St. Jude's School was founded in 1980. St. Jude's is a full Day School for bright students experiencing learning difficulties (grades 1 to 12); an after hours Tutoring School for elementary and high school students who want to achieve to the best of their ability and a Second Language School (Spanish, French and ESL) for children and adults who wish to enrich their lives with a second language . These students and their parents recognize that a good learner must have, first, an excellent foundation in the basic academic skills of Reading, Spelling, Mathematics, and Writing; second, an established work ethic of homework completion, note making skills, project and assignment completion, and effective study skills; and finally, these students must have an excellent teacher available to provide the help, guidance, and instruction necessary to achieve and compete to the best of their ability.

The first St. Jude's Tutoring School was established in 1990 as an extension of the full time day program at St. Jude's School in Waterloo, Ontario. As the Tutoring Schools grow and expand into other cities in Ontario and across Canada, St. Jude's School will continue to be the training center for all the certified, teacher - owner / operators of the Tutoring Schools.

St. Jude's Tutoring Schools provide many different "clubs" designed to give students an educational advantage in their home schools. These clubs are small classes that not only provide the individualized instruction needed but they also provide an opportunity to learn how to learn in a larger classroom setting that cannot be achieved in a one, two, or three to one tutoring situation. With 1, 2, or 3 to one tutoring the student's academic performance improves only while the tutoring is occurring. Under this system, used by Learning Centres, students become dependant upon the tutor rather than developing independent learning skills and tend to need tutoring year after year. The clubs at St. Jude's Tutoring Schools help students to learn how to learn. It is the goal of St. Jude's to give students the skills to achieve in their home school without reliance upon a tutor.