About the editor
Independent education-pricing researcher. Publisher and sole editorial voice for Tutoring.net.au.
Jarrod, Founder & Editor
I am the person who pulled the UAC/VTAC/QTAC/TISC/SATAC scaling reports, wrote every editorial guide, designed the rate-estimator calculator, and decided what Tutoring.net.au would and would not publish. There is no team. There is no AI ghostwriter. If a guide is signed in my name, I wrote it and I stand behind it.
Why this site exists
I have been building data-driven directory and intelligence sites for Australian consumer markets for two years. The pattern across those builds — pet insurance, GP locations, NDIS providers, super funds, mortgages — is the same: a market with significant household spend, near-zero neutral consumer information, and search-engine results dominated by sellers with one product to push.
Private tutoring is one of the worst examples. A $1.3 billion AU consumer market in which every published "how much should I pay" article is owned by a tutoring company quoting its own bookings. I have school-age family members. I have looked at this market as a parent. The information available is bad, by which I mean: it is misleading in ways that benefit the sellers.
That is what Tutoring.net.au exists to fix.
What qualifies me to write this
I am not a registered teacher. I am not a tutor. I am not an HSC/VCE marker. I do not pretend to be. The editorial value I add is what an independent pricing analyst adds — reading the official scaling reports carefully, comparing what platforms publish, cross-checking against ABS data and ASX disclosures, and presenting the result in a way that helps a parent make a sensible decision.
When a topic genuinely needs expert clinical/educational judgment (e.g., "which subject should my Year 11 child drop?"), I say so explicitly, and direct you to a school careers advisor or curriculum authority. The job here is information transparency, not personal advice.
Editorial policy
- Every published rate figure cites a source. If we cannot point to a UAC report, a published platform aggregate, an ABS table, an ASX filing, or a survey response, the figure does not get published.
- We disclose sample sizes. First-party survey data and platform-aggregate data carry different epistemic weight; the page tells you which is which.
- Affiliate links never change editorial assessment. The two platforms I rate highest on the editorial pages are not necessarily the two platforms with the best affiliate programs.
- Corrections are visible. When we make a substantive error, we fix the page and add a "Correction" note above the byline with the date and a one-line description of what changed. Quiet edits behind the scenes are a credibility tax.
- No paid placement of any kind. No "sponsored reviews", no "featured tutor" boxes, no "platform of the month".
What you will not find on this site
- Tutor profile listings. We are not a marketplace.
- "Best tutor in Sydney 2026" — that's a click-bait pattern published by tutors trying to rank for the term. We do not play it.
- AI-generated "is X tutor good" essays. Every guide here is written by me.
Contact
If you spot an error, want to challenge a number, or are a tutoring platform with public data you would like me to consider citing, email me at hello@tutoring.net.au. I read everything personally.
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