Forum The Shopping Mall doesn’t look like a typical tuition hub from the outside — it’s a five-storey retail block on Orchard Road best known for its Toys”R”Us and Julia Gabriel’s original preschool floor. But scratch past the toy stores and you’ll find four tuition centres sharing the same address, covering everything from Kumon-style worksheets to one-on-one Math coaching, all within a five-minute walk of Orchard MRT.
We checked every listing tagged to Orchard against its actual coordinates rather than trusting the category label alone, and cross-checked the result against Forum’s own tenant mix. Four centres are genuinely inside the building at 583 Orchard Road — no padding the list with anything further down the street. Here’s what each one offers.
Quick Peek at Tuition Centres near Forum The Shopping Mall
| Centre | Location | Levels | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathnasium Singapore (Forum) | Forum, #02-01/02 | Preschool–Secondary | Math only, personalised method |
| Julia Gabriel Education Centre (Forum) | Forum, #04-00 | Preschool–Primary | English via drama-based method |
| Kumon (Cuscaden Road) | Forum, #06-02 | Preschool–Secondary | Chinese, English, Math |
| Euphoria Education (Orchard) | Forum, #08-01 | Preschool–Secondary | English enrichment |
1. Mathnasium Singapore (Forum)
Address: Forum, The Shopping Mall #02-01/02, 583 Orchard Road, Singapore 238884
Phone: +65 9114 8757 | Website: mathnasium.com/sg
Mathnasium does one subject and does it in depth. Instructors work off the Mathnasium Method — a mix of mental, verbal, visual, tactile, and written techniques built around a personalised learning plan rather than a fixed workbook — and the stated aim is understanding a concept well enough to use it, not memorising a procedure to pass a test. It’s a second-floor unit, so an easy one to duck into on the way past the toy stores.
- Preschool: Math
- Primary: Math
- Secondary: Math
- Free trial class available
View Mathnasium Singapore’s full profile →
2. Julia Gabriel Education Centre (Forum)
Address: 583 Orchard Road, #04-00 Forum, Singapore 238884
Phone: +65 6733 4322 | Website: juliagabriel.com
This is Julia Gabriel’s original site, running since 1994 and still occupying its own floor of the mall. The centre teaches through EduDrama, a trademarked method that folds children’s drama — voice, movement, storytelling, performance — into the English syllabus rather than treating speech and comprehension as separate drills. Older students work toward Trinity College London speech and drama awards alongside the core English programme. It’s aimed squarely at building confident spoken and written English, not a general academic crammer.
- Preschool: English
- Primary: English
- Free trial class available
View Julia Gabriel Education Centre’s full profile →
3. Kumon (Cuscaden Road)
Address: 583 Orchard Road, Forum The Shopping Mall #06-02, Singapore 238884
Phone: +65 6836 3653 | Website: sg.kumonglobal.com
Despite the branch name, this Kumon is inside Forum, not on Cuscaden Road itself — the name is a holdover from an older address. It runs Kumon’s usual self-paced worksheet system: students work slightly below their comfort level at first to build fluency, then advance a small step at a time, with a facilitator checking daily sets rather than teaching a class in the traditional sense. It’s the only centre on this list covering Chinese, English, and Math together, right through to secondary Additional Math.
- Preschool: Chinese, English, Math
- Primary: Chinese, English, Math
- Secondary: Additional Math, Chinese, Elementary Math, English, Math
- No trial class currently listed — worth calling ahead to ask about a placement test instead
4. Euphoria Education (Orchard)
Address: 583 Orchard Road, #08-01 Forum The Shopping Mall, Singapore 238884 (access via the office lift lobby at B1 or Level 2)
Phone: +65 8028 8112 | Website: euphoriaeducation.com
Euphoria is an English-only centre that leans on material students already pay attention to — songs, YouTube clips, current shows — rather than a textbook-first approach, while keeping lessons aligned to the MOE syllabus. The founders describe blending elements of UK, US, and Singapore curricula, with a fair bit of targeted repetition built in to cement fluency rather than leaving it to chance. Note the entrance here is via the office lift lobby, not the main retail escalators.
- Preschool: English, Phonics
- Primary: English
- Secondary: English
- No trial class currently listed — worth calling ahead to ask about a placement test instead
View Euphoria Education’s full profile →
Frequently Asked Questions
Are all these tuition centres actually inside Forum The Shopping Mall?
Yes — Mathnasium Singapore, Julia Gabriel Education Centre, Kumon, and Euphoria Education are all located within Forum at 583 Orchard Road. None of them are off-site branches sharing the name in error.
Is there a centre that teaches Chinese here?
Kumon is the only one of the four offering Chinese, alongside English and Math, from preschool through secondary. There’s no standalone Chinese specialist in the building.
Which centre is best for a child who only needs help with Math?
Mathnasium is Math-only at every level, from preschool through secondary, and builds a personalised plan rather than working off a fixed curriculum. Kumon also covers Math but pairs it with Chinese and English.
Which centre is best for a young child just starting out?
Julia Gabriel has run its preschool English programme from this address since 1994 and is built specifically for young learners. Kumon and Mathnasium also both offer preschool tracks, in Math and, for Kumon, Chinese and English too.
Do any of these centres offer a trial class?
Mathnasium and Julia Gabriel both list a free trial class. Kumon and Euphoria don’t currently list one — contact them directly to ask about a placement assessment instead. Trial availability can change, so it’s worth confirming before enrolling.
How do I get to Forum without driving?
Take the North-South Line to Orchard MRT (NS22) and it’s about a five-minute walk up Orchard Road to the mall’s entrance.
About Forum The Shopping Mall
Forum opened in 1986 on the former site of the Singapura Forum Hotel, and it’s owned by Hermill Investments, a Hotel Properties Limited subsidiary — the same group behind the neighbouring voco Orchard Singapore. The mall is a five-storey retail block with around 70 stores, built around two anchor tenants that both skew toward families: Toys”R”Us and, on its own floor, Julia Gabriel’s original preschool centre.
The mall runs a Hip Kids Club membership for children aged up to twelve (or under 120cm), which includes a Level 2 playground and discounts of 5–20% at around 40 participating retailers, plus preferential rates at some of the enrichment and educational-therapy providers in the building. It’s a small enough building that a parent can drop a child at tuition, let a younger sibling loose on the Level 2 playground, and pick up a Toys”R”Us errand, all without leaving the mall.
One thing worth flagging for the longer term: in 2023, HPL received approval from the Urban Redevelopment Authority to eventually redevelop Forum together with voco Orchard and HPL House into a mixed-use project with two residential/hotel towers. No construction start date has been announced as of this writing, and the mall — including all four tuition centres above — is operating normally, but it’s not a building expecting to look the same forever.
Getting to Forum The Shopping Mall: MRT & parking
By MRT: Orchard MRT (NS22) on the North-South Line is about a five-minute walk away, up Orchard Road toward Cuscaden Road.
By bus: The Orchard Boulevard stop outside the Four Seasons Hotel (bus stop 09111) is served by services 7, 36, 77, 105, 106, 111, 123, 132, 174, 174e, and NR8. The Tomlinson Road stop after Cuscaden Road is a roughly six-minute walk if you’d rather approach from that side.
By car: Forum sits at the Orchard Road/Cuscaden Road/Orchard Boulevard junction, with a taxi stand right at the Cuscaden Road entrance. The basement car park has 206 lots across two levels.
- Parking rate: S$2.60 for the first hour, then S$1.30 per half-hour, all day on weekdays.
- After 5pm, and Sundays/public holidays (6am–6am): flat S$3.20 per entry.
- Weekday perk: spend S$100 in a single same-day receipt and redeem two hours of free parking (worth S$5.20) at the Level 2 information counter, 10am–8pm — capped at the first 100 redemptions each day.
For a typical hour-to-90-minute lesson on a weekday, budget roughly S$2.60–S$3.90 if you’re driving in and not claiming the shopping perk. Rates are set by the mall and can change, so check the gantry display or Forum’s own site before you rely on a specific figure.
Prices, subjects, and trial class availability are updated periodically — always confirm directly with the centre before enrolling. Browse the full directory of Orchard tuition centres for more options.
