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ADVISORY SERVICES

Choosing the right school or subjects can feel overwhelming, especially when the decision carries long-term academic, emotional, and future career implications.​

 

At Maximum Learning, our Advisory Services are designed to support families through these pivotal decisions with clarity, care, and expert guidance. We look beyond marks alone and consider the whole child; their abilities, personality, learning style, confidence, and future aspirations. ​Our role is not to decide for families, but to equip them with the insight and structure needed to make informed, intentional choices.

SCHOOL CHOICE ADVISORY

Finding the Right Learning Environment for Your Child to thrive

School choice is not about prestige or popularity, it’s about fit. This service helps families identify schools that align with their child’s academic needs, learning style, emotional wellbeing, and long-term goals.

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EACH
SESSION
INCLUDES

  • One-on-one advisory consultation

  • Review of academic history and reports

  • Observation of learning behaviour and needs

  • Discussion of schooling options and pathways

  • Practical guidance on next steps and applications

  • Written summary of recommendations

SUBJECT CHOICE ADVISORY

Subject Choices That Support the Whole Learner

Subject selection is more than an academic decision: it shapes confidence, workload, future options, and how a learner experiences school. At Maximum Learning, we guide families through subject choices with clarity and intention, ensuring decisions are aligned with a learner’s strengths, interests, and long-term wellbeing.

GRADE 9 SUBJECT CHOICE ADVISORY

Grade 9 subject choice is a pivotal academic moment. Decisions made here often shape senior high school years and influence post-school options. Our Grade 9 Subject Choice Advisory supports learners and families in making informed, realistic, and forward-looking decisions that align with strengths, interests, and long-term wellbeing.

WHY GRADE 9 SUBJECT CHOICE MATTERS

Grade 9 subject choices can affect:

  • Academic performance in senior grades

  • Subject enjoyment and sustained motivation

  • Stress levels and workload management

  • Eligibility for certain tertiary study paths

  • Confidence heading into senior high school.

OUR APPROACH TO SUBJECT

CHOICE

Our approach to Grade 9 decisions prioritises alignment over prestige. We help families understand the real demands of subjects, the implications of different combinations, and how to balance ambition with sustainability.

The aim is to support learners in choosing subjects that challenge them appropriately while preserving confidence, wellbeing, and long-term flexibility.

FACTORS WE CONSIDER

• Subject performance trends and academic strengths
• Learning capacity and workload tolerance
• Interest, motivation, and sustained engagement
• Subject prerequisites for future study options
• Alignment between subject demands and learner temperament
• Long-term flexibility across academic and career pathways

GRADE 9 ADVISORY IS IDEAL FOR

• Learners choosing senior-phase subjects
• Families uncertain about subject combinations
• Learners underperforming due to subject overload
• Learners with specific academic or career interests
• Families wanting clarity without prematurely limiting options

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CAREER CHOICE ADVISORY

Feeling unsure about what to study or which career path to follow?


Choosing a direction shouldn’t be based on pressure, guesswork, or marks alone.

Our Career Choice Advisory service provides structured, evidence-informed guidance to help learners and families make confident, realistic, and sustainable decisions about study pathways and career direction.

WHY CAREER CHOICE ADVISORY MATTERS

Many learners struggle not because they lack ability, but because they are misaligned and studying in fields that don’t suit how they think, learn, or stay motivated.

This often leads to:

  • changing courses unnecessarily

  • wasted time and money

  • burnout and loss of confidence

  • poor performance despite “potential”

Career choice is not just about what you qualify for, it’s about fit.

At Maximum Learning, we focus on understanding the whole learner.

We go beyond marks to examine:

  • how the learner thinks and processes information

  • where their natural strengths lie

  • what motivates them under pressure

  • which environments help them perform best

  • what kind of future they want to build

 

This allows us to recommend career clusters and study pathways, not rigid job titles.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF:

You’re unsure

what to study or which career path to pursue

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You’re considering

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You’re choosing

subjects and want to make informed decisions

You’ve started

a course and are thinking of changing direction

You’re planning

your post-matric options and need clarity

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You’re taking

a gap year and want a clear plan forward

EACH SCREENING INCLUDES

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Integrated Psychometric

Career Screening

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Cognitive & Aptitude Profiling

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Purpose, Motivation & Values Mapping

THE PROCESS

This process is designed to support informed decision-making, not to lock learners into a single future, but to help them move forward with

clarity and confidence.

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