9 tutors currently teach at Nansu Juku. They came through IGCSE, A-Level and the IB Diploma at international and IB schools, and now study economics, business, medicine and biomedical science at universities in the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. All of them teach in English; most also teach in Japanese.
Every tutor studied under Cambridge, Edexcel or the IB and sat the papers your child will sit. They remember what a mark scheme rewards and what it silently penalises, because it happened to them a few years ago, not a generation ago.
Our tutors hold places at the London School of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Monash University and, in Japan, The Jikei University School of Medicine and Waseda. The application path from an international school to a top university is one they have walked.
Japanese maths education insists on understanding why a method works and then on volume: enough practice that the method becomes automatic. Our tutors grew up in that system and teach that way, in English, Japanese, or both.
Several tutors hold IELTS 7.5 to 8.0 or Eiken Grade 1; several also hold JLPT or grew up in Japanese schools. If an explanation gets stuck in one language, they switch to the other rather than talking around it.
Japanese and bilingual tutors who came through IGCSE, A-Level and the IB Diploma, now studying at universities in the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. Tutor and subjects are matched to your child's school and goals.
Sapporo Nihon University High School, IB course (scholarship student) — IB Diploma
IBDP HL: Mathematics AA, Biology
Monash University, Business (current student)
IELTS 6.5
Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Monash University (current student)
3+ years teaching at a group tutoring school
Extensive one-to-one experience with Japanese and international students
From Indonesia; IGCSE → IB Diploma
IBDP HL: Biology, English A, Psychology (Biology: 6 out of 7)
Waseda University
Monash University, Bachelor of Medical Bioscience (current student)
IELTS 8.0 / Eiken Grade Pre-1 / JLPT N2
Experience teaching Eiken in Japan
Rakunan High School (graduate)
The Jikei University School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (current student)
Seiko Gakuin Junior & Senior High School
Studied in the UK on a scholarship
London School of Economics (LSE), BSc Economics (current student)
Ran the school Maths Club (STMC / SMC preparation)
Kansai Gaidai University, Faculty of Foreign Studies (graduate)
Monash University, Master of International Business (current student)
Former public primary-school class teacher (all subjects)
Eiken Grade Pre-1
Kaiyo Academy (graduate)
Monash University (current student)
Taught in overseas education programmes (Workaway, NGOs)
Turkey, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines
The Jikei University School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (current student)
Eiken Grade 1
Sapporo Nihon University High School, IB course (scholarship student)
IBDP HL: Mathematics AA, Physics, English B
Waseda University → Nanyang Technological University, Business
IELTS 7.5
Eiken is Japan's national English proficiency test; Grade 1 is the top grade and Grade Pre-1 is roughly CEFR B2–C1. JLPT is the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test.
Head office assigns the tutor after the free consultation, based on the school's curriculum, the subjects needed and the language the student thinks in. A trial lesson comes first; the match can be changed.
Lessons are recorded on Zoom and reviewed by head office, which decides the next step with the tutor. Homework, marking and the weakness log are visible to head office and to parents, so no lesson is a black box.
Your contact is head office, not the individual tutor. If a tutor's university timetable changes, the record, the materials and the plan stay exactly where they were.
Tutors are paid a proper rate for a proper lesson. That is how we keep people of this calibre teaching, and it is why we ask you to judge us on results rather than on being the cheapest.
Tell us your child's school, year group and goals. We reply in English within three working days and offer a 30-minute Zoom consultation, free of charge.
Or email us directly: info@yabiku-edu.com
