year and giving her the confidence to continue with French. When we found you, she was struggling with motivation and almost ready to give up on trying to navigate her new world of correspondence learning.
But her results show she has done really well on her assignments. Of the three who started the year, she is the only remaining student sitting the Level 2 French exams at her high school today. I am so proud of her for sticking with it.
Sarah has opted to continue to Level 3, so if there is a French tutor available, we will probably be contacting you again next year.
I hope you have a good summer break.
Lisa"
Sarah's mother Lisa, November 2024
Year 12, French
“AHeadStart has been incredibly helpful and I definitely would have struggled in exams without the tuitions. AHeadStart overall is better that any of the other tutors I have attended in terms of learning and memorising, approach, time and location. I would recommend AHeadStart to my friends.”
Richard, January 2014
Year 12, Level 2 Biology, Chemistry & Physics
"I understand all of the subjects that I was struggling in alot better like algebra especially and number especially as we went through what I wasn't getting at a good pace so I could grasp it better. I also understand NCEA maths a bit better also as Mel explained to me what I generally needed in order to pass, which was good as I could then aim for getting those right. Getting an understanding in all if this helped me feel more confident in all areas of my maths not just the subjects that I was struggling in. I was in a relaxed environment which helps me learn better. Mel was also very patient with the things I didn't get."
Alice Cameron, December 2008
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"The tutors are doing a great job with helping students to learn new study techniques."
Neil Viegas, December 2009
Year 11, Level 2 Mathematics
"Hi Melanie. You will be pleased to know that I passed all of my maths papers and even managed two merits for graphs and sequences. There is no doubt that these results stemmed from the tutoring you gave me so thanks again for your help."
Briar, January 2009
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics
"I did OK in my exams. I only got one of the three science papers, but I did do better than I expected and I've passed with 106 credits and I'm very proud of myself. Thanks for all your help. Without it I wouldn't have achieved as much as I did."
Lexie McKellar, 2007
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics and Science
“My aim was to better my external scores and pass all of the papers in physics. Tutoring meant that I did a lot better in my externals than I thought I would- I thought I wouldn't pass any of them, but I passed all of them and got a merit in mechanics (the one I found hardest). It helped me recall information quicker and better in my exam and by having a tutor who knew the system I was able to learn little tricks to make questions easier to answer.”
Emma, January 2016
Year 13, Physics
"I understand Algebra better after having Melanie as a tutor because she explained everything I needed to know in simple steps before continuing onto more complicated and merit excellence questions. I felt that after having tuition my marks were much better and I felt more confident in what I was doing."
Lucie, December 2008
Year 10, Mathematics
"My tutor was very helpful and went the extra mile by giving [me] lots of exam papers. I passed all my unit standards and internals - the ones I failed before I started tutoring. It was nice how everything was taught step by step. I had more understanding and wasn't rushed. Thanks."
Nastassja Schoeman, December 2008
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
“Just finished [the Chemistry exam]. Feeling pretty confident. Was able to answer all the questions well. Evens “solids” ones. Couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you very much. Nick.”
Nick, November 2016
Year 12, Chemistry
"I wanted 2 say thank you because all of my results were good and I’m extremely grateful for all the help the tutors gave me XD."
Soliana, January 2012
Year 12, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
"Anyway, thanks again. And to Hannah and John, they really were excellent tutors for Monica. Perfect match in both cases. Both very fine young people.
I think one of the advantages I hadn't considered when thinking about whether to go with more traditional 'crusty old schoolteacher' tutors or young uni students was the role model aspect. and I think it’s great for Monny to see young people, only a couple of years older than she is who are doing really well at uni, studying hard, but still very cool.
Needless to say, we are very big fans of yours now and recommend you to everyone. We have our fingers crossed for NCEA, but know that without John and Hannah she was really facing a huge challenge to get through maths and chemistry."
Monica’s mother Karen, December 2012
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry & Mathematics
“Hi Melanie,
I thought that it was very easy to get along with Lauren, we started doing a bit with essay structure and it was easy to understand because she would go over each step specifically. I think she knows what I want to learn out of these tutor lessons and how she can help me using different methods and small steps to get through it. She seems very knowledgeable so I think it will be good for me to learn of her.
Kind Regards, Alida.”
Alida, August 2016
Year 11, English
“Hey they went really well thanks. I got merit in all my papers and one E in the reactivity chem paper. So overall I got merit endorsed in Chemistry, Physics, Calculus and English. Definitely improved because of tutoring. Thank you so much :)”
Thea to Marwah, January 2017
Year 12, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
“WOOOPPP I got excellence for Bio!!! :O
Woooppp, thank-you for your help!
Anna.”
Anna, June 2016
Year 13, Biology
"I thought I would just flick you a short one to tell you that the lessons are great and going really well & Gemma is a fantastic tutor! Very patient and thorough, making sure I understand every step we go through. Thanks Briar (:"
Briar, May 2011
Year 12, Level 2 Mathematics & Physics
“Just a note to thank you very much for all your help with supporting Daisy via Helena again this year. Daisy’s confidence and love of science due to Helena’s expert and engaging tuition has blossomed. From the Year 10 girl I called you about two years ago, starting to lose her understanding of concepts and needing support, to the confident Excellence level student we have now, has been a transformation. Daisy has always loved science and that love has grown ten-fold in the past two years. She managed to gain 100% Excellences in all her internals this year… not just for her 3 sciences but in all 6 subjects and is already way past the 50 Excellence credits needed for her Level 2 Excellence endorsement, and only 6 credits shy of gaining her second Gold Bar at St Margaret’s (70 E credits).
Many thanks once more. Please tell Helena that Daisy will be in touch with her when she gets her results in January!”
Daisy’s mother Lorelei, December 2015
Year 12, Level 2 Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics
“Thank you so much for all the help you have given me with bio and stats this year. I’ve enjoyed the funny yet shockingly bad jokes and thank you for putting up with my countless blonde moments. I look forward to seeing you next year.”
Anna, November 2015
Year 12, Level 2 Biology & Mathematics
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