Selective Tutoring is offered for primary school students to help them gain entry into a selective high school.
Parents apply for their child to sit the selective test when they are in Year 5. The selective entry test takes place in May when the child is in Year 6.
Applications usually open in October when the student is in Year 5. In the application, parents need to nominate three selective schools that they wish to attend.
Selective tutoring usually starts in Year 4 or Year 5 depending on the student’s academic level in maths and English.
Entry into a selective school is determined by two factors:
Tutoring for Selective helps your child score well in the Selective entry test.
Selective Tutoring is a specialty with GEA,
View Our Selective School Tutoring Page
Or Read a recent Selective School Tutoring Blog Here
Opportunity classes, also known as the OC, are offered in some primary schools that cater to gifted and talented students in Year 5 and Year 6. Parents apply when their child is in Year 4. Successful students may leave their current school at the end of Year 4 to attend a school with an Opportunity Class. The OC is not a pathway to Selective Schools. However, it does help. When students are in an OC class, they get more enriched content which helps them to succeed in the selective placement test in Year 6.
Entry into an Opportunity Class is determined by two factors:
OC tutoring usually starts in Year 3 or Year 4 depending on the student’s academic level in maths and English.
Tutoring for OC helps your child score well in the OC entry test.
View Our Opportunity Class Tutoring Page Or Read a Recent Opportunity Class Tutoring Blog Page Here
Scholarship Tutoring is offered to help students gain a scholarship for private school.
Students sit a scholarship test depending on the school parents wish to apply for.
Some schools offer the scholarship test in Year 5 and some offer in Year 6 for an entry in Year 7. There are different scholarship tests: ACER, HAST, AAS, Edutest..etc.
Obtaining a scholarship (full or partial) is determined by a few factors:
Parents seek tutoring for a scholarship usually a year before their child sits the test.
Tutoring for a scholarship helps as it is highly competitive.
View Our Scholarship Tutoring Page
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Dear GEA staff and teachers, I can’t believe Ema’s Year 6 journey is over. The last 2 years were very difficult in many ways and obviously made Ema’s preparation for selective and scholarship exams quite challenging. I have to thank all of the GEA staff and teachers from the bottom of my heart as even though there was a lot of “unknown” in our kids’ lives they made Ema’s study journey so much easier. Clear communication, very approachable staff helping us to navigate with online learning and most of all dedicated teachers helping our kids with their preparation for the exams and overall progress in their studies…
I cannot Thank Global Education Academy enough, I thought by enrolling my son to a private school he is receiving the best education possible. I was so wrong. Since kindergarten, his report was not that great, and I was a super concern, and whenever I raised my concerns with his class teacher I was told not worry, every kid is different and that he was doing well.
After reaching out to Global Education Academy within the first two weeks I could see the difference.
I am not sure what magic spell Kate is using on my son, but it is working! Thank you, Kate, for making my son believe in his ability, I am super confident that he is in good hands. I cannot wait to see his school report.
“Hello, I thought I’d share some positive feedback on my son, Zac, tutoring experience from GEA Kogarah. He thoroughly enjoys his lessons with Ms Caroline each week so much so he looks forward to them. He finds learning fun even being on zoom. I have to say that if it wasn’t for her tutoring “pro-ess” and ability to keep him engaged he would definitely be further behind with the impact of COVID / homeschooling. Please pass on thanks and kudos. Cheers”
“We decided to have Zaviar attend GEA because of its unique research-based teaching method. Living in Country NSW has meant Zaviar having to fly to Sydney each weekend to attend the course at GEA (that was before COVID). Despite the hard logistics, we are very appreciative as Zaviar received a scholarship for Knox. A couple of years later, we enrolled his younger brother in the online S&S course and he also received a scholarship to Knox. We are very happy parents.”
