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Introductory rate$70 a week for enrolments by 31 October. Classes are capped at 8.

Fees

Shown per week, billed per ten-week term. No enrolment fee and no materials fee: the price you see is the price of the class.

Term fees by year level

Year 3 · FoundationWEMT-Y3

Year 3 WEMT

Introductory rate

Standard rate $80$70/ week

2.5 hours weekly · all four components

Standard rate $800 $700 per 10-week term, invoiced by term

  • Ten weekly classes, capped at 8
  • Writing, English, Maths, Thinking Skills
  • All course notes and problem sets
  • Weekly homework, marked
  • Termly written report
Year 4 · OC prepWEMT-Y4

Year 4 WEMT

Introductory rate

Standard rate $82.50$70/ week

3 hours weekly · all four components

Standard rate $825 $700 per 10-week term, invoiced by term

  • Ten weekly classes, capped at 8
  • Writing, English, Maths, Thinking Skills
  • Timed practice papers from Term 2
  • Weekly homework, marked
  • Termly written report
Year 5 · Selective prepWEMT-Y5

Year 5 WEMT

Introductory rate

Standard rate $85$70/ week

3 hours weekly · all four components

Standard rate $850 $700 per 10-week term, invoiced by term

  • Ten weekly classes, capped at 8
  • Writing, English, Maths, Thinking Skills
  • Timed practice papers each term
  • Selective preparation
  • Termly written report

Introductory rate: $70 a week for enrolments received by 31 October 2026, for your first two terms, then the standard rate shown. It counts as a discount, so it isn't combined with the sibling discount: you get whichever is lower.

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What would your first terms cost?

Pick the year level, the date we would receive your enrolment, and whether this child is a sibling. The rules below are applied exactly as they are at invoicing.

Reductions

Discounts applied automatically

You do not need to ask for these. They are applied at invoicing.

Fee reductions and how they are applied
ReductionAmountApplies to
Introductory rate$70 / weekEnrolments received by 31 October 2026, first two terms
Sibling10% offEvery subsequent sibling enrolled
Mid-term startPro-ratedCharged only for weeks remaining

Discounts don't stack. If more than one applies, we use whichever gives you the larger reduction.

What is included

  • Every printed booklet and course material
  • Practice papers, marked every week
  • Feedback your child can actually use
  • A full written report, every term
  • Parent engagement app, coming soon

What costs extra

  • School-holiday intensives, priced and booked separately
  • A replacement booklet, if one goes missing

How to pay

  • Invoiced before each term begins
  • Bank transfer or card, whichever suits you
  • Written notice any time you need to withdraw

Questions

Fees, enrolment and everything else

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  • Can we start partway through a term?

    Yes. Fees are pro-rated to the weeks remaining, and we provide the notes and homework already covered so a student can catch up. Late in the Year 4 cycle we will be frank about whether it is worth starting.

  • How many students are in a class?

    Eight, without exception. When a class reaches capacity we open another group rather than adding a ninth chair, which is also why some classes have a waiting list mid-term.

  • What if my child can't make a session?

    Sessions missed through illness can be credited to the following term or refunded, provided we receive a medical certificate. Absences for any other reason aren't refundable or creditable, but we'll always try to place your child in an alternative class that week so they don't lose ground. The earlier you tell us, the better our chances of finding a spot.

  • My child was away. Can we get that week's booklet?

    Yes. Ask us and we'll send the booklet home or email a PDF. The take-home page at the back is designed to be done without a tutor present, so a missed week doesn't have to become a gap.

  • What if we need to withdraw during a term?

    Let us know in writing and we'll confirm your child's final session. Where term fees have been paid in full, any sessions remaining after that date are refunded to the original payment method. If you're partway through an instalment plan, we cancel the remaining instalments and invoice only for sessions already delivered.

  • What materials does my child receive?

    Every session your child is given a printed booklet written in-house for that week. It opens with a short story that carries the week's idea, moves through warm-up and skill questions, then a full test-style task with lined pages, and closes with the marking rubric and a page where the tutor records the result with your child. Booklets are theirs to keep. By the end of term they hold a complete record of what was taught and how your child's writing changed.

  • Are materials included in the fees?

    Yes. There is no textbook to buy and no separate resource charge. Your child needs only a pencil case and a display folder to keep the term's booklets in.

  • Where does the content come from?

    We write all of it. Each week is planned against the NSW K–6 syllabus outcomes, and our marking rubric is built to reflect the same categories national writing assessments use: audience, text structure, ideas, vocabulary, and sentence-level control, so a child who improves here is improving in the things markers actually count. Ascent Academy is independent and is not affiliated with NESA, ACARA or ICAS.

  • Can we pay by the term rather than the year?

    Term by term is the default. Invoices are issued a fortnight before each term starts.

  • Are the fees different for online classes?

    No. Same teacher, same materials, same class cap, same fee, and families can move between the campus and an online group week to week without telling us in advance.

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