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Bassendean's tutors include a Dux and 98.50 ATAR achiever, an experienced K–12 private tutor with five years' classroom experience, subject award-winners in maths, science, and English, youth mentors and coaches, high-ATAR university students in engineering and education, and Olympiad competitors with distinctions—each bringing passion for learning and hands-on success working with children.

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Enkhjin

English Tutor Perth, WA
Encouragement. Encouraging my students while building their confidence is the most important thing that I will do for my students. I would not want a single moment to pass for my students thinking that they lack in any way. A few hard problems to solve at school are not enough to discourage them. My greatest strength when it comes to tutoring is I…
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Manojkumar

English Tutor Victoria Park, WA
1. To improve the student's grades and understanding of the respective subject. 2. To motivate and increase the confidence. 3. To make the student realize that he/she has more than what it takes to become the topper in his/her subject. 1. Communication - I try to communicate in a manner which the student thoroughly understands the concept. I…
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Eric
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Eric

English Tutor East Perth, WA
Listen (most important), identify the problem (specific to the student) and teach them the solution to that problem in the way that they learn best. Also, the preparation of concise tailored revision notes, cheat sheets and flash cards were a great help to me when I had tuition. I am personable, approachable and extremely patient. I like to see…
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Sophie

English Tutor East Perth, WA
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to believe in them, have high expectations and help them develop their own self-belief, motivation and problem-solving skills. A good tutor will approach each student as an individual with unique strengths, interests and learning needs and will take the time to listen to them. A good tutor…
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Skylar

English Tutor Perth, WA
The most important thing that I tutor can do for a student is be understanding. Some times it may be hard for a student and they may think that because they are not the best then they are not good enough. It is the tutor job not only to help the student academically but also mentally. There are many social pressures within a students school life…
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Lhiyaizza

English Tutor Perth, WA
Providing support for every child's needs (their learning styles and learning pace). It is important to be patient with every child as everyone learns at their own pace. Motivation - able to motivate children into learning through areas of difficulty Adaptability- able to switch learning styles for each child Patience - willing to sit and…
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Ravindya Yasasnee

English Tutor Perth, WA
identifying the areas the student find hard and investing more time on those topics. revising and summarising after every lesson and practicing questions with them. I was a trainee pre school teacher. I am studying accounting and business analytics in University of Western Australia. I am studying CIMA professional qualification as well. My ATAR…
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Jeffrey

English Tutor Yokine, WA
I believe that one of the most important things a tutor can do for a student, is to help them build confidence in their own academic abilities by supporting them in a way that reinforces their sense of self achievement. It is also important for a tutor to reinforce and support the student's classroom learning, beyond set homework and assignments…
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Sarah

English Tutor Mirrabooka, WA
Listen to them, always ask if they understand and if they do not try to explain again or in another way. It is also beneficial to know what type of learner the students are. What motivates them and keeping them engaged throughout the session. My patience, listening and…
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Laura

English Tutor East Victoria Park, WA
To assist their learning by encouragement and direction, empowering them to improve and thereby increasing their confidence. My strengths I believe would be empathy and patience, an encouraging attitude and diligence. My development areas would be critique, however my work experience has helped by giving me good experience with feedback and…

Local Reviews

Fantastic service with good follow-up. Tutor is extremely reliable and diligent but a little difficult to understand due to a strong accent. A bit costly but worth the good service.
Kim, Bassendean

Inside BassendeanTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 8 student Olivia worked on structuring analytical paragraphs using the TROPICAL method and practised linking textual techniques to broader themes in a comparative essay; she also explored features of open letters with brief examples.

In Year 10, James focused on solving linear equations—identifying equation components, graphing lines from rules or points, and practiced expanding brackets, including an introduction to quadratic expansion via FOIL.

Meanwhile, Year 5 student Ethan identified graphemes for specific phonemes in spelling activities and applied his understanding of author's purpose by analysing NAPLAN reading texts for persuasive or informative intent.

Recent Challenges

A Year 9 student in English showed strong ideas but struggled to link analysis to the actual essay question, often missing required elements—"teachers highlight not answering the question properly," noted one tutor.

In Year 11 Maths, another student didn't write down working steps when solving equations with brackets, making it difficult to track errors and missed marks for incomplete reasoning.

A Year 7 learner forgot to record homework instructions despite reminders; this led to confusion over what needed completing.

In Science (Year 10), explanations lacked detail and key terminology, costing marks on test responses and leaving answers too vague.

Recent Achievements

One Bassendean tutor noticed a Year 10 student who used to skip showing her working in maths now carefully writes each step for algebra and measurement problems, which has helped her catch mistakes early.

In English, a Year 11 student who previously struggled to analyse texts is now confidently linking language techniques to themes and perspectives—she even explained how character beliefs shaped the message in a recent novel study.

Meanwhile, a younger student who used to rush through reading is taking time to sound out tricky words and goes back over errors independently, finishing a passage with only two self-corrected mistakes.

What they say about our tutoring

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I am very pleased with Gabrielle and so is Thomas, so a great start. Just having a  mentor has boasted Thomas's confidence enormously and I listen to how Gabrielle communicates with Thomas and I am amazed. Thomas is very happy.

I had one tutoring session with Tom and he was fantastic. Very easy to talk to and had clearly prepared before coming to see me. The exam that I needed his help to prepare for is this Thursday so I no longer need his services. I have told Tom I will let him know how I went after the exam on Thursday.

We are very happy with Shunan as Antony and Bella's tutor. He is doing a wonderful job. Thank you!

Local Spots for Tutoring

If you'd prefer not to have lessons at home, tutoring can also take place at a local library—such as Bassendean Memorial Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Michael's School.