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Karrabin's tutors include a fully registered teacher with over a decade of classroom and specialist maths experience, an engineering Dean's Honour List awardee and seasoned private tutor, youth mentors, university science and psychology students with hands-on work supporting children—including those with special needs—and academic high achievers with ATARs above 94 and subject prizes.

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    Carefully screened, fewer than 10% are good enough to work with us.

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    You decide where and when to meet. As little or as often as you want.

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    Real Results

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    Any Grade

    High school or primary, you'll get a tutor that fits your needs.

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    1000's of Happy Students

    Our tutors show WHAT to study + HOW to study

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    Lesson Reports

    You'll get feedback on each lesson, so you know how your child gets on.

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Phuc (Owen)

Science Tutor Woodend, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do isn't just to lead them to the right answers but help them build confidence and self-motivation. As a tutor, I aim to help students develop independence. For me, a successful teacher is someone who can guide students to no longer needing one. I am quick to identify the strengths and weaknesses of students…
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Terena

Science Tutor North Ipswich, QLD
I believe that tutoring for a student should be a safe zone space where they can make mistakes. Tutoring does not have the same pressue for a student that school can, as such it is important for a tutor to be patient and adaptive when a student is struggling with a concept. A tutor should welcome mistakes as an opportunity to grow. I also believe…
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Lexie

Science Tutor Ipswich, QLD
Communication is effective and is able to foster a relationship with them to be able to gain, engage and enhance a students understanding in an area of struggle. Having taught a variety of students with different learning styles and needs, being able to break down the complex theory of things into simple explanations for them to understand and…
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Jennifer

Science Tutor
1) Helping students to reach their academic goals through personalised teaching, assessments and making learning fun. 2) Listen to what they have to say about school, including their achievements and struggles, and provide the necessary support. 3) Always encourage the student and comment on their genuine attempts, hard work, improvements…

Local Reviews

Isabella is amazing! My daughter has improved so much since Isabella started tutoring her - I cannot recommend enough!
Sarah, Sadliers Crossing

Inside KarrabinTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 9 student Emily worked through PSMT assessment tasks, focusing on interpreting overtime pay and penalty rates, as well as reviewing order of operations with a focus on visualizing multi-step calculations.

In Year 10, Alex practiced simultaneous equations and box-and-whisker plots before tackling bearings and compound interest problems using real-world examples.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Sienna concentrated on bivariate statistics for her PSMT project by analyzing scatter plots and least squares regression lines, utilizing Excel to support her data predictions.

Recent Challenges

In Year 8, a missed opportunity stood out when Emily left her notebook in class—notes couldn't be checked and vital revision material was lost.

A Year 11 session revealed that, after an exam, she "needed to take time to reflect on the test," but struggled to review errors independently without guidance.

In Year 10 algebra lessons, skipped or incomplete notes made it harder for her to recall formulas and apply them under pressure.

During PSMT assessments in senior years, reliance on verbal explanation rather than written working meant ideas weren't always fully captured—leading to confusion during revision.

Recent Achievements

One Karrabin tutoring session saw a Year 11 student, after months of finding algebra intimidating, begin to tackle problems independently and even express curiosity about more advanced concepts.

Another high schooler has shifted from silently guessing answers to confidently talking through tricky math questions out loud, using correct terminology—something she previously avoided.

In the primary years, one student who used to rush and make frequent errors now double-checks her work for mistakes before moving on.

Most recently, a Year 11 student solved compound interest questions without prompts and explained each step clearly to the tutor.

What they say about our tutoring

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David is a very experienced tutor with skills to adapt to suit the individual's learning ability; thus delivering an improved educational experience to achieve results.

An amazing teacher who will have a lasting & positive impact on your child - he did for me. Highly recommend.

Alex and Peter seem like a compatible match and Alex says that he has found the sessions helpful so far. We hope to see some solid gains for Alex in the coming term.

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 Ipswich Libraries—or at your child's school (with permission), like West Moreton Anglican College.