"I find schoolwork easier to understand and complete. My mental arithmetic has improved and I can do my sums in my head."
Key facts and figures
- Kumon is one of the leading after-school education providers in the UK, offering maths and English study programmes.
- There are around 58,000 Kumon students learning at more than 600 study centres across the UK, with over 4.2 million students worldwide.
- Kumon provides individualised supplementary study programmes in maths and English, designed to help children of all ages and abilities to fulfil their potential.
- The Kumon method of learning was developed in 1954 by Toru Kumon, both a parent and gifted teacher from Japan.
- Kumon aims to provide children with long-term foundations in reading, writing and arithmetic.
- Kumon instils confidence in children and makes them believe they can do anything they set their mind to.
- All Kumon Instructors are skilled and committed individuals with a passion for education, and a strong desire to see children develop.
- Kumon's initial student registration fee is £25.
- The monthly student single subject fee is £50 per child.
- Dual subject fees, for those students studying both the maths and English programmes, are £90 per month, per child, provided both subjects are studied at the same study centre.
- In 2008 the Kumon Group celebrated its 50th Anniversary.
