Welcome to Excelsior Education
Your Path to Success
Our Story
Your Success is What Drives Us
At Excelsior Education, we know that learning is not one size fits all. Finding the study method that suits you is the best way to ensure improvement in your scores and overall academic achievement. When learning becomes fun, motivation grows, and good results are sure to follow.
This attitude is what makes us such a successful Tutoring School. Since our founding in 2000, Excelsior has helped hundreds of students with their studies.
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Over the years Excelsior has run classes in North Fitzroy and at Fitzroy secondary school. We then moved to our own premises in Fairfield where we taught face to face classes until the pandemic struck. COVID created a forced move to online learning, but rather than seeing this as a problem, Excelsior excelled! In what was a rather surprising discovery, we found that our vibrant classes, clear presentations and extensive notes not to mention the time saved from travelling, meant that the vast majority of students actually preferred online delivery of our classes.
We do have a strict "always on" camera rule and this ensures that students are always present in the class.
Our experienced teachers continue to teach small classes of students and the same care is shown, online or face to face. We pride ourselves on providing quality teaching, where students are equipped with the skills that they need for success in English. We provide excellent and extensive notes and examples and work through essays and exams with our students, focusing on the individual needs of each student. Our results speak for themselves and almost every year we have students achieving perfect study scores. However, what is more important is that every student is able to reach their best potential in English, English language or Literature, regardless of their score.
Learning is a continuum and we live by our name “Excelsior” onwards and upwards.
Course Information
Personalised Guidance Every Step of the Way
Our highly qualified teachers help you achieve your goals with proven methods that guarantee results. We support students looking to both strengthen their foundations and improve their performance. Below are some of the courses we offer.
Our Team
With You Every Step of the Way
Elizabeth Verrell
Founder and teacher
Elizabeth founded Excelsior nearly 20 years ago. She has 40 years of teaching experience, has been an examiner of English and has presented at Education conferences both in Australia and internationally. She has a genuine commitment to helping students achieve their full potential.
Tess Levitzke
Tutor
Tess is an experienced English tutor. She is currently studying nutrition and dietetics at Monash University and achieved a 47 study score in English.
Feedback
The classes were so informative and the teacher really seemed to care about how me and my learning. The best tutoring and teaching I have ever had
Mia
I just learnt so much. The classes were broken down into easy to follow steps and the teacher always made sure that I understood. My marks have never been better.
Stephanie
I learned more in 90 minutes a week with Excelsior than at school. English was my best study score and I also really enjoyed the classes.
Alex
Excelsior's classes really helped me feel more confident with English. Maths and Science has always been my best subjects but with Excelsior's lessons, English ended up being my highest study score.
Dilini
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the class sizes?
Class sizes range from 3 to 12 students.
In Year 12 class sizes are dependent on texts.
What times are the classes
All class times are currently under revision for 2024
Times will be published as soon as possible
Most classes run on a Sunday or weeknights
Why do the year 12 students need to change classes in June?
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When students change from Unit 3 to Unit 4 their texts will also change. This means that they are likely to have to change their class time. They will be well advised of this in advance
Why are the class times set for year 12?
There are 20 texts set by the VCAA for Unit 3 and 8 pairs of texts for Unit 4. E
Each school has to choose 2 texts for Unit 3 and one pair of texts for Unit 4, therefore arranging classes for the 36 texts can be quite challenging.
We do everything that we can to accommodate, but we set the class times at the start of the year
How experienced are Excelsior's teachers
I'm good at English. Will Excelsior still help me?
We pride ourselves on excellent teaching. All of our teachers are very experienced and have Masters degrees or a PhD, but are also current examiners, educators and academics who keep up to date with current curriculum changes and learning practices and who genuinely care about our students.
Excelsior students are in good hands.
Absolutely. In fact one of our differences is that we can push good students to the very top. We consistently have students gain perfect scores in English and we strive to encourage every student to achieve their very best.
