Advice
Written for
Canberra parents.
Plain answers to the questions we get asked most.
How to choose the right tutor in Canberra
What to ask before you book, what qualifications actually mean, and the questions that tell you most about how someone will teach your child.
ReadWhat does tutoring cost in Canberra?
Real market ranges, what changes the price, and what is usually left out of the advertised figure.
ReadWhat checks should a tutor have? WWVP explained
What ACT Working with Vulnerable People registration covers, what it does not, and why a NSW check is a separate thing entirely.
ReadChoosing an English tutor in Canberra
Reading and writing are different problems needing different teaching. How to tell which one your child actually has.
ReadYear 1 tutoring: what actually helps
The specific things that matter in the first years of school, and the things that look like progress but are not.
ReadHow we choose what to write
Every article on this page started as a real question from a Canberra parent — asked at a free assessment, over the phone, or partway through a term when something at school changed. We write the answer we would give across the kitchen table: what the research and the ACT curriculum actually say, what it costs, and what to do next. No filler, no scare tactics, and no pretending one hour a week fixes everything.
If you are new here, start with how to choose the right tutor, then read what tutoring really costs in Canberra so the numbers make sense before you talk to anyone — including us. If your child is in the first years of school, the Year 1 guide explains what helps at that age and what merely looks like progress.
Have a question we have not answered? Ask us directly — the next article usually comes from exactly that.