Small-group class or private tutor: which is better value in Perth?
Ten hours of small-group tutoring in Perth costs about $350 to $400, against $600 to $900 for ten hours of private tutoring. Everest Tutoring caps groups at 10, which keeps the per-hour cost between $35 and $40 while the tutor still checks every student's work each week. Private tutoring is $80 an hour when a student needs it.
Written by Hari Ravichandran, Founder and Principal Tutor. Updated 13 September 2026
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The cost comparison
Both columns below buy ten hours of teaching over a term. The difference is what happens in those hours, and how much of the tutor's attention each hour carries.
| Small-group class | Private tutor | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost for 10 hours | $350 to $400 per term | $600 to $900 |
| Effective hourly rate | $35 to $40 | $60 to $90 |
| Students per tutor | Capped at 10, usually six to eight | One |
| Pace | Set by the class and the school assessment calendar | Set entirely by the student |
| Written materials | Everest booklets, worked examples and answers included | Usually whatever the tutor brings that week |
| Best for | Keeping up, getting ahead, and exam technique across a whole course | One specific gap, an urgent deadline, or a student who freezes in groups |
When a group is the better buy
For most students in most terms. A weekly class timed to the school assessment calendar covers the whole course, and in a group of six to eight the tutor still reaches every student's page each week.
Groups also add something a private hour cannot: a student sees how other students approach the same question, and how they get it wrong. In GATE and ATAR classes that is where a lot of the learning happens.
When to pay for private hours
Three situations are worth the extra: one identified topic is missing and it is blocking everything after it; an assessment or an exam is days away; or the student will not speak in a group at all.
Everest Tutoring runs one-to-one at $80 an hour, in person or online, and plenty of families use a handful of private hours alongside a weekly class rather than instead of it.
Whatever you choose, the first small-group class at Everest is free, with no payment details and no entry test, so the comparison can be made on a real class rather than a brochure.
Sources: Everest Tutoring pricing · Everest Tutoring one-to-one
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