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HSC English Advanced tutoring

Every HSC student's ATAR includes English, and from the 2027 HSC English Advanced follows a new syllabus. Our tutors coach analysis, essay structure and the craft of writing, with every piece marked.

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What every programme includes

✓ Texts and human experiences
✓ Textual conversations
✓ Critical study of literature
✓ The craft of writing
✓ Unseen text analysis
✓ Timed essays with feedback

Lesson times in your time zone

Weekdays 3pm-9pm after school · Weekends 8am-8pm, your local time. Pick the slot when you book.

How it is assessed

English Advanced is examined in two papers on two days. Paper 1 (1 hour 30 minutes) covers texts and human experiences with unseen texts and a prescribed text; Paper 2 (2 hours) has a section each on textual conversations, critical study of literature and the craft of writing.

The new English Advanced syllabus (2024) is taught to Year 12 from Term 4 2026 and first examined in 2027. Year 12 students study four prescribed texts, one each from prose fiction, poetry and drama, nonfiction, film or media, including at least one Shakespeare text; Paper 2 keeps the same structure as before.

Scaling and the ATAR

In the 2025 HSC, English Advanced had a mean HSC mark of 41.1 and a mean scaled mark of 32.8 out of 50. The best 2 units of English must be included in every ATAR.

Where marks are lost

The same patterns show up in marked work every year:

✓ Essays that retell the text instead of arguing
✓ Quotations without analysis of their effect
✓ Unseen text answers without precise technique names
✓ Craft of writing pieces without a clear purpose
✓ Memorised essays that do not answer the question set

HSC English Advanced exams

Paper	Time	Content
Paper 1	1h 30m	Texts and human experiences: unseen texts and a prescribed text
Paper 2	2h	Textual conversations, critical study of literature, craft of writing

2026 dates: Paper 1 on Tuesday 13 October, Paper 2 on Wednesday 14 October.

From Term 4 to the HSC

1
Term 4 (start of Year 12)
Secure the first HSC topics while they are taught, with exam questions every week.
2
Terms 1-2
Topic-by-topic past questions marked against NESA marking guidelines.
3
Term 3
Trial exams, then a review of every lost mark.
4
October
Timed full papers and short sessions before the HSC exam.