BE AWARE. If you buy 10 hour Study Space Pass from them, you have to use it within that year…read moreotherwise they will keep your money and unused sessions will expire. When you get the invoice from them it does not say anywhere that they expire and you are not going to get refund. My son had tutoring through them for the past three years. Paid $1360 every four weeks. Bought Study Space pass for my daughter that she end up never using it and it expired. You think they would contact me to tell me you have unused sessions that are expiring or asked me if I would like to transfer it to my son. No, money down the drain. On the other hand had excellent experience with Tutor Doctor with my daughter and tutors come to your home as opposed to you going to them. Rip off and no respect for loyalty or the amount of money you spent for tutoring with them.

Brainboost Education on West Broadway in Vancouver is at best a mediocre tutoring service…read more We contracted them to tutor our son, Kieran, in Language Arts and Math last summer. They provided us with an acceptable tentative schedule, but by the time he began school the classes and tutoring sessions we had agreed upon no longer existed. Instead we settle on Social and in about a further 4 month's time, they found a math tutor for our son. Unlike the class they had promised us the tutor costs $75 per hourly session. It's very difficult to find suitably qualified extra-curricular services for learning disabled students, even for those with dyslexia (a very common disability). Due to high pressure sales tactics, last minute scheduling changes and real insensitivity towards their clients requests we found BrainBoost much less amenable than other tutoring companies in the immediate Broadway West or MACKENZIE HEIGHTS/DUNBAR area. I feel now that it's much less of a school than a business and it provides only modest value for your hard-earned tutoring dollars. Please feel free to contact me for more specific recommendations if you have a learning disabled child. Giles Slade, PhD

Company owner showed zero understanding of the need for accommodation and flexibility for a…read moreneurodivergent child. Although the tutor was great, Hanh put her profits above the wellbeing of my child.

Hanh was very friendly and helpful to talk to and assigned two excellent tutors for our children,…read moreChong Yew for math, and Jaden for science. Both tutors are not only top quality educators but also very kind and nice personalities for our kids to get to know them. I highly recommend Teacher on Wheels.

I was charged a banned $150 waitlist fee in 2025. Beware! Combined with the high tuition (see West…read moreCoast Child Care fee survey), overall, I get the impression they prioritize collecting fees and deposits from desperate parents, using pressure tactics, over following rules. I also found out their contracts violate the BPCPA in several ways and that I actually held the right to refund despite non-refundability clauses. Update: when I brought this to their attention, they returned the waitlist fee but refused to return the deposit, in violation of the BPCPA. Buyer Beware! (Noticed this comment in another review too) As Principal Jelena told me, measure twice, cut once.

I've observed in this school, and volunteered several times. During my initial observations, I was…read moreimpressed at the level of discipline in the classrooms; it was only the third week of the school year, and already the children's activities were humming along smoothly. I haven't been in a Montessori environment for a while because I've pursued other career choices, but I wanted to get back in touch with it so I set up observations at a couple of nearby schools, and after visiting this school I was happy to spend some time volunteering there as well. (I found schools near my house by using the yelp search feature, of course!) The classrooms are located in the very large church hall of a Russian Orthodox church, and are each spacious and cheerful, with plenty of windows and bright decorations, and classical music playing in the background. There are also pianos (one grand and one upright), which are used for the weekly music class. There are 3 classrooms, and a fenced (locked) outside play area along the side of the church. If you aren't familiar with the Montessori way, the children - in mixed-age classes from 2.5 to 5.5 years old - were working quietly and independently at child-sized tables and on mats on the floor, either alone or in pairs, using Montessori materials to explore and develop their practical life skills, sensorial processing, shapes (2-D and 3-D), letters & writing, numbers & addition, and other benchmark preschooler/kindergartner skills. Per provincial requirements, there are two teachers for 20 children, so if you have any experience of preschoolers you know that it takes true talent to channel their exuberant energy into focused activity like that with that many children in the same room. As a "responsible adult" volunteer, I visited for 3-hour shifts in the downstairs classroom. I was also impressed when the children approached me and asked for assistance with their work and took pride in their roles as learners, not asking me to do things "for" them, but rather asking me to assist with specific issues so that they could complete their work on their own. They brought their work to me so show off their accomplishments with true pride. Several times, children approached me and took my hand, wanting me to walk with them as they looked around to choose another activity. This is a fabulous Montessori moment, in my opinion, and it showed me that these students are benefiting from a genuine Montessori approach. This particular school also offers French, music, art and Mandarin, but I am qualified to judge only the first two (I am ... 'challenged" ... in the visual art department, and I don't speak Chinese, but I speak French and I studied music for many years): the children spoke to me using intelligible French phrases and understood simple directions the same as in English, and the music class included not only learning to sing a song with synchronized movements, but also a music appreciation exercise of listening to a short piece played on the piano, which I think is a great idea for this age group; the children sat thoughtfully and really listened to it all the way through. P.S. If you care about such distinctions, this school is on the AMI side of things and is run in accordance with AMI principles and practices October Challenge 31/31

I am deeply disappointed in PMA's policies and treatment of families. After paying a non-refundable…read moredeposit for a 3-year program, we informed PMA five months in advance that our older son would leave for a elementary school. Despite this, they rescinded our younger son's confirmed spot (which we had in writing) and refused to refund the two months' tuition for our older son. This decision has caused emotional, logistical, and financial stress on our family. My younger son, who waited over 1.5 years for a spot, is now left without care due to an inflexible and unfair policy. This was an unethical and deeply upsetting experience.

Both of my children have attended Premier. The school is very professional. The majority of…read more preschools/childcare facilities claiming to be "Montessori" are not true "Montessori" environments but use the name to attract parents. This is not the case with Premier and you can tell when you walk in the door. The teachers are really excellent, highly engaged with the kids and each of them has years of experience and training. The impact on our kids has been really impressive. I would highly recommend Premier to anyone seeking a true Montessori experience for your child. You will not be disappointed.

One of the higher quality tutoring services in the Vancouver area.. offers standard elementary and…read morehigh school subjects, as well as very specialized tutoring for those with more specific learning needs. Need to ask to get their special rate for first-timers..

The tutor I got was very patient, and had excellent command of the English language. He helped my…read moreson improve in Math 6-7. I've tried a few tutors on craiglist and this was by far the best tutor I got.. def. worth it.

Masoud, as well as the other tutors from Hack Your Course Tutoring my son worked with in Science,…read moremath, English and social sciences, helped give him the confidence and proper understanding he needed to increase his grades and his knowledge of the subject. My son over-performed not just because of good teaching but because of the caring of the tutoring service also; Masoud have made it a culture. They are the most caring tutors I have ever dealt with and I highly recommend them. They go the extra mile and I have found them to be more caring then other tutors I have used in the past. That's a shame that they are only active in the North and West Vancouver.

This was the savior! Our son was just about to fail in mathematics 10 after trying other tutoring…read moreinstitutes several times but then we got the best quality, last minute tutoring in here. Very professional people who are serious about what they do.

Do not sign up for online courses with this company. I signed up for an online course and paid…read morewith a credit card. It took 2 weeks and several phone calls and emails to actually get access to the online course. Now that I have finished the course, I can not get access to my certificate, which I need for work. I have called twice and emailed twice with no response. If no certificate in the next 2 weeks, I will be filing in small claims court.

As another review stated do not a book any sessions with this company, absolutely terrible and…read moreunprofessional service. Showed up for a class at 9am the instructor never came. Phoned the company they said the session was not cancelled and they would phone me back after contacting the instructor. After waiting for a response I phoned back again and now finally they realized the class was cancelled, but failed to send us an email or anything notifying us of this in advance. Took a day off work and wasted an entire hour waiting outside with several other people for nothing. Complete waste of time and terrible company.