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Welcome to

The Paper Prep

1-to-1 tutoring built from the student’s own papers

For students on Singapore’s SEC, IP, IB and international programmes. More than 100 have learned with us since 2022. Start with a trial lesson, a written diagnostic and honest advice.

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Every lesson is built from the student’s own work, by tutors with 10+ years of teaching experience.

Tutors who commit to the whole journey.

100+

students taught since 2022

10+

years of teaching experience per tutor

10–12

students per tutor each year, so every child gets real attention

3+

grades average improvement in most subjects*

Over 85% of our students improve by 3 or more grades.*

*Grade improvement is measured from each student’s starting diagnostic to their latest school exam, across all students taught since 2022.

Our students come from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), ACS (Barker Road), Raffles Institution, Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls’ High School, Singapore Chinese Girls’ School and Methodist Girls’ School, among others.

What makes us special

One Tutor, Year 2 to Graduation

School gets harder in stages, and each stage builds on the last. Most of our tutors have taught students from Year 2 all the way through to JC 2 or IB Year 2. They commit to the whole journey, so a student never has to explain themselves to a new tutor or start over at the hardest moments.

Year 2The tutor starts here
Year 3Harder content
Year 4SEC year
JC 1 / IB Year 1A-Level / IB begins
JC 2 / IB Year 2Graduation year, same tutor

Trial Lesson & Diagnostic

Every student starts with a trial lesson. Afterwards we go through their real work and give honest advice and a recommended plan, whether or not lessons continue.

See a sample diagnostic report

One Dedicated Tutor

Each student works with one tutor who learns their strengths, habits and the mistakes they keep repeating. Between lessons, students can send their tutor questions about homework.

Google Chat conversation between a student and a dedicated teacher about homework

Personalised Study Materials

Quizzes, flashcards and short videos are built from the student’s own gaps, not pulled from a generic worksheet. All materials are provided.

Personalised chemistry mini quiz with a QR code
Scan the QR code to try a sample quiz
A practice sheet made for one student

Online Lessons

Live 1-to-1 lessons on a virtual whiteboard, with timed exercises and no travelling.

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AI can give answers. A tutor fixes the problem.

We are big fans of AI, and our tutors and students use it. For maths and science it is brilliant at producing answers. What it often can’t do is work out why a student keeps getting them wrong, and teach them to fix it.

Finds the real gap

A tutor reads the student’s working, spots the repeated mistake, and goes back to the idea underneath it.

Learning that sticks

We guide each student to work out the answers for themselves, so they feel confident solving questions on their own in the exam.

Someone in their corner

A chatbot never notices when a student skips the hard questions or keeps losing marks on the same topic. Their tutor does, steps in early, and keeps the family informed about what is going on and what is being done about it.

A note from the team

When a student struggles, there is always a reason. Finding it takes deep subject knowledge and teaching experience, which is why every lesson begins with the student’s own work.

The Paper Prep Team

More about our team

A diagnostic before any commitment

The trial lesson includes a written diagnostic and lesson recommendation. We reply within one working day.

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