Meeting your child across 10 dimensions of learning
Tutoring Built Around Your Child's Unique Needs
English and Mathematics · Selective and Scholarship · Prep to Year 12
We find your child’s core learning level, then teach from there.
Paper-based. Handwritten. Explicitly taught.
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What Your Child Gets Every Week
People and paper in class. Technology at home, in between classes.
In Class: No Screens
• A tutor beside your child, guiding the worked examples and practice• Student Booklets: the lesson, worked examples, practice and homework in one, completed by hand• Placed by core learning level, not age, using the 5 bands
At Home: Tools That Support
• Video lessons for every section, to watch before class or rewatch after• Tessa and Prism, our AI help, with hints in more than 30 languages, so your child is not left stuck• Printable worksheets for extra practice
For You
• A weekly quiz, with progress you can follow online• A Saturday email on what was covered in class
Online classes run live on Zoom, and students still work by hand in the same Student Booklets.
How It Starts
Three simple steps from your first question to your child’s first class.
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Free Assessment
About 1 hour, completely free, no obligation. It shows which skills your child has in place across English and Maths, and you receive a free report and consultation.
Their Core Learning Level
Your child's core learning level isn't the same as their age or year level. A Year 5 child might be working at Year 5 in fractions, Year 3 in measurement and Year 7 in geometry. We start each area where your child really is.
Weekly Classes
Your child joins a small class matched to their core learning level, not their age, in person or online. Join any time, even mid-term.
Children Learn Best When They Feel Confident
Every skill is built from small pieces we call tiles. Related tiles form a rung, and rungs build into a ladder. A rung only holds when the one below it is solid, so we strengthen the foundations first and then help your child climb.
Our 10 dimensions of learning make this work. Five bands, from Earth to Aether, guide what your child learns next. Five Success Path steps build the habits that keep them going.
Programs That Fit Your Child
From catching up to getting ahead, Prep to Year 12 across English and Mathematics.
In Person Classes
Weekly classes at 15 Melbourne centres, with a tutor who knows your child by name.
Online Classes
Live classes on Zoom with the same tutors and Student Booklets, from anywhere in Australia.
Selective and Scholarship Preparation
Timed practice, worked solutions and full-length practice exams in the ACER and EDUTEST formats used for Victoria's selective school and scholarship exams.
Hear From Our Founder
“Students just aren’t on one level… They’re on a spectrum of readiness.”
Thuy Pham founded Spectrum Tuition 25 years ago. Speaking on a panel at the Australian Tutoring Association conference, she explains why a Year 5 student can be working at three different levels at once, and why we teach from your child’s core learning level, not their age.
Hear From Families Who've Been Where You Are
Real stories from real Melbourne families. Every journey starts with the same question.
15 Centres Across Melbourne
We’re in your neighbourhood. Find the Spectrum centre closest to you.
- Can't find your suburb? Online classes are available across all of Australia.
All year levels Prep–12
Join any time, even mid-term
Free diagnostic assessment included
Find Your Child's Core Learning Level
The free assessment takes about 1 hour and finds your child’s core learning level in English and Maths, topic by topic. No obligation, no pressure. Just clarity.
- Takes about 1 hour • Completely free • No obligation