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Running a tutoring centre in Australia

The questions that keep owners up at night, answered in order: setting up, pricing, premises, tutors, child safety, families, money, privacy and growth.

General information, not legal advice.

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What is inside

Inside the guide.

A practical guide for owners: setting up, pricing, people, child safety, money, families and growth. For people who run a tutoring centre, or are about to.

  • Setting up: ABN, business name, GST and insurance
  • What to sell and what it costs
  • Hiring and keeping tutors, and child safety
  • Billing, cancellations and getting paid
  • A second campus, and your first ninety days
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Sources

Checked on 17 October 2026.

General information, not legal advice. Laws change and every centre is different: check the sources listed, and ask a lawyer before you rely on this for your centre.

  1. ASIC: registering a business name
  2. Australian Business Register: applying for an ABN
  3. ATO: registering for GST
  4. ATO: GST and education
  5. ATO: super for employers
  6. Fair Work Ombudsman: employee or contractor
  7. Office of the Children's Guardian (NSW)
  8. OAIC: privacy
  9. ACCC: unfair contract terms
  10. ACMA: avoid sending spam

In short

Running a tutoring centre in Australia

A free practical guide for tutoring centre owners in Australia: setting up the business, pricing, premises, tutors, child safety, families, money, privacy and growth. General information, not legal advice.

Questions centres ask

Who is it for?

People who run a tutoring centre, or are about to, and want the practical answers in one place.

Does it cover other states?

It is written with New South Wales in mind. Other states have their own working with children schemes.

See it on your own centre.