Snap Education. Tutoring for Years 5 to 12, Melbourne

Why us

45 is the floor,
not the target.

We started Snap because we believe tutoring should be about more than getting a better mark. We care about helping students build confidence, understand what they are actually learning, and realise what they are capable of.

We are Julian and Nikita, both studying a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne; Anton, who attended the Qantas Group Pilot Academy; and Daniel, who is studying a Bachelor of Cybersecurity at La Trobe. Between us we have taken very different paths through school, university and further study, and we know that every student learns differently.

That is why we hold to proper one-to-one tutoring. It gives a tutor the time to genuinely know their student, work out where they are stuck, and adapt to how they learn best. Whether the goal is to pass, to reach a 45, or to get somewhere they never thought possible, we want every student to finish the year genuinely proud of their progress.

A tutor working through a book with a student at a desk — In person, at your table

A tutor waving at the start of an online session on a laptop — Or online, same tutor

The bar

One standard, checked before they teach.

Every tutor’s statement of results is verified before their first session, and the score has to be in the subject they teach. A 48 in Chemistry does not qualify someone to teach English. We will show you any tutor’s score on request.

Then we interview them ourselves. A score gets you the interview, it does not get you the job. We are looking for someone who can explain a hard idea three different ways, who a fifteen year old will actually talk to, and who we would be comfortable putting in your living room. Plenty of people clear the score and do not clear that.

The habit

They know how they got there.

Scores like these come from a method, not from luck, and the method is what transfers. Most of our tutors finished school within the last three years, so the study design and the exam structure are still fresh.

The year

The same tutor, all year.

One person, one weekly slot, from Year 5 through to the final exam if you want it. Progress in a subject comes from someone knowing where your child was last term, not from a fresh face each fortnight.

After every session the tutor files a note on our platform: what was covered, what was set, and what to work on next. Parents sign in and read it whenever they like. You never have to ask how it went, and you never have to rely on a teenager’s account of it.

Year levels

Year 5 to Year 12.

The same standard at every year level, pitched to where the student actually is. Younger students are building the habits that make the senior years survivable; VCE students are working to a study design and an exam.

Years 5–6

Primary

Maths and English fundamentals, and the study habits that make Year 7 easier.

Years 7–9

Middle years

Filling gaps before they compound, and preparing for subject selection.

Years 10–12

VCE

Units 1–4, SAC preparation and exam technique, taught by tutors who sat the same course.

Mathematics

Methods, Specialist, General

Plus primary and middle-years maths.

English

English, Literature, EAL

Text response, comparative, argument analysis, and primary literacy.

Sciences

Chemistry

Units 1–4, with SAC prac work.

Sciences

Physics

Units 1–4, problem sets weekly.

Sciences

Biology

Units 1–4, exam-style short answer.

Humanities & commerce

Economics · Business Management · Legal Studies · Psychology

If we cannot match your subject to a tutor who cleared 45 in it, we will tell you rather than send a generalist.

How it works

Three steps, then
the same slot every week.

STEP 1

Tell us the subject

Subject, year level, school and the times that suit. It takes about two minutes and we reply the same day.

STEP 2

We match you

A short call at no charge. We tell you who we are proposing, what they scored and why they suit, before you book anything.

STEP 3

Same tutor, same time

A standing session each week for the rest of the year, or two or three a week if that is what the subject load calls for. Pause it in the holidays, cancel with a week’s notice, no lock-in contract.

The platform

Every session,
in one place.

Snap runs on our own learning platform, built for tutoring rather than borrowed from a school timetable system. Students, parents and tutors each get their own view of the same thing.

The Snap Education platform showing a tutor’s day of sessions

The Snap Education platform sign in screen — One sign in for everyone

The platform open on a tablet — Works on any device

A tutor using the platform on a laptop outdoors — Tutors run their week from it

Timetables

Every booking in one calendar

Your standing weekly slot, any reschedules, and the whole term ahead. No group chat, no chasing.

Session notes

Written up after every session

What was covered, what was set, and what to work on next. Filed against the session, not lost in an inbox.

Progress

Scores tracked over the year

SAC results and practice marks in one place, so improvement is something you can see rather than guess at.

Parent view

See it without asking

Parents sign in with a magic link and see the notes and the schedule. No password to remember, nothing to install.

Pricing

Rates by year
and subject. Never
by tutor.

Priced in the middle of the Melbourne market, staffed at the top of it. Every tutor clears the same bar, so every tutor costs the same. No premium tutors, no negotiating over who you get, and a lower rate for Years 5 to 8.

Years 5 to 8

In person$80/session

Online$70/session

One-to-one, sixty minutes, as many a week as you need
Every subject, one rate
Written summary to parents after each session

Years 9 to 12, other subjects

In person$90/session

Online$80/session

One-to-one, sixty minutes, as many a week as you need
Maths, sciences, humanities and commerce
Written summary to parents after each session

Years 9 to 12, English

In person$100/session

Online$90/session

One-to-one, sixty minutes, as many a week as you need
English, Literature and EAL
Written summary to parents after each session

Save 10%

Pay a semester up front and take ten per cent off.

The same tutor, the same slot, one payment instead of many. Weekly instalments stay available at the standard rate if that suits you better.

✓

No joining fee

No membership, no booking fee, no admin charge.

✓

No lock-in

Cancel or pause with a week’s notice. Never a minimum term.

✓

One price, everywhere

The same rate across Melbourne, with no call-out fee and no distance loading.

✓

Reporting included

A written note to parents after every session, at no extra cost.

Paid by bank transfer, either in weekly instalments or a semester up front. Switch between in person and online whenever it suits, with the same tutor in the same slot.

The tutors

Ask to see
the results slip.

Every score below is verified against the tutor’s statement of results and kept on file. You are welcome to see it before you book.

A group of Snap Education tutors together

English

Julian

Study score49

Legal Studies

Nikita

Study score48

Business Management

Emily

Study score45

General Maths

Callum

Study score45

Questions

Before you book.

A study score of 45 or above in the subject they teach, verified from their statement of results before they take a session. Our current roster sits between 45 and 49. We publish each tutor’s actual score rather than making a blanket claim, and you can ask to see the slip.

Because we would rather have the best teacher in the top two per cent than the best score in the state. A study score of 45 already puts someone in roughly the top two per cent of that subject, so the academic question is settled at that point. What is not settled is whether they can teach.

Holding out for 50s would mean a tiny pool and no ability to choose on anything else. Setting the bar at 45 in the matching subject lets us recruit from the top of the state and then pick the ones who are warm, patient and easy for a teenager to talk to. Every one of them also got through an interview, which is the part that decides whether they can actually teach.

From Year 5. Below that we usually refer you elsewhere rather than take work we are not built for. Primary sessions are taught by the same tutors, pitched to the student in front of them.

We sit in the middle of the Melbourne market on price and at the top of it on tutor quality. Agencies charging less are generally not screening on study score at all; agencies charging more are usually adding a membership or a premium-tutor tier. There is no joining fee here and no minimum term, so the rate you see is the rate you pay.

Ten dollars a session. Online sessions use a shared whiteboard so written working is visible to both sides, and the tutor is the same person either way. Many families run online during exam block and in person the rest of the year.

Yes. Pause any time with a week’s notice and your slot is held. Many families pause over Christmas and pick the same tutor back up in late January.

Every tutor is screened and verified by us before their first session, and we have a written child safety policy and code of conduct, available on request. Sessions run in your home or a public space, and the tutor files a session note afterwards, so nothing about the arrangement is unobserved.

The founders

Who you are working with.

Four founders, two halves of the business. Email whichever of us is closest to your question. We all answer our own.

Technology & Operations

Anton Bulzomi

Co-Founder & Co-Director

Commercial pilot and graduate of the Qantas Group Pilot Academy. Sat more than fourteen aviation exams in a single year, so he knows what an intimidating subject feels like from the inside. Works in airline operations and aircraft loading between flights.

anton@snapeducation.com.au 0477 399 393

Technology & Operations

Daniel Metallo

Co-Founder & Co-Director

Studying cybersecurity at La Trobe, from network security to cryptography. Brings the same problem-solving habit to tutoring. Outdoors, a guitar or a good soundtrack the rest of the time.

daniel@snapeducation.com.au 0409 105 016

Academics & Tutoring

Julian Baldacchino

Co-Founder & Co-Director

Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne, majoring in finance and accounting, and a tutor himself. Believes tutoring is about finding the one explanation that makes something click, not getting through a syllabus. Teaches English.

julian@snapeducation.com.au 0451 193 292

Academics & Tutoring

Nikita Dassios

Co-Founder & Co-Director

Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne, majoring in finance and accounting, and an assistant accountant alongside his studies. Competitive at footy, golf and chess, and interested in why some students thrive on material that stops others. Teaches Legal Studies.

nikita@snapeducation.com.au 0432 338 444

Where future
accountants
are made.