We don’t believe in big promises. We believe in doing the work.
At Genius Plus Academy, we’re not going to tell you your child will jump from AL7 to AL1 in 3 months.
We’re tutors. We teach, we plan, we mark, we track.
We care about your child’s learning — not just their grades.
Small classes. Real conversations.
A slow, steady climb upwards.
Why You’re Probably Here
You're likely not here because of panic. You're here because you've observed something that’s off or missing.
Maybe your child says, “I don’t get it,” a bit too often. Maybe they seem fine in some topics, but others keep slipping through. Or maybe you're just being proactive, because you’ve seen what happens when Math becomes a problem that’s left too late.
You’re not here looking for a magic bullet.
You’re just looking for someone who actually pays attention to your child. Who knows what to do next — and does it properly.
What many parents tell us:
“My kid isn’t weak, but they’ve lost momentum.”
“The class sizes are too big — it’s just more school.”
“There’s no feedback. I don’t know what’s improving or not.”
“We’ve tried worksheets, but the gaps aren’t closing.”
“We don’t want to push too hard — but we also don’t want to do nothing.”
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not overthinking. There’s nothing dramatic to fix — but there is something worth doing, properly.
Who We Are
(And Why We Get It)
My name is Mrs Eileen Toh, and I started Genius Plus Academy in 2017. I’ve taught Math for over a decade. I’ve written full-year curricula, designed textbooks and workbooks, and taught hundreds of students.
But I’m also a mother of four boys. And no matter how many years I’ve taught, it’s parenting that keeps me humble.
A recent story — one that really stayed with me. My eldest is cheerful, curious, and full of questions. We didn’t push him into academics too early. Even though I run a tuition centre, I believed there’s a time and place for everything — and in the early years, I prioritised play and his well-being.
But as he progressed, Chinese became a problem. His teachers flagged it, and we saw it at home too. He had started to lose confidence. So we got him a tutor. She didn’t promise shortcuts. She didn’t dramatise anything. She just showed up — consistently — with a clear plan and the kind of patience that’s hard to fake.
She even surprised us one day. We told her we were heading to Shanghai over the holidays. And she said, “You must bring him to try the tang bao. There’s a stall near Yu Garden that sells the big ones — the kind you drink with a straw.” Then she added, “Let him hear the language in action. Let him see the culture. Let him taste it.”
And so we did. We ate the tang bao. We wandered through Yu Garden. And my son lit up in a way we hadn’t seen in a while. He stopped seeing Chinese as a subject. He started seeing it as a world. That shift — quiet, personal, and real — meant more to me than any score jump.
It reminded me: this is what good teaching feels like.
And as a tutor myself, it brought me back to why I started Genius Plus in the first place. When I first began in 2017, I only had a handful of classes — just six students per level. But even then, I created full textbook sets. I wrote detailed lesson plans, designed layered workbooks, and tracked every child’s progress. Friends asked me, “You’re doing all this… for six students?” And my answer was, and still is: Yes. Because that’s what I’d want for my own children.
Today, I run GPA with my co-founder Mr JY Wong, a trusted educator who shares the same values. We both believe in small class sizes, strong planning, and personal attention. We’re not here to chase scale. We’re here to teach properly. If you’ve ever hoped someone would care for your child’s learning the way you would — that’s what we’ve built this place to be.
What’s Out There
(And Why We Quietly Disagree)
“Just do more worksheets.”
We agree that practice matters. But not all practice is helpful. A worksheet, done repeatedly with the same mistakes, just reinforces misunderstanding. A worksheet with no guidance, no explanation, and no follow-up doesn’t help a child progress.
At Genius Plus, we don’t just assign worksheets.
We build scaffolded practice — designed to strengthen weak areas, stretch stronger students, and match the actual curriculum pacing across the year. We explain. We reteach. We follow up.
“We’ll track progress... loosely.”
Many tuition centres don’t actively track student progress in any real way. No clear system. No regular feedback. No communication with parents until things go wrong.
We think that’s not good enough. Here, we give homework — and we mark it, review it, and give feedback. We track performance across terms. We keep in touch with parents — not just when there’s a problem, but when we spot effort, improvement, or attitude shifts. You’re trusting us with your child’s learning. That comes with responsibility.
“Let’s expand.”
Some centres aim to grow fast. Open more branches. Hire more tutors. Scale. That’s fine — for them.
But we’ve made a conscious decision:
To cap class sizes (maximum of 6 students)
To cap student load per tutor
To train and shadow new tutors properly, before they ever take a class
Because once scale becomes the goal, quality usually stops being the priority. We’d rather do good work — at a pace and size that lets us stay proud of it.
We’re not against tuition. We just think it should be done properly. No shortcuts. No inflated claims. No silent assumptions that “more hours = better outcomes.”
If you're entrusting us with your child, you deserve to know exactly how we work — and why we do it this way.
We didn’t start Genius Plus Academy to be big. We started it to be better — for the children in front of us. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
Small Class Sizes. Always.
We cap every class at 6 students. Not 8. Not 10. Just 6. That’s how we’re able to:
Notice when a child is struggling
Tailor the pace of the lesson
Give feedback that’s actually useful
Ask follow-up questions, not just deliver content
We’ve taught in classrooms with 30–40 students before. We know how easy it is for a child to hide, to tune out, to quietly fall behind. In a class of 6? That doesn’t happen. Not here.
Curriculum That’s Planned — Not Improvised
We don’t “wing it”. Every lesson, every term, every workbook is planned before the year even starts. We map out:
What topics should come first (and why)
When most schools hold their Weighted Assessments
How to time revision properly before major exams like PSLE and O Levels
What types of questions tend to trip students up — and how to build the skills to handle them
We teach with intention. Because doing well shouldn’t come down to luck.