What parents have to say about tutoring from AHeadStart.
“Liyana love[s] working with Amelia. Amelia helps my daughter to understand better what she need to know. We appreciate it.”
Liyana’s father Hasan, November 2015
Year 11, Science
“Thank you for all your assistance with Emma and her work in Maths. Her confidence has grown and I am sure it will show in her grades too.
I am sure Emma will be keen to continue with your support so will contact you in the New Year.”
Emma’s mother Karen, November 2015
Year 11, Mathematics & Science
“[I] know that you are doing a good job tutoring Georgia when she spent all of Saturday helping her friend study for Maths as [her friend] had got not achieved in the linear internal and they allowing resits as some classes had such high not achieved marks.
Thank you Melanie. I know G happy with her M in that assessment. And that has everything to do with you tutoring her.”
Georgia’s mother Louisa, June 2015
Year 11, Mathematics & Science
"Just wanted to say that Daniel has been excellent for Tom, and that Tom also appreciates his “style”! They seem to have an excellent rapport going, and while Daniel is certainly a bit introverted, they are communicating very well."
Tom’s father Steve, May 2013
Year 13, Calculus
"Sarah has been wonderful for Nicole and so patient. She has come a long way and has had a good attitude and self-belief which is showing in her work."
Nicole’s mother Alison, October 2013
Year 11 English, Mathematics & Science
“The day I spoke to Melanie and set up tutoring for my daughter for Maths and English was the best decision we had made. Even though going through a tutoring service costs, it truly was worth every cent we paid.
We saw our daughter go from struggling and frustrated to confidently understanding what she was doing which in return achieved her passing Level 1 and Level 2 with absolute ease. Not only did she pass with more than enough credits she passed English both years with a Merit Endorsement.
Our aim was for our daughter to pass and achieve marks that she would be proud of and with the help of the amazing tutors that she had she accomplished all that she wanted to. Thank you AHeadStart for all of the services you offer, I would highly recommend this service to anyone!!”
Mikayla’s mother Leeann, January 2016
Year 12, English & Mathematics
“Hi Melanie,
Tutoring is going really well - Mitchell says he finally understands things, he thinks Jeremy is great. Thank you so much - a relief for us.”
Mitchell’s mother Amanda, November 2016
Year 12, Physics
“[Alex] had his prize giving this week and got top of Calculus and Dux, so he was pretty happy!”
Alex’s tutor Don, November 2015
Year 13, Level 3 Calculus
“A few years ago we tried Kip McGrath. AHeadStart leaves Kip McGrath for dead.”
Sarah’s mother Linda, January 2016
Year 10, Mathematics
“Hi Melanie,
Thought of letting you know that Adi is happy about his Physics paper. He was able to answer everything. I have asked him to let Ariel know.
Cheers, Gathi”
Adi’s mother Gathi, November 2016
Year 12, Physics
“The tuition helped immensely, prior to tuition, Edie felt like physics was a foreign language and she was not capable of understanding it. Her tutor made her see how easy it was and gave her loads of confidence because he knew exactly what she needed to learn to get good results in her exams.”
Gretchen’s mother Edie, January 2016
Year 13, Physics
“Thank you for the tuition with Julia, she was struggling with chemistry at school and her teacher suggested she drop 2 papers this year, but she was determined to complete all papers she started successfully. She did still struggle at exams but as a result of your tuition did have a better grasp.”
Julia’s father Graham, December 2015
Year 13, Level 3 Chemistry
"Olivia is happy with her English tutorials and very happy with her “merit” Speech internal result, as she has usually had “achieved” for speeches before now."
Olivia’s mother Sue, May 2015
Year 11, Level 1 English
"Hamish did much better than we expected with his Economics exam.
All indications from parent interview/school reports were that Hamish was struggling. So, I suspect these results are a result of the excellent work Alexandria has been doing with Hamish. Please thank her. She has a lovely personable manner as well."
Hamish's mother Fiona, August 2025
Year 12 Economics
"Holly is enjoying her maths lessons with James and has found them really helpful, she got a merit pass for her last internal which was a fantastic result. Having the extra help has helped her confidence so that she has a better attitude to maths."
Holly’s mother Bernadette, July 2013
Year 11, Mathematics
“Molly said Jacob was great. He was knowledgeable and really clear when explaining things. She found the session very worthwhile.”
Molly’s mother Pip, June 2015
Year 13, Physics
“Reinforced basic concepts and showed how to answer exam questions.
He got the Calculus prize at end of year prize giving!”
Alex’s mother, January 2016
Year 13, Calculus
"Thank you so much for the Progress Report. We are really pleased with Blake and the progress Spike is making. It’s been excellent timing for him at school to keep up with the work and make him aware of looking into the future."
Spike’s mother Di, October 2013
Year 11, English
“We are extremely grateful to Melanie for all of the help she gave our daughter. We believe she would not have achieved her excellent results without Melanie's great tutoring.”
Skye’s mother Susanne, January 2014
Year 13, Biology & Calculus
"Yes we met with Blake and he seems like a very professional person.
Michael was impressed, and liked Blake’s calm manner and how he didn’t put Michael down when Mike didn’t know something (I know that is what teachers are meant to be like but it is a big thing for Michael) J
We are very happy thank you."
Michael’s mother Fay, August 2013
Year 11, English
“Good Evening Melanie,
Thank you for your best wishes to Claudia which I will pass on. Claudia has really benefited and enjoyed her tuition with Anna and will continue to use Anna with further studies in the future.
Claudia has already passed Level 2 with Merit so it's just a matter of subject endorsements now. Good to get this fantastic news prior to sitting the actual exams! I'm very proud of Claudia.
Thanks again, been well worth it!
Kind regards, Victoria”
Claudia’s mother Victoria, November 2016
Year 12, Physics
“I have nothing but praise for the way this business is run. From the first contact (with Melanie I think) she was friendly, helpful and informative.
The tutor was excellent. My son kept going back which is a start! Plus his exam results were great.
I am very happy and would definitely recommend to family/friends as a positive, friendly and stress free experience. Some businesses are in your face with email/phone contact to introduce you to more of their opportunities but I found AHeadStart had none of that. With our busy lives these days it's annoying having lots of emails or phone calls etc, this was not the case at all.
Thank you to Melanie and her team at AHeadStart.
All the best and regards
Chris Peckham.”
Blake’s mother Chris, January 2016
Year 13, Physics
“Thanks to Sean for the great tuition for George- he is really progressing well at school and he obtained a distinction in his ICAS maths which is fantastic!”
George’s mother Justine, October 2015
Year 7, Mathematics
"Mathew is enjoying the sessions, claiming he has learnt more in 2 hours with Molly than he has learnt in 2 years with his teacher who he has had for years 10 and 11."
Mathew’s mother Ellie, October 2012
Year 11, Level 1 Mathematics
“She has really enjoyed her time with Hamish and felt the best she had ever going into an exam, regardless of the result. That is something for her.”
Sophia’s father Greg, November 2015
Year 11, Science
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