After-School Tutoring Hoppers Crossing

Hoppers Crossing is a mature suburb with a stable set of schools, and a lot of our Hoppers Crossing families come to us by word of mouth from a neighbour or a cousin. Because the centre is only ten minutes up the road, most choose in-person sessions after school and keep the same tutor for years.

After-school tutoring for Hoppers Crossing families

Most of the tutoring we do for Hoppers Crossing students happens between 3:30 pm and 7 pm on a school day. It is the window that fits around school, sport and dinner, and it is also the window in which the work is freshest: the topic the class covered that morning is the topic the tutor can fix that afternoon. Weekend and holiday sessions exist, but the after-school session is the backbone.

After-school sessions at the centre run from 3:30 pm to 7 pm Monday to Thursday and 3:30 pm to 6 pm on Friday. In practice for Hoppers Crossing families the 4:30 pm and 5 pm slots are the most popular, because the 10-minute drive after a 3:15 pm school finish makes 3:30 pm too tight. Sessions are an hour, and students who arrive early sit in the quiet room and start their homework.

Every after-school hour runs the same way: a short warm-up on the previous session's skills, forty minutes of new teaching with the student doing the work in front of the tutor, and a quick independent check at the end. You get a progress note the same evening: what was covered, what is secure, what is next. Homework is ten to fifteen minutes a night, set from that note, never a stack of worksheets.

Hoppers Crossing students at the centre attend Hoppers Crossing Secondary College, The Grange P-12 College, Mossfiel Primary School, Bellbridge Primary School, Cambridge Primary School and Baden Powell College. A tutor will always ask for the latest school test or assessment rubric, because that is the fastest way to see how a particular school marks.

The drive from Hoppers Crossing (3029) to our centre at 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029 takes about 10 minutes, via Hoppers Lane or Sayers Road. The centre is also about four minutes from Tarneit station, which is the easiest option for secondary students who travel on their own after school. There is free parking right outside 17/47 Apex Drive; most parents drop off, do the shopping at Tarneit or Truganina and come back.

One session a week per subject is the standard after-school pattern; two a week is worth it for a student who is more than a year behind or in the run-up to an exam. Because the same tutors teach online, a Hoppers Crossing student who cannot get to the centre on a given afternoon keeps the session online rather than losing the week, and siblings can be booked back to back so one drive covers both.

Schools our Hoppers Crossing students come from

Hoppers Crossing Secondary College
The Grange P-12 College
Mossfiel Primary School
Bellbridge Primary School
Cambridge Primary School
Baden Powell College

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How it works

Free Skills Check. Your child does the free online Skills Check (10–15 minutes) pitched at the top of their year level. You get a topic-by-topic report the same day.

Free consultation. We call you for a free consultation, go through the result together and suggest a starting point and a format. Nothing is charged until you decide to go ahead.

Targeted sessions. Sessions begin with a matched tutor who already teaches other Hoppers Crossing students, with a plain-English progress note to you after every session.

Pricing

One-to-one tutoring is $35–$45 an hour depending on the year level; small groups of up to five are from $25 an hour. Plans are monthly, you choose how many sessions a week, and you can cancel any time. The Skills Check and the consultation are free. Online and in-person sessions cost the same.

Frequently asked questions

What time do after-school sessions run?

From 3:30 pm to 7 pm Monday to Thursday and to 6 pm on Friday, in one-hour blocks. The last session starts at 6 pm (5 pm Friday). Students who arrive early can start homework in the quiet room.

Can my child get there from school on their own?

Secondary students often do: the centre is about four minutes from Tarneit station and on local bus routes. Primary students are usually dropped off by a parent after the school pick-up, and Hoppers Crossing families typically choose a slot that leaves time for the drive.

What if we cannot make the same afternoon every week?

Sessions can move between afternoons when a slot is free, and any session can run online with the same tutor. Tell the tutor at the start of the week and we will rearrange rather than cancel.

Where is the after-school tutoring held for Hoppers Crossing families?

At our Truganina centre, 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029, about 10 minutes from Hoppers Crossing (via Hoppers Lane or Sayers Road), or online with the same tutor. The centre is four minutes from Tarneit station with free parking outside.

What does it cost?

Small groups of three to five students are from $25 an hour. One-to-one is $35 to $45 an hour depending on year level, with VCE at the top of the range. The Skills Check and the consultation are free, plans are monthly and you can cancel any time.

How do we start?

Your child does the free online Skills Check (10 to 15 minutes, at home). A tutor calls you for a free consultation, goes through the result and recommends a format and a starting point. Nothing is charged until you decide to go ahead.