ClassArc's approach is simple to state: find the exact step where your child's understanding broke, rebuild it, and keep pace with what school is teaching while doing so. Every class is one-to-one, 55 minutes, with the same teacher, on a worksheet where the teacher sees each line as it is written.
What is ClassArc?
ClassArc is live one-to-one online maths tutoring for school-age children. One teacher and one child, for 55 minutes. The same teacher every week. Classes run inside our own classroom software, not a video call: a shared worksheet you both write on, a shared whiteboard, and answers that sync live.
Step one
The first ClassArc class is a diagnostic lesson, and it costs nothing. It is a real 55-minute lesson with the teacher who would go on to teach your child, and no card is needed to book it.
The teacher starts slightly above the unit your child is on at school and works backwards until the ground is solid. A Year 8 student stuck on linear equations, for example, may turn out to handle the algebra perfectly well and lose marks on negative-number arithmetic from two years before. Finding that is the whole point of the class.
Afterwards we tell you what the teacher found, in plain words. If we think tutoring is not what your child needs, we say so.
The topic causing trouble now is rarely where the trouble started.
Why the first class works backwardsThe plan
Each child's plan is built from two things at once: the gaps the diagnostic found, and the unit the school is teaching now. Before every class, the teacher checks where your child's class has got to.
So a typical lesson might spend fifteen minutes on an old gap, such as rearranging formulae, and the rest on this week's school topic, such as straight-line graphs, because the second depends on the first. Tutoring that follows its own separate syllabus hands a child who already finds maths hard a second set of it.
The plan follows whatever curriculum the school uses: England's National Curriculum and the GCSE boards in the UK, and in the UAE whichever of GCSE, International GCSE, IB or CBSE and ICSE the school teaches. In exam years it also works back from the paper dates.
Inside a lesson
Teacher and student work in ClassArc's own classroom in the browser, with nothing to install and no video-call link.
Both people write on the same interactive worksheet at once, so the teacher can stop at the line where a sign was dropped instead of marking a wrong total.
A shared whiteboard sits beside the worksheet for diagrams, sketches and the “let's try a smaller number” moments.
Typed answers appear for the teacher as they are entered, which makes quick-fire practice such as substitution fast and checkable.
A 3D space where halves and quarters become pieces and place value becomes blocks, before the idea goes back onto paper.
A number game appears when it is the quickest route to a concept clicking, never as filler to pass the time.
One teacher learns how your child thinks. If the pairing is not right, the next free class is with someone else.
Between lessons
Homework works as a four-part loop that closes at the start of every class.
It covers that day's lesson and prepares for what school teaches next.
A photo of the working or a typed answer. No printing, no email attachments.
The teacher goes through it before the next class and arrives knowing which question went wrong, and why.
The next lesson opens with it. A mistake nobody explains becomes a habit; this is where it gets explained.
For parents
Three things, each one dependable.
Frequency
Two a week keeps pace with school and still leaves time to close gaps. Three a week is worth it in the run-up to exams, such as the final term before GCSEs or International GCSEs, and one a week works for maintenance. If we think one a week will not achieve what you are hoping for, we will tell you. Our post on how often to have maths tuition goes into the detail.
How we differ
Tutoring broadly comes in three shapes, and ClassArc is deliberately none of them: one teacher per child for the long term, one teaching method shared by every teacher, software built for maths, and a plan tied to the school's own sequence.
You browse profiles and book a freelancer. Plenty of choice, but the platform rarely sets a teaching method, and continuity depends on one person staying available.
Often run at scale, sometimes with rotating tutors, group sessions or recorded material alongside live teaching.
Repeated practice sheets worked through at the child's own pace, with limited live teaching of the ideas behind them.
Read next
The practical side: booking, lesson times and what happens week to week.
See the stepsWho founded ClassArc, where our teachers are, and why the company is called what it is.
Read about usReception to Year 13, following England's National Curriculum and your child's GCSE or A-Level board.
See UK tutoringBritish, IB and CBSE students across the Emirates, with lessons timed around the UAE school week.
See UAE tutoringCommon questions
First class
55 minutes. The real classroom. No card. We confirm details on email and WhatsApp within a day.
Last updated · May 2026
When you book a demo or sign up for classes, we collect your name, your child's name, email, WhatsApp number, time zone, and the grade you're inquiring about. That's it. We don't ask for or store any payment details on this website. We don't use trackers, cookies for advertising, or third-party analytics that profile you.
Only to schedule and run your classes, send you class reminders, share homework and progress, and answer your questions. We'll reach out by email or WhatsApp, depending on what you tell us works better for you.
Your teacher, and the small team supporting them at ClassArc. We never sell, rent, or share your information with anyone outside ClassArc. We use Web3Forms to receive form submissions, and standard email and WhatsApp for messaging, nothing else.
We treat any information about your child with extra care. We only collect what we need to teach them well, such as their grade and what they're working on. We never use a child's photo, name, or work in any marketing without the parent's explicit written permission.
You can ask us to show you what we have on file, correct anything inaccurate, or delete your data entirely, at any time. Just email hello@theclassarc.com and we'll handle it within a few days.
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Last updated · May 2026
ClassArc is a one-on-one online tutoring service. We provide live, scheduled classes between a teacher and a student, along with homework, feedback, and study support.
Each class is 55 minutes. You can reschedule or cancel a class up to 5 minutes before it starts. If you miss a class without notice, we usually credit it back to your balance and reschedule based on what works for the teacher and student.
The first demo class is free, no card required. After that, plans are billed in advance for the number of classes you choose (8, 24, or ~48). We'll send you a payment link directly once you've picked a plan.
If you want to stop classes at any point, we refund whatever class balance is left on your plan. No questions asked, no friction. Refunds are processed within 7 business days.
We expect students and parents to treat teachers with respect, and teachers to do the same. We reserve the right to end the relationship if classes become unsafe, abusive, or disruptive, with a full refund of any unused balance.
If we update these terms, we'll email you before the changes take effect, so you have time to review them.
For anything, email hello@theclassarc.com.