How much do online English lessons for kids cost in Saudi Arabia?

How much does a CurioKids plan cost in Saudi Arabia?

You choose a plan by the number of weekly lessons: Starter for 1, Growth for 2, Accelerator for 3. On each of them your child meets a real teacher on their own for 25 minutes in the CurioKids online classroom, so moving between plans changes how often lessons happen, not what happens in them.

More lessons a week bring the price of each lesson down, and Starter keeps the total lowest. You won't find a separate charge for the classroom.

Do families in Saudi Arabia pay in Saudi riyals?

Yes. The country you pick when you create your parent account sets the currency, and for Saudi Arabia that is Saudi riyals. A card from a Saudi bank is charged the riyal amount you saw on the plan, without any currency conversion.

If you pay with a card from a bank in another country, that bank may convert the amount at its own rate. Stripe handles every payment, and CurioKids never sees your full card number.

What do you get for the price?

Every plan includes the same: live, 1-to-1, 25-minute lessons with a real teacher for children aged 4 to 12, in the CurioKids online classroom with video, an interactive whiteboard, lesson slides and games. Most children start with Phonics Starter, our 52-lesson reading course, then move through CEFR-based levels Pre-A1, A1 and A2. Teachers give feedback after lessons, you follow progress in your parent dashboard, and there is no charge for materials. See our curriculum and safety pages.

For a child who reads Arabic, Phonics Starter matters a great deal: English runs left to right and writes every vowel, while Arabic usually leaves short vowels out. Learning to hear each sound and write it in order makes reading and spelling far steadier. CurioKids follows its own CEFR-based curriculum and isn't tied to school exams, so lessons add to school English rather than repeat it.

How does 4-weekly billing fit the Saudi school year?

English is taught in Saudi schools from the primary years, and the school year has terms, holidays around Eid and a long summer break, with daily routines that change during Ramadan. A calendar month can hold four or five weeks of lessons; a 4-week billing period always holds the same number. Your child's school publishes the dates for each year.

Plans bill every 4 weeks, not by calendar month, so every billing period has the same number of lessons: 13 payments a year. Every plan can be paid weekly instead, and paying every 4 weeks costs less than four weekly payments. You're charged when you subscribe and then at the start of each billing period. Your price is locked on your subscription, so future price changes don't affect you. You can change plan or cancel anytime, and cancel a single lesson up to 2 hours before it starts.

The long summer holiday is a good moment to start, while the week is quieter, or to keep English going until school returns. When exams or a busy term arrive, Starter keeps one lesson a week in place without stopping altogether.

What time would lessons be in Saudi Arabia?

When you book, every lesson time is shown in Saudi Arabia time. The clocks don't change in Saudi Arabia, so a time chosen at the start of the school year holds until the end of it. The school week runs from Sunday to Thursday, and an after-school slot between about 4pm and 8pm, planned around prayer times, leaves room for homework and dinner. The weekend is Friday and Saturday, and a Saturday morning, when your child is rested, can be a calm time for a 25-minute lesson.

In Ramadan, a slot later in the evening may suit your family better for those weeks. A lesson at home also means no drive through traffic or summer heat to reach a centre.

Which plan is right for a child in Saudi Arabia?

Think about how much English your child meets in a normal week:

• Starter, 1 lesson a week: a child at an international or private school who already uses English all day and needs focused time on reading or confident speaking.
• Growth, 2 lessons a week: a child who speaks Arabic at home and learns English as a school subject, who gains a lot from steady phonics and a second chance each week to talk.
• Accelerator, 3 lessons a week: a child getting ready to move to a school that teaches in English, or making the most of the summer holiday to build their English quickly.

Plans can change as your child does. See how many English lessons a week does my child need? for help choosing, and online English lessons for children in Saudi Arabia for how English fits school there.

How can I compare this with tutoring centres and tutors at home?

Parents in Saudi Arabia often weigh up a tutoring centre's group course, a tutor who teaches at home, and online lessons. Prices are quoted in different ways, per course, per month or per session, so line them up by what each one gives your child:

• The cost of a single session once a course price is divided up.
• Group size, and how many minutes your child gets to speak.
• Whether the teacher works from your child's own level.
• Books, registration or placement test fees added to the course.
• Travel time to the centre on a school day, and waiting while the class runs.

Shared teachers make group courses cheaper per hour; a 1-to-1 lesson gives your child the teacher's full attention. Our guide 1-to-1 or group English classes: which suits my child? weighs them up.

Can my child try a free first lesson in Saudi Arabia?

Yes. Set up a parent account, add your child and book the first lesson with no card. The teacher spends those 25 minutes getting to know your child and their English, then records a starting level, so lessons for children aged 4 to 12 pick up from where your child really is. If you'd rather not continue, there is nothing to pay.

CurioKids opens lessons country by country. If lessons for families in Saudi Arabia haven't opened yet, you'll see a waitlist in this guide instead of prices. Our guide to getting ready for a first online English lesson helps your child feel at ease.

Where can I see the prices for Saudi Arabia?

Visit our Saudi Arabia page to see how lessons work and, once lessons for families in Saudi Arabia open, to book your child's free first lesson; until then it has a waitlist, and we'll let you know when you can book. Once they open, the prices for Saudi Arabia also show any current offer and its terms. Our Saudi Arabia page is also in العربية. For school, English at home and lesson times in Saudi Arabia, read our guide to online English lessons for children in Saudi Arabia.