Malabar has two primary schools and no high school, so Year 5 parents are already weighing up Matraville Sports High, Randwick High, Marcellin or Brigidine. A tutor at your table gets the maths solid first. Online works too, and so does our Double Bay centre, covering Kindergarten to Year 12, IB Diploma work included.
Malabar is about 20 minutes by car from our Double Bay study centre, roughly 10.6 kilometres.
Malabar has two primary schools and no high school. That single fact shapes a lot of the tutoring we do here. Children finish Year 6 at Malabar Public or St Andrew's, then scatter to Matraville Sports High, Randwick High, Marcellin, Brigidine or Corpus Christi. Parents start weighing that up in Year 5, and the questions are usually the same. Is she ready for a bigger school. Is his maths solid enough to hold up in a streamed class.
The rhythm here runs on the water and on Anzac Parade. Long Bay is flat and sheltered, so summer means the ocean pool below the golf club, the boat ramp, and training for the Malabar Magic in February. Nippers means a drive up to South Maroubra, because Malabar Beach is not patrolled. Winter is footy, and The Juniors sits right there. We book around all of it.
We know the run down Franklin Street to Cromwell Park, the parking squeeze on Bay Parade and Dacre Street when the water is glassy, and the climb back up towards Howe Street and the golf club.
Schools in and around Malabar that local families commonly attend. Whichever your child is at, we tutor to their syllabus and their assessment calendar.
Lessons here run at the kitchen table, late afternoon, once the swim at Long Bay is done. Our tutors know the climb from Cromwell Park up towards Howe Street, and they know Bay Parade and Dacre Street squeeze up when the water is glassy, so they allow extra time. Nippers means a drive to South Maroubra, and we book around that.
Your tutor comes to you, so there is no drive and no parking, and your child works in the space they already study in. It suits primary students and busy weeknights particularly well.
Malabar sits at the quiet end of Anzac Parade, so bringing the tutor to you saves the drive back up it.
A quiet, purpose built room away from the distractions of home. Senior students and exam blocks tend to work best here, and parents often use the time for the school run.
Live one on one over video with a shared workspace, so the tutor and student write on the same page. Ideal for sport seasons, travel weeks, and the day someone wakes up unwell.
Every LearnIt tutor is a recent top of the state graduate, interviewed and trialled before they meet a student. These are three of them.
Riley has been extremely helpful improving my essay writing and making me feel more confident within exam scenarios. Highly recommend Learn It.
Charlie has been an amazing tutor, he has helped build my confidence in maths, improving my results and making me feel more comfortable in exams.
Both, and plenty of families mix the two. Our tutors travel to homes across Malabar, from the streets behind Cromwell Park up to the golf club end. You can also book at the LearnIt centre at Level 2, Shop 10 and 11, 401 New South Head Road, Double Bay, which is roughly a 20 minute drive off peak. Online works too, and it is the one most families fall back on during exam weeks or when sport runs late. There are no lock in contracts, so you can switch between them.
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons Malabar parents call. Children here finish primary at Malabar Public School or St Andrew's, then head out of the suburb for high school. Common destinations include Matraville Sports High, Randwick High, Marcellin College Randwick, Brigidine College Randwick and Corpus Christi College Maroubra. We work on the things that actually bite in Year 7, which is written expression, fractions and algebra, and being organised enough to run five subjects at once.
No. A fair slice of the work we do in this suburb is extension rather than repair. A child who finishes class tasks in ten minutes and then coasts has a real problem, particularly across Year 5 and Year 6, when the habit of meeting something genuinely hard still has to be built. Our tutors push into harder material, harder problems and proper written reasoning, so a streamed high school class is not the first place she is ever stretched.
There is no contract and no joining fee, and we will come back to you within 24 hours with a matched tutor.