The independent guide to private tutoring in Australia.
An honest answer on what tutors should cost, how ATAR scaling actually works, which platforms are worth the fee, and when tutoring is the wrong tool entirely. Sources cited on every page; no platform pays for placement.
What's on this site
What you should pay
$30–$190/hr observed; typical band $55–$130. Synthesised from six published platform aggregates.
Rate estimator
Pick subject × city × tutor tier × delivery. Get a fair-market band.
ATAR scaling calculator
VTAC, UAC, and QTAC official 2024 figures, plugged into a working calculator. No estimates, no guessing.
ATAR scaling — all 5 states
NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA. Verbatim 2024 figures from UAC / VTAC / QTAC / TISC / SATAC.
Curriculum guides
HSC, VCE, QCE syllabus reference for senior secondary subjects.
Long-form guides
Is tutoring worth it? How to choose a tutor? Online vs in-person? Red flags?
Platform reviews
Cluey, Learnmate, Superprof, KIS, Tutero, Tutorfinder — what each is good at, where each falls down.
AU tutoring data hub
Headline figures, cross-state comparisons, and full source list. For journalists and researchers.
Glossary
ATAR, scaling, study scores, percentile rank — the terms parents trip on.
Frequently asked
The questions families ask the most about tutoring + ATAR scaling.
Submit your rate
Tutors: help build Australia's only independent tutor-rate dataset.
Methodology
How every figure on this site traces to its source.
Why this site exists
I started Tutoring.net.au because I am a parent who could not get an honest answer to the question "how much should I pay for a tutor in Australia?" Search results were owned by tutoring platforms quoting their own bookings. There was no neutral source.
Australian families spend roughly $1.3 billion a year on private tutoring. There has been no equivalent of Canstar or Choice for this market — until now. More on the project, more on who I am, and how the figures here are sourced.
What you'll find that's not anywhere else
- Cross-platform rate synthesis across six published AU tutoring platforms — no single-platform bias.
- Subject × city × tutor-qualification rate cross-tabs — no incumbent publishes this.
- Working ATAR scaling calculator using verbatim 2024 VTAC, UAC, and QTAC published figures.
- Per-subject scaling pages for every senior secondary subject in NSW, VIC, and QLD with full published percentile data.
- Honest platform reviews — no paid placement, no exclusive deals, all six major AU platforms covered.
- First-party tutor rate survey — over time the data moat that makes the synthesis less dependent on platform-published aggregates.
The data hub is built for citation. Every figure traces to a primary source (UAC, VTAC, QTAC, ASX disclosures, ABS data, platform-published aggregates). Email the editor for additional context or data slices.