TERMS & CONDITIONS

WEEKLY TUTORIALS

  • Weekly tutorials are scheduled (at least) once a week on a regular day, time and location. Weekly tutorial details are confirmed in writing, via email to the student/parent/guardian/ boarding house manager, prior to the commencement of tuition. 

  • Tutorials are committed for the duration of the school term.

CASUAL TUTORIALS

  • HTC offers casual tutorials however we can’t guarantee the same tutor weekly.

  • Tutorials on a casual basis incur an additional administration fee of $10 per tutorial.

GENERAL

  • Tutorials are a minimum of 60 minutes in length, but longer tutorials may be arranged in increments of 30 minutes e.g. 90 minutes, 2 hours.

  • When a student does not arrive at a scheduled tutorial on time the tutor will wait for 20 minutes at the pre-arranged location. Beyond this time the tutor will leave under the assumption that the student is not coming, unless informed otherwise.  This session will then be forfeited.

  • It is the responsibility of the student/parent/guardian to ensure that tuition that occurs in the student’s home occurs in a communal living area.

CANCELLATION

  • Notice of a tutorial cancellation by the student/parent must be provided in email or via text message to our NZ Manager, Wendy McPhail prior to 12noon on the day of tutoring otherwise that session is forfeited.  We will provide a makeup session if we are notified prior to 12noon the day of the tutoring session. 

  • HTC will provide a maximum of 2 makeup sessions per term which need to be completed prior to the end of that term.

  • When cancellation of tutorials occurs two times in a row, the scheduled tutorial time may not be available again.

  • If a scheduled tutorial is rescheduled by the tutor we will provide a makeup to fit in with the student’s schedule.

FEES

  • All tutorials will occur in the boarding house, student’s home, or public library.

  • Online tutorials are also available.

  • Petrol subsidisation will be case by case.

  • Payment of fees is to be paid in advance of the term with a minimum of 8 weeks per term unless expressly stated otherwise. 

  • Credits will be provided for medical absences with a certificate.

  • No refunds for term withdrawals.

  • Non-payment of tuition fees may result in tuition being suspended.

  • Tutorials on a casual basis incur an additional administration fee of $10 per tutorial. 

PAYMENT

  • All fees are directly payable to HTC by direct banking. No payments are to be paid directly to the tutor.

  • Invoices for fees will be emailed to the parent/guardian.