What route do North London Collegiate School Singapore students take into the IB Diploma?
North London Collegiate School Singapore students move from the IB Middle Years Programme, which runs from Grade 6 to Grade 10, straight into the IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12. For Maths and Physics this means DP1 starts without an IGCSE or A-Level exam year in between, so the jump in pace arrives all at once. MYP Mathematics and Sciences are assessed through criteria-based tasks. The DP adds timed papers, long chains of algebra, early calculus, and Physics problems where every step of the method must be written out. Since its founding in August 2020 the school has set a high bar: its Class of 2026 averaged 38.35 IB points against a world average of 30.88, as published by the school. In DP1 I work on algebraic fluency, clear working and practice under exam conditions.
Where do North London Collegiate School Singapore students usually need help with IB Maths and Physics?
The usual pressure points for North London Collegiate School Singapore students in IB Maths and Physics are the same as across the IB Diploma: choosing between Maths AA and AI, HL Paper 3, the breadth of Physics HL, and the Internal Assessment. IB tuition helps most when it starts before these become urgent. AA suits students heading towards engineering, physics or mathematics at university; AI suits those whose subjects lean on statistics and modelling. At HL, Paper 3 sets extended, unfamiliar problems that reward building an argument step by step; I practise them with full past questions. Physics HL adds topics and depth that need regular review across both years. For the IA I help a student choose a question that can be answered, check the method and comment on drafts; the work and the writing stay theirs.
How does online IB tuition work in Singapore time?
Online IB tuition for North London Collegiate School Singapore students runs one-to-one on weekday evenings, between 5 pm and 9 pm Singapore time, so IB Maths tuition and IB Physics tuition sit after the school day. I teach from Europe, where those hours are my working morning, and I come to each lesson fresh. Lessons are live on video with a shared digital whiteboard, so the student sees every line of working as I write it and can write back. We work on whatever matters that week: a homework set, a topic test, past paper questions or an IA draft. After each lesson the student keeps the board notes and a short list of problems to try before we meet again. Parents can message me at any point to ask how things are going.
If your child is at North London Collegiate School Singapore and studying IB Maths or Physics, book a 20-minute assessment session with me on a Singapore weekday evening. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.