One-on-one maths for New Zealand families from NZ$19.50 a class, taught by the same teacher every week — inside our own classroom software, not a video call. Years 1 to 13, on the curriculum that came into force in January 2026.
The format
Every ClassArc class is one teacher and one student for 55 minutes. Not a small group at a lower rate per head, and not a marketplace where a different tutor turns up each week.
Because it is the same teacher week after week, no lesson has to start by rebuilding the context of the one before it.
One teacher to one student, every class, with no rotation. No group calls, no rotating tutors.
Curriculum
New Zealand replaced its mathematics and statistics curriculum for Years 0 to 10, and the new statement came into force on 1 January 2026. It is structured in phases rather than the old levels: Phase 1 covers Years 0–3, Phase 2 Years 4–6, Phase 3 Years 7–8 and Phase 4 Years 9–10.
That is a real change for parents, not a rebrand. The progressions are more tightly specified and the year-by-year expectations are clearer than what most of us were taught under. Schools were expected to be teaching it from Term 1 2026, though the Ministry acknowledged some would phase it in across the year — so which phase language your school uses may still be settling.
We teach the current curriculum. If your child's school newsletter has started talking about phases and you are not sure what that means for your child, bring it to the free class and we will show you where they actually sit.
A curriculum that changed this year is exactly the kind of thing a tutor can quietly be a year behind on. Ask.
Why the date mattersAffordability
Tutoring only works if it continues. Plenty of families stop not because it was not helping but because the weekly total stopped being realistic, so ClassArc is priced to be sustainable across a whole school year rather than to look good for a term.
Published rates for maths tutoring in New Zealand are commonly quoted between NZ$30 and NZ$45 an hour, with Auckland typically at the upper end and senior NCEA or scholarship work above it. ClassArc starts at NZ$19.50 a class. Those are published ranges rather than a survey we ran, checked in August 2026 — we quote them so you can do the arithmetic yourself.
Affordable does not mean less. Your child gets a full 55 minutes, one-on-one, with the same teacher every week. Nothing is charged to join and nothing is sold on the side; unused classes are refunded whenever you decide to stop.
per 55-minute, one-to-one class. The first class is free and no card is required.
What New Zealand families get
Not the one that was replaced. We teach the current Mathematics and Statistics phases, and we can tell you which one your child is in.
No marketplace roulette. Whoever spotted the weakness last term is the person still following it through this term.
A shared worksheet you both write on, a shared whiteboard, and answers that sync live. Nothing to install.
Inside a class
Every class follows the same shape and stays aligned to what your child's class is actually working through that fortnight.
A mistake left unexplained becomes a habit. We close the loop before the next unit starts.
Why the loop mattersThe teacher looks at where your child's class has reached, so the tutoring runs alongside the school's programme rather than ahead of or behind it.
Two pens on one page. The working appears in front of your child instead of being narrated at them.
Done without help, with the teacher reading each line as it appears and stepping in the moment the reasoning slips.
Homework matched to that day's class and to what comes next, reviewed together at the start of the following lesson.
Years and phases
The current curriculum describes Years 0–10 in four phases. Years 11–13 sit under NCEA. We teach across all of it.
NCEA
For students in Years 11 to 13 today, NCEA Levels 1 to 3 are still the qualification, along with the numeracy co-requisite that has to be met regardless of which subjects a student takes. That is what we teach to, working from the standards your child's school has entered them for.
It is changing, though, and it is worth knowing the shape of it. The Government has confirmed that NCEA will be replaced from 2028 by two new qualifications — the New Zealand Certificate of Education for Year 12 and the New Zealand Advanced Certificate of Education for Year 13 — with a new foundational qualification for Year 11 and NCEA Level 1 removed. The new certificates roll out in 2029 and 2030.
For a child in Year 9 or 10 now, that means the qualification they finish school with may not be the one their older sibling sat. We are not going to pretend to know how every detail lands, but we will keep the page honest as the Ministry publishes more, and we teach the mathematics underneath either system.
The maths does not change because the certificate does. Solid Phase 4 algebra is the right preparation under either name.
What we tell Year 10 parentsThe platform
Nearly all online tutoring is a video call with a document on screen-share. ClassArc has its own classroom because a maths lesson lives on the page, not in the webcam.
There is a live worksheet both of them write into, a whiteboard beside it for rough working, and every answer syncs the instant it is entered.
It opens in a browser. There is nothing to install and no link to go looking for at five to four.
A video call shows you a face. A shared worksheet shows you the thinking. Only one of those tells a teacher what to fix.
Why we built our ownTimings
Our teachers are in India, which is well behind New Zealand, so classes suit New Zealand afternoons and evenings — after school, before dinner. Early morning slots are the one window we cannot staff honestly, so we do not offer them.
You never convert time zones yourself. Class times display in NZST or NZDT as appropriate, and WhatsApp reminders arrive 24 hours and 1 hour before each class, also in your time. When the clocks change in September and April, your slot stays where it is.
Your first class
Your first class is free, runs a full 55 minutes and is taught rather than pitched. Booking it needs no card.
Before it starts we ask which year group your child is in and, for seniors, which NCEA standards they are working towards. The teacher then spends the class checking your child against that, usually by starting a little above their current work and going back until the ground is solid.
You will finish it having seen an explanation given and seen how your child took it. Knowledge of the subject counts, and so does whether your child feels able to say they are lost. If it is not the right pairing, we arrange another free class with a different teacher.
A first class should tell you something. Ours is spent finding the gap, not describing the service.
What the free class is forWhy New Zealand families choose ClassArc
These are not promises for later. They are how ClassArc already works, for every family on it.
No group sessions at a per-head discount. The whole fifty-five minutes is your child's, because that is what it takes to locate the actual blockage.
Not a rotating cast, and no starting from scratch each session. One teacher who carries the history.
Scheduled, taught lessons rather than a catalogue to work through alone. Recordings never notice a child who has quietly lost the thread.
A single live sheet both write on, plus a whiteboard. The working is watched as it happens instead of assessed after the fact.
The Years 0–10 maths curriculum changed in January 2026. We teach the current phases, not the statement they replaced.
From NZ$19.50 a class, no joining fee, and we refund whatever class balance is left whenever you decide to stop.
Prices in New Zealand dollars. Every class is 55 minutes, one-to-one, with the same teacher. First class free, no card required.
Where we teach
Families move, and prices are easier to judge in your own money. Here is every market we cover, what we teach there, and where its pricing lives.
Common Core and state standards, K–12
Your province's curriculum, grades 1–12
Australian Curriculum v9.0 and your state's syllabus
NZ Curriculum phases and NCEA, Years 1–13
The lesson does not change between markets — 55 minutes, one teacher, one student. The curriculum and the money do.
Common questions
First class
55 minutes. The real classroom. No card. We confirm details on email and WhatsApp within a day.
Last updated · May 2026
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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.