Classes 1–10
Mathematics
From the times tables to quadratic equations — and the gap in year 6 that nobody noticed.
Hochfeld, Duisburg · here since 2016
Tutoring shouldn't cost more than the school trip
Four children to a table, in the shop unit on Wanheimer Straße. Move the slider and you see the whole monthly price — no joining fee, no small print. And if your family receives Bürgergeld, Wohngeld or Kinderzuschlag, the city may pay all of it.
What would it cost us?
Drag the handle. The price is the whole price.
2 afternoons of 90 minutes — Always in a group of no more than four children.
Per month
Per month: 99 €
about 7.7 € per hour of teaching
Monthly. Cancellable to the end of the following month.
Tick the box and the price drops to 0 €. We fill the application in with you — the details are further down this page.
- Never more than 4 children at a table
- Deutsch · Türkçe · العربية · English
- No joining fee, no yearly contract
- In Hochfeld since 2016
What we teach
Six subjects, classes 1 to 10. If a child needs two of them, that is one price, not two.
- Classes 1–10
German
Reading, spelling, and writing a text that actually says something.
- Classes 5–10
English
Vocabulary, tenses, and saying it out loud without going red.
- Classes 7–10
Physics & Chemistry
The two subjects that go from easy to impossible in one term.
- Classes 1–6
German as a second language
For children who have not been in Germany long. Small groups, a lot of speaking.
- Classes 10
Exam preparation ZP10 / MSA
Past papers, timing, and what to do when your mind goes blank.
Courses and prices
Everything below is the whole price. No registration fee, no materials fee, no surcharge in June.
Primary school group
59 €per month
- Level:
- Classes 1–4
- Time:
- 90 min a week
Reading, writing, arithmetic — and the homework finished before you get home from work.
Ask about this courseSecondary school group
59 €per month
- Level:
- Classes 5–10
- Time:
- 90 min a week
One subject or two, the group stays the same size. Two afternoons a week costs 99 €.
Ask about this courseZP10 exam group
75 €per month
- Level:
- Class 10
- Time:
- 120 min a week
January to May, maths and German, real past papers, in the room where you will sit them.
Ask about this courseHomework drop-in
8 €per hour
- Level:
- Classes 1–10
- Time:
- come when you like
No registration and no contract. Monday to Friday, 14:00–17:00, paid on the day.
Ask about this courseThe whole price list
Nothing is missing from this table. If a price is not on it, we do not charge it.
| What | Detail | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Group of 4 · 90 min a week | one afternoon a week | 59 € / month |
| Group of 4 · 2 × 90 min a week | two afternoons a week | 99 € / month |
| Group of 4 · 3 × 90 min a week | three afternoons a week | 135 € / month |
| Group of 4 · 4 × 90 min a week | four afternoons a week | 165 € / month |
| ZP10 exam group | 120 min a week, January to May | 75 € / month |
| Homework drop-in | no registration, pay on the day | 8 € / hour |
| Trial week | a full week in a real group | free |
| Second child from the same family | off any monthly price | −10 € |
| Registration, materials, cancellation | we do not charge for any of these | 0 € |
If your Bildungspaket application is approved we invoice the city and you pay nothing at all.
Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket
For many families here, this is the whole reason it works
The education package is not charity and it is not a favour. It is an entitlement written into the law. If your family receives certain benefits, the city pays for your child's learning support — and we send the invoice to the city instead of to you.
Who can apply
Families who receive one of these:
- Bürgergeld (SGB II)
- Sozialhilfe or Grundsicherung (SGB XII)
- Wohngeld
- Kinderzuschlag
- Benefits under the Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz
- Sometimes a low income is enough on its own — asking costs nothing
The child has to be at school, under 25, and not in paid training.
Two things people still believe that are no longer true
“The child has to be about to repeat the year.”
Not since 2019. The school only has to confirm that extra learning support makes sense. A grade that is slipping is enough.
“You have to pay first and claim it back.”
No. Once it is approved we bill the city directly. You never transfer money to us and you never wait for a refund.
What actually happens
Bring two things
Your benefit notice and your child's last report card. Photos on your phone are fine.
We fill in our part
The provider section of the form, with you, at the table. It takes about ten minutes and it costs nothing.
The teacher signs one line
Your child's class teacher confirms that learning support is sensible. One signature, no report.
You hand it in
At the Jobcenter or at the education package office of the Stadt Duisburg. If it helps, one of us comes with you.
What we can and cannot promise
We cannot approve anything — the city decides, and it usually takes two to six weeks. What we can promise is this: your child starts straight away, and we ask you for no money at all while the decision is pending. If it is refused we will tell you plainly and show you the letter, and your child can carry on at 59 € a month or drop in for 8 € an hour.
How it works
No appointment and no forms at the door. Come in and look at the room first.
- Step 1
Come in and say hello
Monday to Friday from two in the afternoon. See the room, meet whoever is teaching that day, ask anything you like. Nobody will put a form in front of you.
- Step 2
Twenty minutes with your child
We look at the last exercise book together and ask a few questions. It is not a test and there is no grade at the end. We are looking for the point where things stopped making sense.
- Step 3
A free trial week
Your child joins a real group for a whole week — not a taster hour. If it does not fit, you owe us nothing and we part on good terms.
- Step 4
Then you decide
Monthly, cancellable to the end of the following month. If the education package applies to your family, this is where we fill the form in together.
Free, and we mean free
The trial week
One whole week in a real group, with the real homework, at the real table. A single taster hour tells a family nothing.
What to bring
- Your child's school bag exactly as it is — we do not need it tidied
- The last exercise book from the difficult subject
- The last report card, if it is to hand
- Nothing else. No registration, no deposit, no signature.
At the end of the week we tell you honestly whether we can help. Sometimes the answer is that your child needs something we do not offer — then we say so and point you somewhere better.
Ask for a trial weekGroups running now
A place means one of four chairs, so they go quickly. If the group you want is full, ask for the waiting list — something usually moves within a month.
Mathematics
2 places freeClasses 5–6
Mon & Wed, 15:00–16:30
Ask for this groupMathematics
1 place freeClasses 7–8
Tue & Thu, 16:45–18:15
Ask for this groupGerman
3 places freeClasses 3–4
Mon, 14:30–16:00
Ask for this groupEnglish
Full — waiting listClasses 6–8
Wed, 17:00–18:30
Join the waiting listZP10 exam group
4 places freeClass 10
Fri, 16:00–18:00
Ask for this groupGerman as a second language
2 places freeClasses 1–6
Tue, 14:30–16:00
Ask for this group
Who teaches here
Two of us are here every day. On the busy afternoons two student teachers from the University of Duisburg-Essen sit in as well — one of them speaks Arabic.
Emre Doğan
Owner · Maths and physics
Taught at a Realschule in Duisburg for eleven years, then took the shop unit in 2016 because half of his class could not afford the tutoring they needed. Speaks German and Turkish, and enough English to get through a homework sheet.
Derya Şahin
German, English and DaZ
In the final year of a teaching degree in German and English. Runs the DaZ groups, knows which shelf every past paper is on, and never lets a question go unasked. Speaks German, Turkish and English.
What the children say
We asked the pupils rather than the parents. One parent insisted anyway.
At school I don't dare put my hand up. Here we're only four, so I just ask.
Yusuf, 14Class 8 · maths I went from a 5 to a 3 in maths. Not in a week — but I know where to start now.
Melina, 16Class 10 · exam group I finish my homework here, so at home I'm free.
Amir, 11Class 5 · drop-in I have three children. Fifty-nine euros I can manage. And with the education package they even helped me fill in the form.
Frau ÖztürkParent · Hochfeld
Questions parents ask
How long am I tied in for?
One month at a time. You can cancel to the end of the following month, in writing or simply by telling us at the door. There is no longer notice period and no yearly contract.
I have two children. Is there a discount?
Yes. Ten euros off the monthly price for the second child, and again for the third. It applies to every monthly group price.
My German is not good. Is that a problem?
No. You can speak to us in German, Turkish, English or Arabic, and we will read out and explain any letter from the school or the Jobcenter that you bring in.
Do you just do the homework for them?
No. We sit next to them while they do it and stop them at the mistake, not after it. Copied homework helps nobody in May.
What happens in the school holidays?
We close for three weeks in the summer and between Christmas and New Year. You are not charged for closed weeks — the monthly price is worked out over the weeks we are actually open.
Come by, or write first
The shop unit is on Wanheimer Straße, two minutes from the tram stop. It is the door with the cardboard box in the window.
Address
Lernkiste HochfeldWanheimer Straße 118
47053 Duisburg-Hochfeld
Phone
+49 203 4599210Opening hours
- Monday – Friday
- 14:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 14:00
- Sunday
- closed
Homework drop-in runs Monday to Friday, 14:00 to 17:00.
We pick up the phone during opening hours and answer email within one working day.
The map is off until you allow it
The map comes from OpenStreetMap. Loading it would send your IP address to their servers, so we ask you first.
Where to find us
Open in your maps appEnrol, or ask for the trial week
Three lines is enough. We call or write back within one working day.