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Most families define when tuition should start. Far fewer define when it should end. That creates a structural problem: once a weekly class is added to the timetable, it can become permanent by habit even after the original learner problem has changed. A stronger decision is to define the exit plan before enrolment.

Tuition should have a job

“Improve English” is too broad to govern an intervention. A useful tuition job is specific enough that parents and tutor can later decide whether it has been completed.

• Reduce repeated dependence on adult prompting.
• Repair a recurring problem that appears across several school tasks.
• Improve the student’s ability to retain and reuse feedback.
• Stabilise performance under ordinary time pressure.
• Build a sustainable independent study routine.

Once the job is clear, the exit criteria become easier to define.

Define success before the first lesson

Parents should choose two or three observable success indicators. They do not need to be perfect numerical targets. They need to describe a meaningful change in the learner.

• The same teacher comment appears less often.
• The student starts tasks with less help.
• Corrections are remembered after a delay.
• Changed tasks cause less collapse.
• The learner can self-check without waiting for confirmation.
• School-return evidence shows the same improvement seen in tuition.

Why exit criteria protect the learner

Without an exit plan, a support system can accidentally train dependence. The tutor becomes the person who starts every difficult task, confirms every decision and catches every error. The student may perform well while the support is present but struggle when it disappears.

An exit plan forces the programme to ask a healthy question: what evidence would show that the learner can carry more of the process alone?

Use a prompt-dependence audit

1. Full modelling: tutor performs most of the process.
2. Directed hint: tutor tells the student the next type of move.
3. Open question: tutor asks the student to decide.
4. Wait time: tutor remains silent while the learner attempts.
5. Independent execution: student completes and checks without intervention.

A healthy long-term direction moves toward Levels 4 and 5 for familiar work. The student may still need stronger support for genuinely new problems, but the average burden on the tutor should fall.

Exit does not have to mean stopping suddenly

Tapering is often a better test than abrupt withdrawal. Reduce the intensity and see whether performance remains stable.

• Reduce the frequency of sessions.
• Reduce the amount of tutor-led practice.
• Increase independent work between reviews.
• Shift from continuous correction to end-of-task review.
• Ask the student to choose what needs help.
• Use periodic calibration rather than weekly supervision.

If the learner remains stable, the programme has evidence that support can be reduced further.

Use school-return evidence to confirm readiness

Strong tuition work is not enough. The exit decision should consider ordinary school performance because that is where the learner operates without the tuition environment. Parents should look for the same repair in school tasks, homework and teacher feedback.

If school-return evidence remains weak while tuition work is excellent, the programme may still be carrying too much of the task.

A 90-day exit-governance cycle

1. Days 1–30: diagnose and establish the independent baseline.
2. Days 31–60: repair the priority problem and test changed work.
3. Days 61–90: reduce prompts, test school return and decide whether intensity can fall.

Not every problem will be solved in 90 days. The point is to force an explicit review rather than allowing automatic continuation.

Four possible review decisions

Continue

Continue when the diagnosed problem is clearly shrinking but still requires support.

Change

Change the format when activity is high but transfer or independence is weak.

Taper

Taper when performance is stable and the tutor is doing less essential work.

Stop

Stop when the original problem is resolved, when the student can sustain progress independently, or when the total cost of the programme exceeds its remaining value.

The sunk-cost trap

Families may continue tuition because fees have been prepaid, the child knows the tutor, or the schedule has become familiar. These are understandable reasons, but they should not replace the educational question. Past investment cannot make a low-value future lesson more valuable.

At every review point, decide based on the next month, not on the money or time already spent.

The identity trap

Students can also begin to think of themselves as people who “need tuition” rather than learners receiving temporary support for a defined reason. An exit plan protects against this. It frames tuition as a tool, not an identity.

The learner should understand the goal: “We are using this support until you can do X reliably on your own.” That is empowering because it makes progress visible.

Exit criteria should include workload

Sometimes tuition should be reduced even when it remains useful because the total weekly load has become too high. Travel to Yishun, Orchard or Punggol, tuition homework and school obligations all compete for the same limited time.

• Is the programme still saving more confusion than time it consumes?
• Is sleep being protected?
• Does the child still have independent study time?
• Has the programme become mostly duplicate practice?
• Could periodic review replace weekly attendance?

Questions to ask the tutor about exit

• What would make you reduce the amount of support?
• What evidence would show that the student is ready to work more independently?
• How do you taper prompts?
• Can sessions become less frequent when the learner stabilises?
• What would make you recommend that we stop?

A strong provider should be comfortable answering these questions. A tutor who can recommend less tuition when it is no longer needed demonstrates confidence in the purpose of the intervention.

Exit-plan red flags

• No defined problem at enrolment.
• No success indicators.
• No scheduled review point.
• Prompting remains high for familiar work.
• Progress exists only inside tuition.
• The programme always responds to improvement by adding harder or more work.
• Stopping is treated as failure rather than a possible sign of success.

The parent rule

For families who arrive at this old East View Primary School tuition URL, define the exit before defining the schedule. Give tuition a clear job, choose success indicators, review the evidence, reduce prompts as the learner improves and taper support when the student can carry more of the process alone. A tuition programme should not need permanence to prove that it worked.

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