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English tutor in Bali: private English tutoring for school students
School English for ages 4 to 17: reading, writing, EAL support and exam preparation for IB and IGCSE, taught at your home or villa. Adult workplace English is a different service, linked below.
What English tutoring covers
This page is about English as schools teach and examine it: phonics and first sentences in the early years; fluency, spelling and paragraphing in primary; close reading and structured essays in secondary; Cambridge English Language and Literature; IB English A or English B. If your child studies in English, or is moving into an English-medium school in Bali, this is the support we mean.
Many students here are EAL learners: English as an Additional Language alongside a first language at home. Vocabulary, grammar and confidence grow fastest when they grow through real school texts: the novel on the reading list, the science report due next week, the timed essay the mark scheme actually rewards. EAL is woven into ordinary English tutoring, not sold as a separate course.
How English sessions run
A typical hour mixes reading, discussion and writing in proportions that suit the goal. Younger children read aloud, talk about the text and write a little every session. Older students may spend one session planning and drafting, then the next reviewing the tutor’s written feedback line by line: three specific comments on one page teach more than a tick on five.
Comprehension work trains habits, not hope: predicting, questioning, summarising a paragraph in one sentence, returning to the text for evidence. Writing is taught as craft: planning, paragraphing, sentence control, the habit of rereading: because schools often assume these skills arrive with practice, and they do not.
Who English tutoring suits
Three patterns show up most often. A younger child who can decode words but does not yet understand what she reads. A confident speaker whose writing falls apart on the page: spelling, punctuation, paragraphs that never quite form. A secondary student with plenty to say about a novel who cannot yet build the essay that proves it.
For EAL learners the pattern shifts again: strong break-time English, weaker classroom English. A child can chat fluently at lunch and still struggle to write a geography paragraph, because playground English and academic English are different skills. Each pattern has a known teaching response; the first job is naming which one your child is living.
- Early years and lower primary (ages 4 to 7): phonics, early reading and first sentences in short sessions.
- Upper primary (Years 3 to 6): fluency, comprehension, spelling patterns and organised paragraphs.
- Lower secondary (Years 7 to 9): structured essays, close reading and academic vocabulary other subjects assume.
- IGCSE (Years 10 and 11): English Language and Literature to the Cambridge syllabus, including coursework where set.
- Sixth form: IB English A or B, and A-Level English where the school offers it, subject to tutor availability.
Curriculum and mark schemes
An IB essay is marked differently from an IGCSE essay. Tutoring that ignores that difference wastes the hour. We support IB across its school stages, Cambridge IGCSE, A-Level, and UK, US and Australian programmes where a suitable tutor is available. For Indonesian national schools, we support English within Kurikulum Merdeka in the language of your child’s schooling.
The tutor works from the texts, assessment criteria and mark schemes your child’s school actually uses. Goals are written so you can check them: not “write better”, but “plan and write a five-paragraph essay with a clear argument, unaided, by half-term”.
Adult English: where to go instead
This page covers school-age children only. English training for yourself or a professional team sits with our sister service for businesses in Bali.
School English or lessons delivered in English?
These are different enquiries. School English tutoring focuses on reading, writing, language and literature. A maths lesson delivered in English focuses on mathematics, with English as the teaching language. Tell us both the subject and the preferred teaching language so we can discuss the right brief.
If your child is learning in an additional language, describe the task that is difficult: understanding instructions, reading a school text, joining a discussion or writing an answer. Confident conversation does not by itself tell us how a student handles an academic text. There is no need to label a child before describing what you have observed.
Bring the text, the task and the feedback
For primary English, bring a familiar reading book and a short piece of writing. For secondary English, share the set text, the assignment instructions and any teacher feedback. Include the exam board and course name: First Language English, English as a Second Language and Literature can involve different tasks.
For a writing goal, keep an original draft alongside a later independent attempt. Discuss what changed in the argument, evidence, paragraph structure or sentence control. The tutor can explain a task and teach the skills, but the student must remain the author of work submitted to school.
Rates
School English tutoring sits on the Standard rate of IDR 500,000 per hour for children. Specialist briefs may sit at Master (IDR 1,000,000). Your written quote confirms the rate, travel arrangements and any additional costs before booking.
Next step
Send four lines on WhatsApp: your child’s year group, school, curriculum and area. We reply within one working day. After the discovery call, we confirm tutor availability and the expected time for your written profile.
Frequently asked questions
My child speaks English well. Why is school English still hard?
Conversational English and academic English are different skills. Complex texts, structured essays and exam mark schemes need explicit teaching, even for fluent speakers. That is the most common brief from international-school families here.
Do you support children learning English as an additional language?
EAL support is woven into ordinary English tutoring: vocabulary and grammar taught through real schoolwork. Tell us your child’s first language and school when you enquire.
Can you help with IB English?
Subject to tutor availability, tell us English A or English B, and SL or HL. Programme overview: IB tutors.
Do you cover IGCSE English Language and Literature?
We tutor Cambridge English Language and Literature to the school’s syllabus, including coursework where set and timed essays. Board context: Cambridge IGCSE tutors.
Can sessions be online?
Online sessions suit older students and travel weeks, billed at 10 percent below the in-person rate.
What if the tutor is not the right fit?
Tell us. We change the plan or the tutor. If the first session is not right, tell us within 48 hours and we refund that session in full: refund policy.
How much is an English tutor per hour in Bali?
School students sit on Standard IDR 500,000 per hour, travel arrangements confirmed in writing, confirmed in writing before the first session. Online is 10 percent lower. Prepaid blocks of 10, 20 or 40 sessions receive 5 to 15 percent off. Full tiers: pricing guide.
Can you tutor English for school-age children at home in Bali?
Yes: reading, writing, grammar and preparation for English-medium schools, at your villa in Canggu, Seminyak, Ubud, Sanur, Denpasar and our other regular in-person areas. Most families book Standard IDR 500,000 per hour, confirmed in writing before the first session. Details: pricing guide.
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