Kites and Ninepins — KANS Learning

Tuition & test prep in Kondapur, Hyderabad We don't chase scores. We fix mistakes.

Every question a student gets wrong is recorded and sorted by why it went wrong: a gap in a concept, the clock, a careless slip, or a pattern that keeps coming back. Then we work on it until it's fixed. That is a full system in SAT prep, and we are building it into school tuition now, with regular tests of its own.

SAT & PSAT  ·  school subjects for CBSE, ICSE, IB and Cambridge  ·  AP  ·  IPMAT

19subjects taught, from primary to Class 12
6boards: CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge, State and US
45+full-length SAT mocks, curated in-house
592,000+student answers analysed
Our approach

A score tells you where you are. Mistakes tell you what to fix.

Two students can lose the same ten marks and need completely different help. So we don't stop at the mark: we sort every mistake by what actually went wrong. SAT prep is where this is furthest along, because every mock answer is recorded; in school tuition we are introducing the same reading of mistakes, class by class.

Concept gap

Slow and wrong

The student took a long time and still got it wrong, so the idea itself isn't secure. The fix is teaching, and the question links straight to the concept note for its sub-skill.

Time-pressure mistake

Right, but too slow

The answer is right, but it took far longer than the question should. On the real SAT's clock that becomes a lost mark somewhere else. On topical tests it counts as a mistake until it's right within the time limit.

Rushed or guessed

Wrong in under 15 seconds

Too fast to have really worked the question. Usually a guess or a misread. Seen across a module, it shows how the student is pacing the test.

Careless slip

Easy question, strong skill

Wrong on an easy question in a skill the student is otherwise good at. More teaching won't help here. It's a checking habit, and we treat it as one.

Stuck or second-guessing

Kept coming back

Three or more visits to one question, or more than 4 minutes on it (5 in Math). We also see when a student came back and changed an answer, and whether the change was right.

Patterns across tests

The same mistake, again

One wrong answer is noise. The same sub-skill missed three times across a student's last three tests is a pattern, and the matching concept note goes to the top of their dashboard.

These readings come from SAT mocks, where every answer a student gives is recorded, and our teachers work through them in the analysis class. School tuition is being brought onto the same footing as its topic tests come in. The student portal we are building will record the time spent on every question and flag these automatically.

What we teach

School subjects, board exams and entrance tests.

Most of our students come to us for the SAT, and a lot come for their school subjects — plenty do both at once. We also prepare students for AP, and for the undergraduate entrance tests — IPMAT and the rest. One centre, and the same way of working through mistakes, whichever it is.

SAT & PSAT
Digital SAT

Concept classes, 45+ full-length mocks curated in-house, a weekly review pack and an analysis class every week.

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CBSE · ICSE · State
Primary to Class 12

Maths, the sciences, English and more, from primary to Class 12. Classes follow the student's own school syllabus, with what was covered recorded for each class. We are adding regular topic tests, and the mistake tracking that goes with them.

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IB
MYP & Diploma

HL and SL subjects, internal assessments and exam technique.

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Cambridge
IGCSE · AS & A Level

Structured lessons, past-paper practice and written feedback against the Cambridge and Edexcel mark schemes.

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AP
Advanced Placement

Past-paper strategy and the subject depth the exams ask for: Calculus AB/BC, Statistics, Precalculus; Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1, 2 and both C papers; Macro and Microeconomics; English Language and Literature.

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IPMAT
& undergraduate entrance tests

IPM Indore and Rohtak, JIPMAT, IIM Bangalore's five-year programme, Ashoka and CUET. They ask the same three things, so one syllabus covers them all — finished months before the exam, leaving mocks and analysis.

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Subjects

Consolidated tuition · Singapore Maths · Maths · English · Science · Physics · Chemistry · Biology · Economics · Business · Statistics · Social Studies · Geography · Hindi · Individuals & Societies · Environmental Systems & Societies · Entrepreneurship

Boards

CBSE · ICSE and ISC · Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level · IB MYP and Diploma · Telangana State Board · US high school

Doing both? Many of our students take school subjects with us and prepare for the SAT or AP at the same time. We plan the two together so neither slips in exam weeks.

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Choosing the next SAT mock

No SAT mock at random.

In SAT prep, every mock is curated in-house with a set objective, and we choose each student's next one from how they have been doing, so the score rises step by step instead of swinging about.

How we choose

Every test has a set objective, and each student gets the right one next.

Each of our mocks is curated in-house, with a set objective. Students don't pick them at random. We choose each student's next test from how they've been doing, so their score rises one step at a time and doesn't swing from one test to the next.

  • Their level comes from their last three mocks, with the most recent counting most.
  • Each next test is a little harder than the last one they sat.
  • After a bad test, the next one is neutral, so they never get two hard tests in a row.
  • In the last three weeks, they sit the tests closest to the real SAT.
  • They never get a test they've already taken.
Difficulty of each next test: rising step by step, held level after a dip, and matched to the real SAT in the final weeks Real SAT difficulty harder → 123 4567 next test allocated after a dip final 3 weeks
  • Normallya little harder than the last test
  • After a 60+ point dropa neutral test, not another hard one
  • 3 weeks or less to the SATtests closest to real-SAT difficulty

Illustrative. Each test's difficulty is measured from how past students did on it compared with their own average. A teacher reviews every allocation and can change it.

How it works

The same loop, every week.

This is the loop a KANS SAT student goes through every week. School tuition is moving onto the same footing: regular topic tests, and the same reading of what went wrong.

  1. Sit the test

    An SAT mock chosen from the student's recent results, or a topic test on what the class has just covered.

  2. Sort the mistakes

    Each mistake by skill and sub-skill, and flagged if it was slow, rushed or stuck.

  3. Work through them

    Go through every wrong question with a teacher, with the concept note for its sub-skill.

  4. Analysis class

    The same week, a teacher goes through the questions the group found hardest.

  5. Come back to them

    Mistakes return in the weekly review pack, and in automatic retests as the portal rolls out.

Progress means fewer repeated mistakes, skill by skill, week by week.

Our part

We plan the work, so the student's effort goes where it counts.

  • Curate every test in-house, each with a set objective
  • Choose each student's next test from their results
  • Time every question and sort every mistake
  • Go through the hardest questions in the analysis class
  • Bring each mistake back until it's fixed

The student's part

No system works without this. We expect every student to bring the intent and the effort.

  • Sit each test in the week it's given
  • Redo every mistake before looking at the solution
  • Come to the analysis class that same week
  • Work through the review pack before the next test
  • Read the concept notes we point them to
Results

Where our students start, and where they finish.

These are scores from the real SAT, not our mocks: the official results our students report back to us, set against the score each of them started with.

+140points is the median improvement, from the score a student starts with to their best official SAT.
24%gain 200 points or more, and 47% gain 150 or more.
41%have scored 1500 or above; 75% have scored 1400 or above.
1600is our highest official score — 10% of students have scored 1550 or above, and 1480 is the median best score.

Every figure is a share of the students who have reported their SAT scores to us. Students whose results we never hear are left out rather than counted as no improvement, and improvement is only counted where we know the score a student began with. Figures as of 2026-09-30; they update as results come in.

Does the mock score mean anything?

We checked our own mocks against what students then scored on the real SAT, comparing each student's last five mocks with their best official sitting.

69%score above their last-five mock average on the day.
73%land within 50 points of it, with the median student 16 points ahead.

So the average of a student's last five mocks is a fair guide to where they stand, and a floor more often than a ceiling. It isn't a promise: our mocks are not adaptive, and the real test is.

The KANS SAT programme

Built on tests we curate in-house.

Our mock tests are curated in-house, each with a set objective, and our question bank of 9,700+ questions, each tagged by skill, keeps growing. So when a student needs thirty more questions on one sub-skill, we have them, and they won't see the same question twice.

What's included

Every student gets the same system. What differs is which tests they are given and when — that is decided by what their mistakes say, not by the calendar.

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  • Concept classes for Reading & Writing and Math
  • 45+ full-length mocks, each allocated to fit the student
  • Topical tests, grouped by skill family
  • An analysis class in the same week as each mock
  • A weekly review pack of the questions you missed
  • A student portal with scores, skills and tasks rolling out
  • Concept notes linked from the questions they cover
  • Progress parents can see
Questions

Things parents usually ask.

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School subjects

Do you teach my child's board and subjects?

We teach CBSE, ICSE and ISC, Cambridge IGCSE and A Level, IB MYP and Diploma, Telangana State Board and US high school, from primary to Class 12. Subjects run from Maths, the sciences and English to Economics, Business and Singapore Maths for younger children. The full list is above.

Do classes follow my child's school syllabus?

Yes. School tuition follows the student's own school and board syllabus, not a generic one, and we record what was covered in each class. We are also bringing in regular topic tests — mistake analysis forms the core of our teaching.

SAT and test prep

What is the diagnostic test?

A full-length, digital-format SAT taken under real timing, at our centre. Afterwards we go through the mistakes by skill and show you which ones are costing the most marks, and what a plan to fix them looks like. It is a paid test, ₹1,416 including GST, and it carries no obligation to join. Most students start here, because teaching before we know what is going wrong is guesswork.

How do you decide which test my child takes next?

From their results. We look at their last three mocks, with the most recent counting most. The next test is usually a little harder than the last one. After a bad test they get a neutral one, and in the final three weeks they get the tests closest to the real SAT. They never repeat a test, and a teacher checks every allocation.

Is a KANS mock score the same as an official SAT score?

It's not adaptive, but it is accurate. The real digital SAT adapts: how you do in Module 1 decides whether Module 2 is harder or easier, and our mocks don't. We've fine-tuned our scoring over the years against our students' actual SAT scores. 69% of our students score above the average of their last five KANS mocks, and 73% land within 50 points of it, with the median student 16 points ahead. Even so, the score isn't what we focus on. The mistakes behind it are.

How we teach

What happens to a question my child gets wrong?

It's recorded and gone through with them: in that week's analysis class if the group found it hard, and in their weekly review pack. The portal we are building will also keep every mistake on one page and bring it back automatically after one, two and four weeks, until they get it right twice.

What do you expect from students?

Intent and effort. We plan the tests, sort the mistakes and schedule the retests. The student's part is to sit each test in the week it's given, redo their mistakes, come to the analysis class, and take retests when they're due. Parents can see on the dashboard whether that's happening.

How do you measure progress if not by score?

We still record scores, but the number we watch is repeated mistakes: how many a student keeps making in each skill, and how fast that falls week by week. Parents see the same progress. They don't see fees or answer keys.

Practical

What are the fees?

Fees depend on the programme and the batch. Call us on +91 95738 99766 for current fees, or send an enquiry and we will call you.

Where are you located?

3rd Floor, Loukya Heights, Masjid Banda Road, Kondapur, Serilingampalle (M), Hyderabad 500084.

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Start with a diagnostic test.

Sit a full-length KANS test under real timing, then go through it with us: your mistakes by skill, by time, and by pattern. That is where any plan we make for you starts.

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