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Tutoring for special learning needs

Cluey's fantastic tutors can help your child with learning challenges or special learning needs, giving them the boost they need to keep up in class.

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Give your child the learning support they need to thrive

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Expert tutoring

Friendly, helpful and understanding tutors that love working with children.

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Quality content

Content designed to mirror what’s being taught at school, while adapted to suit your child’s needs.

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Delivered online from the comfort of home (no driving to tutorial centres or having someone in your home).

Let them discover a fun way to learn with us

At Cluey, we believe every student should get the opportunity to achieve their best. And special needs students shouldn’t be any different.

With attentive, patient and caring tutors, we can help any student from Years 3 to 11 catch up, keep up and overachieve in Maths and English.

If your child has a learning difficulty or needs support they’re not getting at school, book a tutoring session with us.

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Cluey's approach to tutoring can help students with special learning needs

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Reading Difficulties

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and more

Our friendly, patient and conscientious tutors will take your student through each English or Maths challenge they’re struggling with at school and help them master it in their own way.

Through a process of showing a concept, demonstrating how it works and then solving a problem together face-to-face, they’ll have a much better chance of success.

How do Cluey tutoring sessions work?

Concept

Explaining what they’re going to learn and how it works.

Demonstration

They’ll show how to apply it.

Worked examples

Your student will then try it themselves with guidance.

How does our approach to learning work?

Tailored tutoring with a plan

The learning programme

Structured around your child's individual needs and goals, our learning programmes adapt over time to build confidence and offer the right help at the right time.

Quality content

  • Developed by our experienced education team, the content in our learning programmes is structured according to your child's skill level and individual needs.
  • We use a range of approaches to meet the needs of different students. Our approach is always clear and unambiguous, and designed to help your child thrive.
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Tutoring sessions

  • Live, face-to-face and online
  • Expert tutors matched to your child's needs
  • Demonstration, guided exercises and reviews
  • Designed to be fun and engaging
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Practice exercises

Optional practice questions and exercises to work through between sessions.

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Regular reporting

Feedback after every session helps you keep track of your child's progress.

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Flexibility to suit busy family schedules
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Learn from home (or anywhere) via our online platform.

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Schedule sessions when they suit you, between 7am and 10pm, 7 days per week.

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Reschedule easily when things get busy

Consistent learning leads to progress that matters

From step one to step done, we're with your child for their entire learning journey.

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Session recordings allow your child to revise at any time.

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Progress reports ensure your child is getting the right help at the right pace.

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Guided tutoring helps your child realise their potential.

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Cluey are the experts in learning

ENGLISH

MATHS

Meet some of our 2,521+ expert English tutors

Our tutors are all qualified teachers, exceptional NCEA achievers or experts in their respective fields.

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Maria

Teacher

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Maria has 18 years of experience teaching English as a Second Language, both face to face and online. She has experience with students from diverse backgrounds and with varying levels of knowledge. Maria is a committed and enthusiastic Teacher with a passion for language and literature.

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Joseph

Tutor (Master Degree in English Studies)

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Joseph completed his Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts (Humanities) in 2015 at the Australian Catholic University, followed by his Master of English Studies in 2019 at the University of Sydney. He has 4 years of formal English and History tutoring for Primary and Secondary students. Joseph always makes sure to make the academic content relatable to his students to nurture a nuanced understanding that they remember for a long time.

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Georgia

Tutor (Journalist)

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Georgia completed her Bachelor of Journalism in 2020 through the Queensland University of Technology. She has formal tutoring experience as well as freelance tutoring since 2017 with specialities in Senior English, Speech and Drama. Georgia has a passion for English and Humanities and loves the one-on-one time that she gets to spend with her students.

Meet some of our 2,521+ expert Maths tutors

Our tutors are all qualified teachers, exceptional NCEA achievers or experts in their respective fields.

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Geetika

University Student (Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering)

Mathematics: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Geetika is currently studying a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Wollongong. She is passionate about helping students develop their key numeracy skills for life-long use, as they work towards acquiring educational independence. Geetika believes in fostering a positive and encouraging learning environment and feels with the right support, students can reach their potential.

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Cherre

University Student (Bachelor of Music (Music Education))

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Mathematics: Primary & Intermediate

Cherre achieved an ATAR of 94.35 in 2019, then commencing her Bachelor of Music (Musical Education) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has been tutoring secondary students in English and previously tutored primary English and Mathematics. Cherre has a strong passion for teaching and aspires to help students improve and achieve the results they desire. She loves the idea of passing on her knowledge to the next generation of students in their relevant fields of study and can adapt her teaching strategies and approaches according to the needs of the student.

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Alisha

Teacher

Mathematics: Primary & Intermediate

English: Primary, Intermediate & Secondary

Alisha is a qualified teacher with 13 years experience as a teacher. She also has previous experience as a private tutor. Alisha believes in fostering a positive and encouraging learning environment and feels with the right support, students can reach their potential .

Looking For More?

Here are some of our frequently asked questions to help you out.

You can enrol directly on our website through our online enrolment process. During this process, we’ll ask you a few simple questions and recommend a learning programme to suit your needs. If you have any questions, you can contact our Learning Advisors on 0800 005 370 or admissions@clueylearning.com.

Yes. Our Education Team maps all our content to the New Zealand Curriculum. All content is relevant to your child’s school syllabus and what they’re covering in the classroom.

Yes, for 1-to-1 programmes. During your child’s first Cluey session your tutor will gauge their level of skills and knowledge and identify any strengths and weaknesses they have. We then customise a personalised learning plan for the student, tailored to their areas of need.  This plan is updated after every learning session.

You don’t need any special software or downloads for your Cluey Learning tutoring sessions, just a laptop or computer with an internet connection, audio and a web cam. We provide everything else. The sessions are always live, in real time and interactive. 

The Cluey platform runs on Windows or Mac desktop and laptop computers. In addition, a mouse, camera, microphone and speaker are required. A digital pen may also be useful. Our platform doesn’t yet work on mobile devices.

When you enrol, we’ll send you a link to our learning platform, and run some tests to make sure everything’s working before your first online session.

Minimum system requirements for running the Cluey platform:

Windows computers

Windows 10 (Windows 10, 8.1, 8, or 7)
1 GHz processor
512MB RAM

Browsers:
Firefox – Latest version
Chrome – Latest version

Mac computers

Mac OS X 10.9
1 GHz Intel processor (Core 2 Duo)
1 GB RAM

Browsers:
Firefox – Latest version
Chrome – Latest version

Generally, children of all ages respond very well working with their personal tutor on our online platform as most of them already use similar the technology at school. Our personalised approach and regular reporting after each session provide students (and parents) with confidence. You can also track your child’s progress and engagement through session recordings, available via a private link that we can email to you.

In most cases, it’s even better! In addition to high quality tutors, live online face-to-face sessions and personalised content, our A.I platform measures every interaction we have with a student – ensuring a consistent, quality experience for our students. Access to regular reports and video recordings means you’re always across your child’s progress.   You also have flexibility and control over when you have your tutoring sessions.

Every tutoring session is designed to be very interactive with their private expert tutor guiding the student through theory, worked examples and practice questions. Integrated video and audio communication is two way, which is the most effective method of learning. Our tutoring platform encourages high levels of engagement and focus for children of all ages.

It depends on what the student needs and the individualised learning programme that we design. Our flexibility means you can step-up the number of sessions when there is an immediate need, and reduce frequency when required.   You have several options, including whether you pay-as-you-go or purchase a package of sessions. And we never make you commit to any long term contracts. Once we understand your child’s needs, we help you work out the best package that will work for you.

Yes, you can start by committing only to two sessions. But keep in mind that a reasonable part of the first session revolves around getting to know your tutor, introducing the platform and learning content, and your tutor understanding your needs. The first session is less content intensive than subsequent sessions, hence students should do at least two sessions to start with. Regardless, you are never locked into a long term contract at Cluey Learning and you can choose to have as much or as little tutoring as you desire.

It depends on your child’s learning needs and their current level of knowledge. We recommend once a week to start with and reassessing as your child progresses.

You can schedule sessions anytime between 7am and 10pm, Monday to Sunday. 

Yes. You can change your session times, as well as pause or cancel sessions, by logging into your Cluey Hub.

You’ll be able to reschedule your session free of charge if you do so at least 48 hours before it starts. Any sessions rescheduled with less than 48 hours’ notice will incur the full charge.

Any content you were due to cover will automatically move to your next session. As long as you give us at least 48 hours’ notice, we won’t charge you for missing a session. Any sessions missed with less than 48 hours’ notice will incur the full charge.

Primary 1-to-1 programmes start with a “kick-off” session which enables us to gauge where we should start each student’s programme. Similarly, for secondary students we can start their programme with a discovery session to place them in the correct module. As the lessons progress, your tutor, supported by our learning platform, determines where your child is at in each area. For 1-to-1 learning programmes, they personalise the learning plan and upcoming tutoring sessions specifically to meet their needs. We refer to this as continuous assessment.

After each tutoring session, your tutor will share a report highlighting topics covered in the session, areas your child did well in or needed extra help with, and their overall progress. You can access these reports and session recordings at any time. If you have any concerns, you can discuss these with the tutor at the start or end of a session, or speak with our Customer Care team.

Our tutors include teachers, top achievers and subject matter experts who are located throughout New Zealand and Australia. Before becoming a Cluey tutor, every tutor goes through a rigorous selection process to ensure we recruit the best people, with only 6% of tutors who apply making the grade. Thereafter, we train, support, develop and constantly review our tutors to ensure they provide consistently good quality teaching that’s right for your child.

Once we’ve matched the student to the best available tutor, our team can provide you with specific information on that tutor.  You can also read about our tutors on our website.

We aim to book the same Cluey tutor for each session. If your tutor is on leave or your availability changes, we’ll match you with another suitable tutor and update them on your child’s progress. We keep in touch regularly to discuss your tutor preferences, and any potential changes.

Although we’d all love to be responsible for the next baby Mozart, our programmes are very specifically designed to build your child’s confidence in their abilities and help them reach their (personal) potential. This might well be top marks in the state. Or it could be good marks achieved with pride. Either way, our goal is to instil a love of learning in every one of our students, so that they’ll continue to do it for the rest of their lives.

We’ve helped families around New Zealand

From catching up, building confidence and excelling in school, parents and students alike agree that Cluey works.

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82% of Cluey parents agree their child’s grades have improved

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85% of Cluey parents agree their child is more confident

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