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Students get access to thousands of engaging resources for every stage of learning.

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  • A handpicked tutor, matched by your account manager
  • The same tutor every week, at the same time
  • Lessons built on the QCAA senior syllabuses
  • A written report after every lesson
  • A dedicated account manager
  • No contracts, pay after each lesson

Questions about QCE tutoring

From A$65 an hour, the same rate in Year 11 and Year 12. A qualified teacher is from A$75 an hour. There are no contracts and no sign-up fee, and you pay after each lesson.

Every QCE subject, with one tutor per subject. Common choices are General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics, English, biology, chemistry, physics, psychology and economics. Lessons follow the QCAA syllabuses.

Yes. QCE tutors include qualified teachers and high-achieving graduates who know QCAA syllabuses, internal assessments and external exams. They are selected from the top 2% of applicants.

Yes. Tutors plan lessons around your child’s assessment dates, explain the marking guide and practise the skills each task needs, including problem-solving and modelling tasks in maths.

Yes. Lessons cover revision plans, past external assessment papers, exam technique and timing. Tutors help students find weak areas early and work on them before the exams.

Tell us about your child and an account manager calls within 24 hours to learn their goals and choose their tutor. Lessons then start 1-on-1, with the same tutor each week and a report after every lesson.

Parent's handbook

A parent's guide to the QCE

How QCE results are worked out, the dates that matter, choosing subjects and planning the final months.

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Chapter 01

How the QCE and ATAR work

QCAA sets the QCE rules. Students earn credits for completed units, need at least 20 credits in total, and must meet literacy and numeracy requirements. Each General subject then gets a result out of 100, built from three internal assessments and one external assessment.

QTAC calculates the ATAR from the best five General subjects, or four General subjects plus one Applied subject or VET course. Results are scaled first, so subjects can be compared fairly. Students also need to complete an English subject to receive an ATAR.

Credits
At least 20 for the QCE
Subject result
Out of 100 in General subjects
Internal marks
Checked by QCAA before results are final
ATAR
Calculated by QTAC from five subjects
Chapter 02

Key dates in the QCE year

Internal assessment dates are set by each school, so ask for the Year 12 assessment calendar early in Term 1. The external assessments are set and marked by QCAA and sat at the same time by every student across Queensland.

Year 10
SET plan and Year 11 subject choices
Terms 1 to 3
Internal assessments across Units 3 and 4
Late October to November
External assessments
December
QCE results and ATAR released
Chapter 03

Choosing QCE subjects

Start with what your child enjoys and does well, then check prerequisites for the university courses they are considering. General subjects lead to the ATAR and have an external assessment. Applied subjects focus on practical skills, and only one can count toward the ATAR.

In maths and the sciences, the external exam is half the subject result, so the course must suit how your child works under exam conditions. Trying real questions from each maths course before choosing is the quickest way to see where your child fits.

Essential Mathematics
An Applied subject for everyday maths
General Mathematics
Statistics, finance and networks
Mathematical Methods
Functions, calculus and probability
Specialist Mathematics
Designed to be taken with Methods
Chapter 04

When to start and the final months

Units 1 and 2 are the calmest time to fix gaps, because they do not count toward the ATAR. In Year 12, weekly lessons work best when they follow the internal assessment calendar, including drafts for the maths problem-solving and modelling task.

Once internal assessments are done, the focus shifts to past external assessment papers, sat under timed conditions and checked against the QCAA marking guides. Every lost mark is reworked, so the same mistake does not appear twice in the real exam.

Terms 1 and 2
One internal assessment at a time
Drafts
Plan them in, since checkpoints come before due dates
Term 3
Finish content, start past external papers
Final weeks
Timed papers and weak topics, plenty of sleep
Chapter 05

How Tutero works

Your child keeps the same tutor every week, and lessons start from their own school work and assessment calendar. Lessons are 1-on-1, with one tutor per subject, and you receive a lesson report after every lesson, so you always know what was covered and what comes next.

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Curriculum guide

The QCE, step by step

What QCE students work on at each stage, and how a tutor helps.

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Units 1 and 2

Usually Year 11. Students meet senior content and assessment styles. Results count toward the QCE, but not the ATAR.

Units 1 and 2

  • Algebra and functions
  • Introduction to calculus
  • Analytical writing
  • Assessment practice
Worked example

Find dy/dx for y = 4x3 − 2x.

Answerdy/dx = 12x2 − 2

How a tutor helps

Fixes gaps in algebra and essay structure before Units 3 and 4 start to count.

Based on the QCAA Mathematical Methods General Senior Syllabus.

Units 3 and 4

Usually Year 12. Each General subject has three internal assessments and one external assessment, and together they make the subject result used for the ATAR.

Units 3 and 4

  • Internal assessments
  • Calculus and statistics
  • Prescribed texts
  • Weekly revision
Sample essay opener

From its opening pages, the novel asks who gets to tell a community's story, and who is left out of it.

How a tutor helps

Plans each term around assessment dates, so no task arrives as a surprise.

Based on the QCAA English General Senior Syllabus.

Internal assessments

Internal assessments are set and marked by the school and checked by QCAA. In maths they include a problem-solving and modelling task.

Internal assessments

  • IA1, IA2 and IA3
  • Problem-solving and modelling
  • Marking guides
  • Drafts and feedback
Worked example

A population of 500 grows by 8% a year. Model it and find the size after 3 years.

AnswerAbout 630

How a tutor helps

Explains the marking guide and helps your child plan each stage, so feedback is used before the final submission.

Based on the QCAA QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook.

External assessment

External assessments are set and marked by QCAA. They make up 25% of most subjects, and 50% in maths and science subjects.

External assessment

  • Past external assessments
  • Technology-free paper
  • Timed practice
  • Exam technique
Worked example

Evaluate the integral of 3x2 + 2 from x = 0 to x = 1.

Answer3

How a tutor helps

Works through past external assessment papers under timed conditions, with and without a calculator.

Based on the QCAA external assessment timetable and past papers.

ATAR and results

QTAC calculates the ATAR from the best five General subjects, or four General subjects plus one Applied subject or VET course. Results come out in December.

ATAR and results

  • Subject results
  • QCE credits
  • Best five subjects
  • University entry
Worked example

Write z = 1 + i in polar form.

Answerz = sqrt(2) cis(pi/4)

How a tutor helps

Helps your child see which subjects will lift their ATAR most, and plans study time to match.

Based on the QTAC ATAR information; QCAA Specialist Mathematics General Senior Syllabus.

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