Welcome to Prime Academics
In-Home Test Preparation and Tutoring Solutions for the Main Line and Philly Suburbs
At Prime Academics, your child comes first. We know that one-to-one, customized learning maximizes students’ academic success. Our expert and inspirational tutors meet with your child in the comfort of your home. Tutors are available after or during school, on weekends, and over the summer holiday throughout the Philadelphia area including the Main Line and surrounding suburbs. There are no long-term contracts or commitments.
Since 2003, founder and director Deirdre Zangwill has thoughtfully partnered area students with tutors who address their individual needs. Our tutors collaborate with students and families to build confidence and improve grades by demystifying course content and teaching effective study skills. We have experience with students of all ages, learning styles, and levels and specifically tailor your child’s learning plan to area schools’ curricula. Let our expertise help your child succeed.
Our Mission
Our passion is helping each student achieve his or her full academic potential. Through personalized instruction, we:
- Consistently raise students’ grades and test scores
- Impart valuable study, organization and test taking skills which empower students to succeed on their own
- Build self-confidence and foster a love of learning
- Break down even the most rigorous courses into manageable, understandable concepts
- Give peace of mind to both students and parents
- Bring out the best in every student
Our Students
We have years of experience supporting students in over 60 local schools. This experience gives us unique insight into course expectations at these schools, including curriculum, texts and instruction.
Where They Are
Academy of Notre Dame
Agnes Irwin School
Archbishop Carroll
Bala Cynwyd Middle School
Baldwin School
Bishop McDevitt High School
Bishop Shanahan
Cardinal O'Hara High School
Chestnut Hill Academy
Conestoga High School
Council Rock High School North
Country Day School of Sacred Heart
Delaware County Christian School
Delaware Valley Community College
Delaware Valley Friend's School
Devon Prep
Downingtown East High School
Downingtown West High School
Drexel Hill Middle School
Drexel University
Episcopal Academy
Friends Central School
Friends Select School
General Wayne Elementary
Germantown Academy
Germantown Friends School
Harriton High School
Haverford High School
Haverford School
Henderson High School
Hill School
Hill Top School
Jack Barrack Hebrew Academy
Kimberton Waldorf School
Kohelet Yeshiva High School
La Salle University
Lehigh University
Lower Merion High School
Malvern Prep
Merion Mercy Academy
Methacton High School
Miquon School
Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery School
Nether Providence Elementary
Owen J. Roberts High School
Penn Charter School
Pickering Valley Elementary
Pope John Paul II High School
Radnor Elementary School
Radnor High School
Radnor Middle School
Rosemont College
Rosemont School of the Holy Child
Saints Colman-John Neumann School
Shipley School
Souderton Area High School
Springside School
St. Denis School
St. Joe's Prep
St. Joseph's University
Stratford Friends School
Strath Haven High School
Temple University
Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School
University of Pennsylvania
Upper Dublin High School
Upper Merion High School
Villa Maria Academy
Villanova University
Welsh Valley Middle School
West Chester University
Westtown School
Woodlynde School
Where They Go
American University
Amherst College
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Clark University
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
DePaul University
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Duke University
Emerson College
Emory University
Fairfield Univesity
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Middlebury College
New England Conservatory
New York University
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Penn State University
Princeton University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University at New Brunswick
Skidmore College
St. Joseph's University
Stanford University
Syracuse University
Temple University
Towson University
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
Univeristy of Colorado
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Maryland
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington University
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington and Lee University
Whittier College
Williams College
Yale University