Online children's coaching and tuition in France, for expat and international families
One to one online coaching for children and teenagers aged 7 to 18 in international and expat families in France, with tuition available alongside it when schoolwork also needs attention.
Steady one to one support, arranged around a French school day.
- BSc Psychology (Hons)
- Qualified Teacher Status
- London Teacher of the Year Award 2021
- Psychological Researcher
- Former Assistant Psychologist
- 10+ years experience across Psychology and Education
- One to one online coaching, across time zones.
Ruby offers one to one online coaching for children and teenagers in France, with support shaped around motivation, friendships, organisation, school changes and emotional regulation. Tuition can also be added when academic support is needed.
What children in France often bring to sessions
Moving between French and English, or between a French school system and a British one, asks more of a child socially than it looks like on paper. A child can be fluent and still hesitate before joining a conversation, unsure which version of themselves fits the room.
Motivation is another theme that comes up often, particularly around secondary age. A child who was keen and easy to encourage can become flat and hard to reach, and it is rarely about ability. Sessions give them somewhere to work out what has actually gone quiet.
Social confidence, friendships and communication
Ruby and your child look at what is actually happening in a friendship or a group chat, in French or in English, and work out what your child could try next. For a child moving between school communities, that is often more useful than being told to put themselves out there.
Teenagers tend to work on harder ground, including friendships that have quietly changed since starting secondary school, and how to say something honest to a friend without losing them.
There is more detail in the social and friendships coaching programme.
At a glance
- Main service
- One-to-one online coaching for children and teenagers
- Ages
- Coaching for ages 7 to 18. Tuition for ages 7 to 13
- Areas of support
- Friendships, social confidence, emotional regulation, executive functioning, organisation, school transitions and independence
- SEN and neurodiversity
- Psychology-informed support adapted for autistic children, children with ADHD and children with other additional needs
- Tuition
- British curriculum tuition, academic confidence, 7+, 9+ and 11+ preparation can be incorporated where appropriate
- Format
- Individual online sessions tailored around the child’s strengths, needs and goals
- Availability
- Sessions arranged around the child’s school day and local time zone.
- Practitioner
- Ruby Cole, qualified teacher, BSc Psychology (Hons), former Assistant Psychologist and London Teacher of the Year 2021
- Scope
- Education-led, psychology-informed coaching. This is not therapy, counselling, psychological assessment or clinical treatment
What Ruby can help with
One to one online coaching for whatever your child is finding hard right now, including children who are autistic, have ADHD or are neurodivergent.
Who this is for
- Families in France whose child is fluent but socially hesitant across two languages
- Children whose motivation has quietly dropped off
- Teenagers who have stopped talking about their day
- Children joining or leaving a friendship group at a bilingual or international school
Preparing for a school interview or a presentation? There is more on Interview & Speaking Confidence coaching.
Questions families in France ask
My child is bilingual and doing fine academically. Why would coaching help?
Doing fine academically and feeling settled are not always the same thing. Plenty of bilingual children manage school well and still feel like they are performing a version of themselves in one language or the other. Coaching gives them somewhere to work out who they are across both.
My teenager has just gone quiet. Is that something coaching can help with?
Often, yes. A drop in motivation or a sudden quietness is common around secondary age and is rarely about ability. Ruby and your child work out what has actually changed, at their pace.
Do you work with French national schools, or only international ones?
Both. Coaching is not tied to a particular school system, and tuition can be adapted for children in French national schools, bilingual schools or fully international ones.
We might move again in a year or two. Is it worth starting now?
Often the best time. Coaching around an upcoming move, or the uncertainty of not knowing yet, is some of the most useful work Ruby does.
Can Ruby speak to my child's school?
If you would like her to, yes, with your permission and only sharing what you are happy for her to share.
Tuition is also available alongside coaching. Read about online tuition for international families.
Talk it through with Ruby.
A free 15-minute discovery call, no pressure and no obligation.
Education-led tuition and coaching, not therapy or clinical treatment. If Ruby believes a child would benefit from clinical support, she will always say so.