Online children's coaching and tuition in Singapore, for expat and international families
One to one online coaching for children and teenagers aged 7 to 18 in international and expat families, with tuition available alongside it when schoolwork also needs attention.
Steady one to one support, arranged around a Singapore 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 Singapore, with support shaped around motivation, friendships, organisation, moving country, a new school and emotional regulation. Tuition can also be added when academic support is needed.
What children here often bring to sessions
A child who has changed school in the middle of a year often has to join friendship groups that formed long before they arrived. That is a social task, not a personality problem, and it can be practised. So can knowing what to say when someone asks where you are from and the honest answer takes three sentences.
There is also the question of where home is. Children who have lived in several countries frequently hold more than one answer to that at once, and they can carry it quietly for years. Sessions give them somewhere to think about it out loud with an adult who is not worried by it.
Social confidence, friendships and communication
Ruby and your child look closely at what actually happens in a break time or a group chat: how conversations open, how they stall, and what your child can try next time. For a child who has recently arrived, that is often more useful than being told to be confident.
Teenagers tend to work on harder ground, including friendships that have quietly changed and how to say something difficult to someone they still want to keep.
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
- Online sessions arranged around Singapore after-school hours.
- 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 who have recently arrived and want a child to settle properly, not just manage
- Children joining friendship groups that formed before they got here
- Teenagers who cannot get started without a parent next to them
- Children thinking about identity, belonging and where home is
Preparing for a school interview or a presentation? There is more on Interview & Speaking Confidence coaching.
Questions families in Singapore ask
Is this coaching for children, or for parents?
Sessions are one to one with your child. You are closely involved around them: a conversation before sessions start, written notes after sessions, and a review when one is needed. Some parents also want a separate call to talk things through, which is easy to arrange.
My child seems fine at school but different at home. Is coaching still worth it?
Often yes. Holding it together all day and letting go at home is very common after a move, and it usually means a child is working hard to fit in. Sessions give them somewhere to put that effort down and to practise the bits they are finding hardest.
Do you support children in IB schools?
Yes. Coaching is not curriculum-specific at all, and where tuition is added it is adapted for children following IB Primary Years or Middle Years alongside British and Cambridge pathways.
What if we move again next year?
Sessions can carry on wherever you land, provided the new time zone still fits UK working hours. Coaching around an upcoming move is one of the most useful times to start.
Can Ruby speak to my child's school?
If you would like her to, yes. Ruby is used to working alongside schools and can share what she is seeing, with your permission and only what you are happy for her to share.
Do you tutor children in Singapore's international and IB schools?
Yes. Tuition is adapted for children in British curriculum, Cambridge and IB schools in Singapore, and coaching is not tied to any particular school system.
Tuition is also available alongside coaching. Read about online tuition for international families.
Further reading
Moving to Singapore with children, what the first few months at school can look likeTalk 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.