KS Academia Prep FAQ: signing up, lessons and fees

KS Academia Prep puts three things under one roof. Weekly IB and IGCSE lessons in groups of 8 to 10, where every answer your child hands in is marked. Free Study Supervision for enrolled students, where a Teaching Assistant keeps them working until homework is finished and checked. And IBDP Subject Consultation, which helps families choose IB subjects and HL or SL levels against university requirements before the Grade 10 subject form. Parents can talk to the centre in English, Mandarin or Korean.

Message KS Academia Prep on WhatsApp on +65 8129 8782 with your child's subject, level, school and current grade, and send a recent marked test or essay if you have one. The centre will suggest a class or one-to-one lessons and arrange a paid trial lesson with the tutor your child would have. If your child continues after the trial, the trial fee counts towards the first month's fees, and fees are then billed month by month. There is no registration fee and no deposit.

Yes. A KS Academia Prep trial is a normal lesson, the same length as the class or one-to-one lesson your child would join, taught by the tutor they would have. It is paid, and the fee depends on the subject. If your child continues, the trial fee counts towards the first month's fees. Bring a recent test, essay or piece of homework: it comes back marked, so you can judge the feedback before committing to anything. More on the tuition fees page.

KS Academia Prep arranges a trial as soon as it can. Allow a little time first for the centre to talk to you and understand what your child needs, so the trial is with the right tutor and class.

No, it is not too late: students join KS Academia Prep in the second year of the IB Diploma. Send us your child's recent exam scripts first. They show the tutor what your child can already do, so KS Academia Prep can advise honestly whether one-to-one lessons to catch up or joining a class is the better fit.

Yes. KS Academia Prep's tutors can teach IB Economics to students who did not take IGCSE Economics, and the centre has taught students in that position before. Expect it to be harder at first: your child will be learning the basics while keeping up with the IB course, so it takes more work. A recent piece of school work helps the tutor judge where to start.

No. KS Academia Prep has no term-long commitment, no deposit and no sign-up fee. Fees are paid month by month, at the start of each month, and you decide month by month whether to continue.

KS Academia Prep group classes have a maximum of 8 to 10 students and run for 2 hours. One-to-one lessons are 1.5 hours. More on the tuition fees page.

No. KS Academia Prep runs separate IB Economics HL and SL classes for each year group, so SL students do not sit through HL-only content. Each class's grade, level and exam session is on the Economics timetable.

In IB Economics, HL covers everything in SL plus extra HL-only content, and HL students sit an extra exam, Paper 3, a policy paper. The IB Economics guide sets 150 teaching hours for SL and 240 for HL. Both levels complete the same Internal Assessment, a portfolio of three commentaries. The full comparison is in our guide to IB Economics SL and HL.

Yes. At KS Academia Prep, Jason Low mentors IB Economics students through the Internal Assessment and the Extended Essay. Under IB rules both must be the student's own work, so the tutor guides and gives feedback, and the student does the writing.

Yes. At KS Academia Prep, your child keeps the same tutor for the course, including for the trial lesson. More on the results page.

At KS Academia Prep your child keeps the same tutor for the course, so the trial lesson is the time to judge the fit. There is no term-long commitment and fees are billed month by month, so you are not tied in. The cancellation and billing policy is on the tuition fees page, or message the centre on WhatsApp to talk it through.

No. None of KS Academia Prep's tutors is an IB or Cambridge examiner. They are experienced Economics tutors, and their students' results and reviews are on the results page. Examiner experience shows that a tutor knows the markbands; it does not show whether the feedback is personal to your child, which you can judge by bringing real marked work to a trial lesson.

KS Academia Prep lessons are held in person at Far East Shopping Centre, #15-06, 545 Orchard Road. Online lessons on Zoom are available for several subjects; ask the centre which apply to your child's subject. More on the tuition fees page.

KS Academia Prep is at Far East Shopping Centre, #15-06, 545 Orchard Road, Singapore 238882, about five minutes' walk from Orchard MRT.

KS Academia Prep's weekly Economics timetable, with each class's grade, level and exam session, is on the Economics page. For other subjects, message the centre on WhatsApp.

Class times depend on the subject and on each tutor's schedule, so message KS Academia Prep on WhatsApp on +65 8129 8782 to ask about the schedule for your child's subject and level. The weekly Economics timetable is on the Economics page.

If your child misses a group lesson, KS Academia Prep can give you the recording on request, so they can catch up on what was covered. If you tell us ahead of time, a lesson can be rearranged. More on the tuition fees page.

If you tell KS Academia Prep ahead of time, the lesson can be cancelled or rearranged; what is possible depends on the tutor's schedule, so message the centre on WhatsApp to arrange it. Last-minute cancellations are charged as normal, because the tutor has already planned the lesson and prepared marking for it.

Yes, in most cases: KS Academia Prep is usually fine with a pause over the school holidays if you tell us ahead of time. The centre also runs holiday programmes to help students catch up or revise before exams. For Economics, students who attend a holiday programme are given priority for places when classes for the new semester are allocated.

Yes. KS Academia Prep students get regular homework, worksheets and past-paper practice, and every answer they hand in is marked. In IGCSE Economics, the feedback names the line that cost the mark.

Parents can ask KS Academia Prep for a monthly progress update at any time. The tutor can also be contacted on WhatsApp outside lessons. More on the results page.

Yes. At KS Academia Prep, Kirby Ng teaches small group IB Economics classes in Mandarin for Chinese-speaking students; all written work is done in English, because the exams are marked in English. Lessons in Korean depend on teacher availability. Parents can talk to the centre in English, Mandarin or Korean. More on the results page.

KS Academia Prep teaches IB and IGCSE Economics, Business, Mathematics, Science and English, and AP Economics. Economics is the centre's largest department, with weekly IB and IGCSE classes on the Economics page.

Yes. KS Academia Prep runs a Winter Programme from 21 December 2026 to 3 January 2027, and a six-week Revision Intensive before each exam season: mid-March to the end of April before the May exams, and mid-September to the end of October before the October/November exams. Dates are on the holiday programme page.

IBDP Subject Consultation at KS Academia Prep helps students and parents choose IB Diploma subjects and HL or SL levels before the Grade 10 subject form, checked against the published subject requirements of the university courses your child might apply to, including the choice between Maths AA and AI. Families leave with a personalised academic roadmap built on the KS Academia Prep IB Planning Roadmap, and Grade 11 students can get help deciding whether to switch a subject or move from HL to SL while the change window is open. You can test a subject combination with the free checker on the IBDP Subject Consultation page, or message the centre on WhatsApp to find out more.

Study Supervision is KS Academia Prep's free supervised study for enrolled IGCSE and IB students. In a quiet room led by a Teaching Assistant, students finish and check their homework; the Teaching Assistant keeps them on task, holds them accountable and answers questions as they come up. It runs on the KS Academia Prep Study Supervision System, Monday to Saturday, in selected time slots arranged with the centre, and parents are told if a student leaves without permission or is away from the room for more than ten minutes. How Study Supervision works.

KS Academia Prep fees depend on the subject, the level and whether lessons are in a group or one-to-one. The current fee ranges are on the tuition fees page.

No. KS Academia Prep charges no registration fee, no deposit, no material fees and no hidden fees. Full terms are on the tuition fees page.

KS Academia Prep bills by the number of lessons in the month, paid at the start of the month: a month with 4 lessons is billed as 4 lessons, and a month with 5 lessons is billed as 5. The fee ranges are on the tuition fees page.

Every KS Academia Prep fee includes all learning materials, in soft or hard copy, the marking of every answer your child hands in, help from the tutor on WhatsApp outside lessons, and recordings of missed group lessons on request. Enrolled students can also join Study Supervision at no extra cost. Details on the tuition fees page.

No, KS Academia Prep does not offer discounts or packages. It also charges no registration fee and does not ask for a deposit or several months paid upfront, which some centres do. The fee ranges are on the tuition fees page.

KS Academia Prep sends the invoice to parents. For how and when to pay, message the centre on WhatsApp on +65 8129 8782. Fee terms are on the tuition fees page.