What the Evidence Shows About Academic Tutoring for Australian Students

Somewhere around Year 5 or 6, school starts to sort students into distinct camps: those who feel like they’re keeping up and those who sense, quietly, that they’re falling further behind. The gap isn’t always dramatic at first. A shaky grasp of fractions, a habit of guessing at long division, a reluctance to attempt word problems. But these small things compound, and by the time a student reaches secondary school, a two-year gap in maths ability can feel like an insurmountable cliff. Teachers are aware of it. Parents are aware of it. The student, usually, is most aware of it …