GOLD $60/h
PLATINUM $90/h
EXECUTIVE $150/h

James Purkis

Trusted by KIS Academics

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MY TUTORING SUBJECTS

English Year 5-10
English Year 11-12

available locations

Online

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Expected response time: 24hr
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Rating of 4.9 stars

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A bit about me

I am a tutor and teacher with 20 years experience in education. I have worked with students in Sydney, Seoul, Canberra, Melbourne and Ballarat. My passion has been English teaching and I love decoding and understanding texts and helping students to appreciate the skill and beauty within the texts they study. I also have a lot of experience teaching writing so I can help scaffold and develop generic writing skills that can be applied to a range of subject and texts. When I'm not preparing great classes for my high school students here in Ballarat, I'm training for marathons, doing AFL umpiring and watching sci-fi. I love tutoring as it allows me to work one-on-one with students to help them reach their potential and achieve their best results so they can make the most of their lives. Education was the best gift my parents gave to me and I want to help others do the same.

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Bonus access to KIS Plus worksheets, video lessons and notes.

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Cranbrook

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MY TUTORING SUBJECTS

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English Year 11-12

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Private Tutoring

Frequently Asked Questions 🙋

What is Private Tutoring?

Private tutoring is the best option for anyone looking for individual, personalised help with their academic performance, especially for subjects like English, Math and Chemistry.
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Private tutors can provide you with structured lessons to teach curriculum content, while also being flexible enough to answer questions as they come up, help look over assignments and assist in exam revision.

A high quality private tutor from KIS is not only a knowledgeable teacher who can answer all your questions, but an understanding friend who once had to face the same struggles that you are facing now.

Are your tutors any good?

You bet - you should check out our reviews!
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KIS only hires the top tutors in each state.

We specifically hand pick and recruit the best tutors and top scorers of every year level, vet them with a thorough interview and application process, and then we take them through an intensive training program so that they become the best, most compassionate tutors who really know how to teach.
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On top of that, we don't just hire the best, we treat our tutors well with top rates, personal development opportunities, plentiful resources for their subjects, and 24/7 administrative support.

Are your tutors qualified teachers or graduate students?

KIS Academics aims to hire young tutors who are relatable, friendly but also super smart tutors who are great at explaining things.
We firmly believe that tutoring should be delivered by someone with a different perspective to teachers at school. This ensures that tutoring doesn't just become another few hours of school, but a completely personalised time where students are taught in a very different, and better way.
You can read more about this in our blog post: Should I get a graduate tutor, or a teacher?

Why are some tutors more expensive?

KIS Academics has an extensive process for hiring tutors. When deciding whether a tutor should be Gold ($60/hour), Platinum ($90/hour) or Executive ($150/hour), our team evaluate factors such as academic performance, years of tutoring experience, feedback and reviews from students, university experience and degrees, other qualifications and overall performance within KIS Academics.

The biggest consideration when upgrading tutors to Platinum or Executive is years of teaching experience and positive feedback and results from past students.
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As tutors develop their skillsets further and gain more experience and feedback, they progress through the three levels- ensuring high quality services to match the price they charge.

Here's more info on our pricing

How do payments work?

Payments with KIS Academics are super easy.
Your 30 minute study skills consultation with your tutor is free
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After your first lesson, we'll send an invoice to your email. You can pay it with your credit or debit card, or using Google or Apple Pay, just like when you buy something online! You can also pay via direct debit. Please note that we don't accept any other types of payment method.
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Please make sure to pay this invoice within 3 days of your it being emailed to you.
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All future invoices are billed after and only after lessons. We can save your card details to make payments easier, but if you don't want us to, just let us know at [email protected]. We'll never charge you before a lesson, and you'll always receive a receipt via email.
Here's some more information on how our payments work: How should I pay my tutor?

How long are lessons?

Lessons can be as long as you'd like them to be!

Because we provide private tutoring, all our services are personalised to you. So... if you'd like to do a 2 hour lesson in one week, just let your tutor know. If you'd like to do a 30 minute lesson in another week because you're really busy, just let your tutor know. If you want to make all of your sessions 1.5 hours instead of 1 hour... you guessed it! Just let your tutor know.

We're flexible and lessons can be the perfect length of time for the student.

How can I contact my tutor?

To request a tutor, just press the "Contact Me" button on your tutor's page and send them a message.

Your tutor will get in touch with you directly by giving you a phone call or sending you a text message.
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We recommend you save their mobile number as a contact in your phone, so you can get in touch with them easily in the future!

What happens during the study skills consultation?

Study skills consultations are a free, 30-minute meeting with your KIS Academics tutor.
While we are 100% certain that you'll love our tutors, students and tutors also need to have what we call a personality-match. Students need to like their tutor and be comfortable enough to share difficult problems, frustrating questions, and see them for a few extra hours every week.
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So, during this consultation session, tutors will focus on getting to know their student, finding out what their strengths and weaknesses are and then building a plan on how to get the most out of tutoring. You can read more about it here: Free One-to-One Study Skills Sessions

How do I organise lessons?

You can organise lessons directly with your tutor - no need to download any apps or go to any websites, text message and email will do the trick!
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Your tutor will be in contact with you via text or email to organise all lessons, meaning you can reschedule and reorganise lessons whenever you need to just by contacting them!

What happens during lessons?

Our lessons are completely personalised to the student.
Every lesson is unique, and the sole focus of the tutor is to help a student find their weak spots, then help them overcome these.
Because our lessons are completely personalised, what happens during lessons is entirely up to you!
If you have specific content or questions to go over with your tutor, you can do that with them.
If you don't, your tutor will have a vast array of curriculum resources and content to go through with you.

We usually recommend our tutors to spend the first part of the lesson working through any questions the student has, then to go through curriculum content together, and finally summarise and make plans for the next lesson at the end.

I want a different tutor, can I ask for someone else?

Yes of course!
KIS Academics prides itself on matching students with the best tutor for them . We are successful at doing this 92% of the time.
We rarely have people ask for a different tutor.
If you do need someone else, for whatever reason, please contact us by emailing [email protected] or calling us on +61 485 868 009.

What if I need to cancel a lesson?

That's okay! We know life gets busy, so we can be flexible around your schedule too.

All you need to do is get in touch with your tutor directly and reschedule the lesson for another time.

However, please keep in mind that we have a cancellation policy - if you cancel a lesson less than 1 hour before the time you arranged with your tutor, you'll get charged 100% of the lesson fee. This is to ensure our tutors' time is respected.

So please, if you need to cancel or move a lesson, do it well in advance!

You can find more details about this in our Terms of Service and Cancellation Policy

Can I get access to the online resources?

Yep! All KIS Academics Private Tutoring students will get access to KIS Plus. KIS Plus gives you access to 25+ Online courses for the Australian Curriculum worth over $12,000 dollars.

As a private tutoring student, you'll get access completely for free! Learn more about KIS Plus resources

Are there any terms and conditions?

Yep! You can find all the details in our Terms of Service.

The 3 main policies you should know for private tutoring are:
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1. Regular lessons generate results. If you skip more than 3 consecutive weeks of lessons with us, you'll lose your tutoring position with KIS Academics
2. Lesson timing is flexible, but if you fail to show up or cancel less than 1 hour before a lesson, you'll be charged a last-minute-cancellation fee
3. Payments are all done online via TutorPay, and you'll only ever be charged after a lesson. Please make sure to complete any lesson payments within 3 days.
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It's the people around you that help you achieve your potential

That's why we set out to hire only the best tutors in Australia.

Free 30 minute Study Skills Consultation

Paying for an initial lesson with you've never met is absolutely crazy! And surprisingly, that's what most tutoring places will ask you to do. We think you deserve to meet your tutor, to make sure they're the right fit for you - free of charge. Request a tutor and they will reach out to you and organise this free trial session!

Click here to learn more about what happens during your free study skills consultation

Bonus access to +$12,000 worth of online resources

We're providing you with as much support as we can - not just with a private tutor, but with resources across all of your subjects like English, Maths and Chemistry.

When you start lessons with your KIS Academics tutor, you'll receive access to KIS Plus, our library of online resources. This includes video lessons, masterclasses, practice quizzes, sample tests and more, across a whole range of subjects.

Click here to learn more about what you'll get as a bonus to your private tutoring with KIS Plus

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You'll also get access to ALL of our KIS Online Courses.

Gold Tutoring at $60 per hour

KIS Academics Gold Tutors are handpicked graduates and award recipients, recruited by the KIS team and extensively trained. At $60 per hour you'll not only be receiving a tutor in the top 3% of the state, but also free bonus access to the online KIS Mindset Module and Exam Preparation Packs - everything you need to become a high achiever.

Platinum Tutoring at $90 per hour

KIS Academics Platinum Tutors are highly experienced mentors with glowing reviews from previous students. At $90 per hour you'll be receiving a tutor who graduated in the top 1% of their state - they are top university performers and high achievers who are masters of their subject (most of them are medical students!).

Executive Tutoring at $150 per hour

KIS Academics Executive Tutors are the best tutors we have. Perfect Scorers. The creme-de-la-creme.
At $150 per hour, you'll be seeing a tutor with 4+ years of tutoring experience and many past students who excelled and received amazing marks. Executive Tutors are Student doctors, Scholarship recipients and entrepreneurs with experience in various fields.

And if that wasn't enough, you'll receive specialised executive support in the form of 24/7 text message help, performance reports upon request, Parent/Student strategy calls and scholarship application help if needed.

If you want to be the best, KIS Executive Tutors will get you there.

High quality tutors at competitive prices.

We have hundreds of amazing high school tutors in Chemistry, Maths, and English offering top quality services at great prices. Why are they so amazing compared to other companies? It's simple, we pay them so much more. We take a low commission so you can get top scoring tutors at low rates. Explore our network of experienced tutors in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney to find the perfect match for your educational needs.

We're proud of our reviews.

It's hard to express just how much we care that you have a great experience with us. We invite you to look us up on Facebook, TrustPilot, Instagram and Google. There's plenty of amazing stories from our previous customers.
Click below to see all our reviews on posted on our Wall of Love ❤️

Rating of 4.9 stars

Spots are limited so don't waste any time!

If you've been matched with a tutor, make sure to contact them within 48 hours. All our tutors have limited spots which run out quickly, and if we've matched you with them, we can only reserve your place for 48 hours. After that, your tutor may be matched with other students or parents, so make sure to contact them for your free study skills assessment before you lose your spot!

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James Purkis

99.15
ATAR
Trusted by KIS Academics
Available
Currently Unavailable
Gold (60$/h)
Platinum (90$/h)
I Studied At

Cranbrook

I'm Currently Teaching

English Year 5-10, English Year 11-12

Available Locations

I am a tutor and teacher with 20 years experience in education. I have worked with students in Sydney, Seoul, Canberra, Melbourne and Ballarat. My passion has been English teaching and I love decoding and understanding texts and helping students to appreciate the skill and beauty within the texts they study. I also have a lot of experience teaching writing so I can help scaffold and develop generic writing skills that can be applied to a range of subject and texts. When I'm not preparing great classes for my high school students here in Ballarat, I'm training for marathons, doing AFL umpiring and watching sci-fi. I love tutoring as it allows me to work one-on-one with students to help them reach their potential and achieve their best results so they can make the most of their lives. Education was the best gift my parents gave to me and I want to help others do the same.
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