Maths tutor Sydney and Melbourne price in 2026: what agencies, centres, marketplaces and HSC and VCE specialists charge per hour, what the price buys, and the online 1-on-1 option at about A$14 to A$19

"Maths tutor Sydney price" and "maths tutor Melbourne price" are typed in Term 1, when the report card and the NAPLAN letter arrive together, and in Term 3, when Year 11 and 12 families realise the HSC or VCE is a year away. This page gives the published per-hour prices in both cities in September 2026 by who is teaching, what each price actually buys, the selective and senior-school premium, what a term costs, the five checks before paying anyone, and where we sit, because we publish our price and most providers make you enquire.

The prices, per hour, September 2026

The agency and marketplace figures are what those companies publish on their own sites; the specialist range is what independent HSC and VCE tutors list on Learnmate and their own pages. Prices are per hour for one child unless a session length is stated.

What moves the price

1. The year level. Years 3 to 8 sit at the bottom of every column; Years 11 and 12 at the top, because fewer tutors teach Extension 1, Methods or Specialist well and the ATAR is on the line.
2. The test. Selective High School and OC preparation in Sydney, and select-entry and SEAL preparation in Melbourne, carry a A$20 to A$40 premium over the same tutor's ordinary rate, because the demand is concentrated into Years 4 and 6.
3. Who the tutor is. The columns above; this is most of the price.
4. The suburb. North Shore, Eastern Suburbs and Inner West rates run A$10 to A$20 above Western Sydney; Bayside and the eastern suburbs above the west in Melbourne. Online removes this.
5. The package. A term paid up front lowers the hourly figure and raises the risk; the tutor changes in week three and the refund is credit.

What a term costs

Ten weeks, for one child, one subject.

The number to compare is not the hour but the outcome: a Year 9 child moving a band in NAPLAN, or a Year 12 student moving a grade in Methods, over a year. That is roughly A$3,000 to A$6,000 with a Sydney or Melbourne tutor and about A$1,000 with us.

Why the India-based class is A$14 to A$19

Because the tutor lives in India, where a master's-qualified teacher's hour costs a fraction of a Sydney hour, and because there is no agency in between. The time zone does the rest: 4 pm in Sydney is 11:30 am in Chandigarh, the middle of our tutors' working day, so every weekday afternoon is available and there is no tired tutor at midnight. The class follows the Australian Curriculum year level and, in Years 11 and 12, the NESA or VCAA syllabus, with past HSC and VCE papers marked to the marking guidelines. How it works, with the time table for every state, is on the online tutors from India to Australia page.

The five checks before paying, in either city

1. The tutor's degree in mathematics, shown to you; not "engineering", not "all subjects".
2. The same tutor for the year, promised in writing.
3. For Years 11 and 12, a marked past paper from a current student, with the marks on the script.
4. Parents welcome in the room, or the class recorded.
5. Monthly payment, no term package.

Then take two trial classes in the same week, one local and one online, with the same child on the same topic, and watch both. The tutor the child worked hardest for is the one to pay.

Where to get help

A 1-on-1 online maths class with a tutor who holds a master's in mathematics and has taught the Australian Curriculum, NAPLAN, the selective and OC tests and the HSC and VCE since 2018: Sydney and Melbourne after-school times, the recording and notes after every class, about A$14 to A$19 an hour, billed monthly, no contract. The Sydney and Melbourne pages have the local details and the free NAPLAN practice tests, and the free 30-minute first class is a real lesson on this week's topic.

Questions parents ask

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