Need a Tutor is a Social Enterprise tackling childhood educational inequality and accessibility across Australia.
We exist to ensure every child has access to education support no matter where they live.
By providing a private tutor and regular online sessions we help close the educational gap that exists in Australia.
Need a Tutor is on a mission to provide online tutoring to every child in Australia in need.
All sessions are conducted by Australian world class tutors / teachers and conducted live, via our proprietary platform.
By providing a private tutor and regular online sessions we help close the educational gap that exists in Australia.
With your help we can access more children desperately in need of assistance.
Need a Tutor is operated by a dedicated team of tutors and program directors.
All our tutors are fully vetted, many are qualified teachers, some are Indigenous themselves.
Our Progress:
1:1 personalised tutoring sessions have seen incredible results.
As evidenced in our students we see:
- Increased levels of Literacy and Numeracy
- Decreased levels of anxiety
- Increased confidence
- Better school attendance
- Overall increased mental wellbeing
- Positive future life outcomes
In addition, all tutors are paid per session which enables qualified highly skilled individuals to supplement their earnings in addition, providing much needed employment.
Our Accomplishments:
In 2019 Need a Tutor was selected as a finalist in the Ethical Enterprise Awards.
In 2019 The CEO/Founder of Need a Tutor was awarded the Pride of Australia award for her work with Indigenous communities.
In 2020 Need a Tutor was selected by Blue Chilli into their accelerator program recognising the best Australian EdTech start-ups.
In 2020 Need a Tutor was selected to the Optus Future Makers program, which sets out to recognise and assist social enterprise scale and increase impact.
As part of our commitment to education Need a Tutor has adopted a sister charity to support. Cambodian Kids Can is an Australian run charity providing education and housing to at-risk girls in a remote province of Cambodia - Prey Veng. Your support will also help these girls receive support to complete their education and improve their life outcomes.
Cambodian Kids Can supporting girls
We are supported by some great organisations, be part of our mission to ensure no child gets left behind.
Some of our partner organisations include: