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Online Tutoring for Richmond Students

We teach Richmond students online in Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. Our tutoring centre is in Surrey, and Richmond students join live classes over Zoom, taught by the same subject specialists.

Local context

Tutoring for Richmond Students

Students in the Richmond School District most often come to us for Pre-Calculus 11 and 12 and Calculus 12, usually with a university application in mind, and for Chemistry 12, where equilibrium and acid-base carry much of the final mark.

Online sessions suit Richmond families well. Classes run live over Zoom with the same subject specialists and the same structure as our in-person classes.

What they come to us for

Courses Richmond Students Ask For

Richmond students come to us particularly for the university-facing courses: Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus 12 and Chemistry 12. Chemistry 12 rewards conceptual reasoning, and it is where expert teaching makes the clearest difference to a final mark.

Why families choose us

Why Richmond Families Choose OOTB

Taught by subject specialists

The team is organised by subject and grade, so senior Physics is taught by someone who lives in Physics rather than by whoever is free that evening.

Small groups that stay small

Small enough that the tutor sees every student work in every session. No one sits at the back of a room of twenty and quietly falls behind.

Founded and run by an engineer

Jagjit Uppal founded OOTB in 2010. He read Engineering Physics with an Electrical specialisation at UBC and is a Professional Engineer. The senior maths and sciences are his own subjects.

How it works

How a Richmond Student Starts

  • Start with a trial classA $50 trial class, online or at the Surrey centre. It is a real lesson, not a sales meeting.
  • We find the actual gapMost struggles in a senior course trace back to something from an earlier year. We work out which one before planning anything.
  • Then weekly sessionsSmall group at $370 a month for four hours a week, or one-on-one and exam preparation at $40 an hour. Same tutor each week.

Full pricing for every programme is on the programs page.

The record

What Richmond Parents Are Buying Into

  • 4.9average from 70 Google reviews
  • 2010teaching in Surrey since
  • 5,000+students taught
  • 1-12grades covered, in person and online

Report cards, marks and reviews from real students are on the results and reviews page.

Areas we cover

Richmond Neighbourhoods We Teach

We work with families right across Richmond, including Steveston, Brighouse, Broadmoor, Terra Nova, Seafair, Hamilton and City Centre. Sessions are booked by course and term, so every student is taught by the same specialists wherever they live in the city.

Visiting Our Surrey Centre

Richmond students are taught online over Zoom, which saves the drive and keeps weeknights manageable. Sessions are live: the tutor works problems on a shared whiteboard and the student works alongside, exactly as they would in the room.

Our centre is at 8806 141A Street, Surrey, BC V3V 7W5. See the Surrey tutoring page, programmes and pricing, or real student results.

Questions

Richmond Tutoring FAQs

Do you teach Chemistry 12 equilibrium?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons Richmond students come to us. It is conceptually demanding but compact. Most students need one specific idea clarified rather than the whole topic.
Are sessions recorded?
Live sessions can be revisited with your tutor before an exam. We focus on live teaching rather than a video library.
Do you support students whose first language is not English?
Yes. Many of our students are in that position. For the sciences we work on the technical vocabulary alongside the concepts.
What technology do we need for online sessions?
A laptop or tablet, a stable connection, and ideally a way to write - a cheap graphics tablet or a phone camera pointed at paper both work well.

Tutoring across Metro Vancouver

In-person lessons run at our Surrey centre, and we tutor online across British Columbia. If Richmond is not where you are, these pages cover the neighbouring areas.

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Looking for a tutoring centre in Surrey for Grades 1 to 12? OOTB Tutoring has taught Surrey students since 2010, in person and online.