An Irish student working through maths in an online grind at home, rain on the window

1st Year to 6th Year · Higher & Ordinary Level

Maths Grinds

When maths starts slipping, the right grinds tutor turns it around: one-to-one, on your child's exact syllabus, without adding another commute to the week.

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Junior Cycle to Leaving Cert Higher & Ordinary Level Online, anywhere in Ireland

The short answer

Maths grinds are one-to-one maths lessons outside school, focused on the exact syllabus your child sits, from Junior Cycle up to Leaving Cert Higher Level. A grinds tutor fills the gaps the classroom moved past, works real exam papers, and builds the confidence that classroom pace knocks out of students.

Sound familiar?

When maths starts holding them back

The Christmas report said "needs attention"

And the mocks are closer than they look.

HL or drop to OL?

The level decision deserves better evidence than one bad test.

Points on the line

Maths is carrying more CAO weight than any other subject on their list.

The class moved on

One missed concept in algebra compounds for years; one-to-one goes back and fixes it.

The exam year

September start, February mocks, June exams

The Irish exam year has fixed landmarks. Grinds work best when every lesson knows which one it's building towards.

September

Foundations fixed

Gaps from earlier years get closed before they cost marks.

February

The mocks

Mock papers become a progress check instead of a shock.

June

The exams

Exam technique and timing drilled on real past papers, under the clock.

Tutors set milestones backwards from those dates, so every week has a job. The mocks stop being a verdict and start being data.

Online only, on purpose

Online grinds, anywhere in Ireland

No commute, no waiting room. A shared whiteboard, past papers on screen, and a tutor pool far bigger than any one town's. Wherever you are, your child gets the same standard of grinds tutor.

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How it works

From something’s wrong to a plan

Step 1

Tell us where it hurts

Click "Get a Tutor" and answer a few quick questions: year, level, and where maths is hurting.

Step 2

We hand-pick the grinds tutor

A vetted maths grinds tutor matched to your child's year, level and personality.

Step 3

Lessons build backwards from the exams

From the mocks in February and the June papers, every week has a job.

A secondary school student concentrating during an online maths grind

Same vetting. Same standard. Every grinds tutor is personally interviewed.

Only around 40% of our tutor profiles are public; tell us what you need and we search the whole pool.

Five-lesson promise

The risk is ours, not yours.

Our 5-Lesson Peace of Mind Guarantee

We know how important the right tutor match is. If it doesn't feel right, we'll find your child another tutor and you won't pay for that lesson. If you're not satisfied with their progress after five lessons, we'll refund every cent you paid for them.

Read our full guarantee

The right tutor can make all the difference, not only to your child's results, but also to their confidence, understanding and ability to tackle their schoolwork independently. For you, that means the reassurance of knowing your child is supported, making progress and moving in the right direction. That's the transformation we want your child to experience, and we're prepared to stand behind it.

First, your child's tutor should feel like the right fit. If your child doesn't feel comfortable, understood and excited to continue after their lesson, simply tell us. We'll find them a better-matched tutor, and you won't pay a cent for that lesson.

Once your child has found the right match, give us five lessons to help them make meaningful progress. If, after those five lessons, you're not satisfied with the change you're seeing, let us know and we'll refund every cent you paid for them.

Our 97% customer success rate gives us the confidence to make this promise. But if your child is among the 3% who don't get the results you hoped for, we wouldn't feel right keeping your money.

No awkward conversations. No hoops to jump through. The risk is ours, not yours.

Questions parents ask

How much do maths grinds cost?

Rates depend on the tutor's experience and how often you book; you'll see exact prices for matched tutors before committing. No sign-up fees, no long contracts.

Do you cover Higher and Ordinary Level?

Yes, both: Junior Cycle through Leaving Cert. Tutors also help with the HL or OL decision itself, based on paper performance rather than panic.

Are online grinds as effective as in-person grinds?

For maths, online one-to-one works exceptionally well: shared whiteboards, instant feedback on exam questions, no travel, and lesson recordings to revise from. It also means the best-matched tutor, not the nearest one.

I searched "maths grinds near me". Do you have tutors in my area?

Our grinds are online, which means every student in Ireland gets the same tutor pool, usually a far better match than whoever happens to be local.

When should grinds start: September or after the mocks?

September starts compound: foundations are fixed before the mocks, and the mocks then become a progress check instead of a shock. After-mocks blocks still help, focused on exam technique.

How do I get started?

Click "Get a Tutor", tell us the year, level and what's hurting, and we'll match you. You talk to us before anything is booked.

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Give them their confidence back, one grind at a time.

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