Week 1
Decode the rubric
Know exactly what “human experiences” means and where students lose marks.
Your prescribed text is new to the 2027 course. Our English team has already built the guide, lessons and HSC practice you need for the term ahead.
A couple of quick questions and we'll match you.
Our text-specific workbooks are exclusive to students enrolled in paid tutoring. They aren't available as free downloads.
We'll call within one business day with the class times for your text.
of our students are in Years 10–12.
Students are twice as likely to hit it with us.
No booking or hidden fees — if it’s not the right fit, we’ll make it right.
The first cohort on a new course carries the risk
The English 11–12 Syllabus (2024) replaces the 2017 course. Year 12 starts it in Term 4 2026 and sits the first HSC exam on it in 2027.
NESA's HSC English prescriptions 2027–2030 set a new list. The text your school has chosen is new to the course.
No text guides. No past HSC questions. No published marker feedback. No essays from the students above you.
Your teacher is building this program for the first time, in the same year you sit the exam.
Our existing HSC English resource library. The new 2027 text-specific workbooks are first editions.
Our Head of English Resource Design has personally written and edited an original workbook for every new text we teach. No AI-generated shortcuts: each guide is over 200 pages and built directly from the 2024 syllabus and 2027–2030 prescriptions.
Complete breakdown of your exact text.
Ready-to-use analysis built for the rubric.
Annotated responses that show what top-band writing looks like.
Once this term, once for Trials, once for the HSC.
Text-specific tutoring for the common focus area starting 12 October
Weekly tutoring on Malouf's novel, the common focus area rubric, and your own related text. Workbook included.
A poetry set text needs a different approach to a novel, and a tutor who has taught the whole selection. Workbook included.
Flanagan's memoir is one of the newest texts on the list, which is why we wrote the course for it first.
Explore Au's precise style, memory and relationships, then shape an original interpretation for HSC assessment.
Analyse the film's ideas, form and visual language, then turn that knowledge into a strong HSC response.
Connect Lawson's prescribed stories through context, character and shared ideas, with evidence ready for the exam.
Build a confident reading of Dobson's prescribed poems, with close analysis, a quote bank and HSC practice.
Our focus-area classes cover the common focus area and the other English focus areas: rubric knowledge, essay structure, related texts and unseen texts, with your own prescribed text applied throughout. Same tutors, same resources, any text. Your school may still call these the Common Module and Modules A–C.
What happens when the tutor actually knows the text
Holden is a very supportive tutor for me for English this year, I have received lots of good help and advice from him during the HSC English Bounce Back program. I really appreciate his support and it has helped me a lot through my HSC.
Aiza has been an incredible English tutor for me these past few months! Her lessons are always engaging and she’s super easy to talk to. I’ve been able to receive a lot of helpful feedback in improving my essay writing and Aiza always pushes me to do my best.
Brandon and Kayla had been so helpful with my studies. they both improved my skill level in short answer and essay writing substantially. i’m very thankful and appreciative for them for giving in max effort in helping me.
We’ve had an excellent experience working with Ian as my child’s English tutor. Over their time together, my child’s English assessment results improved significantly, and his writing became much more effective—an essential skill for the HSC, where strong essay responses make such a difference. More importantly, Ian helped build my child’s confidence.
Chloe was a great tutor for my son. He needed some assistance with Yr 12 English advanced & she was spot on. Her ability to communicate the current curriculum to both of us was professional and always timely. As a parent I felt more knowledgeable about HSC requirements thanks to Chloe’s guidance.
Daniel has helped my daughter tremendously in Advanced English and has helped her improve so much and build her confidence. Daniel has supported her in all her assessment tasks and helped her go into the hsc well prepared.
How the term actually runs
Know exactly what “human experiences” means and where students lose marks.
Context, plot, vocabulary, themes and the strongest evidence for your response.
Analyse form and genre, choose a related text and develop your own argument.
Draft your response, get detailed feedback and adapt it under timed conditions.
Test your knowledge under HSC conditions, then fix the gaps before Trials.
Practise fast analysis, short answers and exam timing across unfamiliar texts.
Every lesson adds a Quote of the Week and Technique of the Week, so your evidence is in long-term memory before Trials.
Specialist teaching, unlimited marking and the complete resource system for your prescribed text.
Written from the new syllabus and the 2027–2030 prescriptions, not retrofitted from the old course.
A specialist tutor, around six students and lessons built around one prescribed text.
Detailed feedback on drafts and practice responses, marked against the real HSC criteria.
Essay questions, short responses and a full common focus area practice paper with solutions.
Context, themes, techniques, quote banks, model paragraphs and practice questions for your text.
Every guide, mock paper and study tool in the Art of Smart app whenever you need it.
600+ tutors, four Sydney campuses and thousands of students every week. These are the people and places behind your class.
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Your English level, prescribed text and preferred lesson location.
We confirm the class for your text and a time that works.
Week 1 starts with the rubric, and your workbook is provided as part of the class.
Three ways to learn, with the full HSC support system behind every hour.
Classes start 12 October.
Yes. The English 11–12 Syllabus (2024) replaces the 2017 syllabus. Schools start teaching Year 12 content in Term 4 2026, and 2027 is the first HSC examined on it. A new prescribed text list applies at the same time.
Yes. Tell us your school and English level and we'll help you work out which text you're likely to get. If it changes, we'll move you into the right class at no cost.
A text-specific class spends ten weeks on one prescribed text, with a workbook written for that text. A module-specific class covers the Common Module and Modules A–C for any text, and you apply the learning to the text your school has set.
HSC-style questions we've written against the current rubric and marking criteria, a full common focus area practice paper in Week 8, and two weeks on unseen texts, which is half of Paper 1 and doesn't depend on your prescribed text at all.
Nobody in NSW has taught these texts under this syllabus yet, us included. What we have is a complete written course and fifteen years of teaching students to write a Band 6 essay for the common focus area (previously called the Common Module). The rubric, the criteria and the exam structure are what earn the marks.
Yes. The classes cover Standard and Advanced English, and text-specific classes are grouped by prescribed text.
No. It supports it. Your teacher's work and your school's requirements come first, and the class is built to fit around them.
Two-week money-back guarantee on term classes. After that you can move your remaining balance to 1-on-1, or we'll rematch your tutor at no cost.
New text, new course, nothing written about it yet. Get a class built around the text your school has set, with the workbook already written and the term already mapped.
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