The time difference is the first thing Australian parents ask about and it is the easiest part to solve: a before-school lesson is the simplest slot we run, and after-school slots are covered by teachers who work those hours deliberately. Lessons are one to one over video, explained in English, from A$55 a month with three free to start.
The time difference, answered plainly
Parents assume the time difference makes the whole thing awkward. In practice it opens a slot that families in Britain and America do not have.
- Before school
- A 7am or 8am lesson in Sydney is the easiest slot of all to arrange, and a surprising number of children read better before school than after it.
- After school
- A 4pm or 5pm slot on the east coast is covered by teachers who work those hours deliberately rather than as a favour.
- Perth
- The smallest time difference of the three, so an after-school lesson in Perth is the most straightforward in the country.
- Weekends
- Saturday and Sunday mornings on Australian time.
Your child keeps the same slot and the same teacher every week. When Australian clocks change in April and October the slot moves with you, not against you.
Distance, the other Australian problem
Outside Sydney, Melbourne and a few suburbs of Perth and Brisbane, the nearest Quran class can be an hour's drive or may not exist. For a family in a regional town the choice has often been between a long weekly drive and nothing at all.
A lesson at your own table removes the drive, and with it the reason most families stop in the second term.
Starting from no Arabic at all
Most children we are given in Australia start at the Noorani Qaida: the twenty-nine letters, the short and long vowels, and how a letter changes shape when it joins the next one. Four to ten months at three or four lessons a week, depending on the age they start.
The hard part is the sounds English does not have. Telling ع from أ, or ح from ه, is something a teacher has to hear in the moment and stop, and it is the reason these lessons are one to one.
What a month costs in Australian dollars
- 2 days a week
- 8 lessons of 30 minutes — A$55 a month
- 3 days a week
- 12 lessons of 30 minutes — A$69 a month
- 4 days a week
- 16 lessons of 30 minutes — A$83 a month
- 5 days a week
- 20 lessons of 30 minutes — A$91 a month
Charged in Australian dollars. No registration fee, no contract and no minimum term, and no card is taken for the trial classes.
What to check before enrolling anywhere
- Is the lesson genuinely one to one, or a small group described as personal attention?
- Is the fee published in Australian dollars before anyone asks for your phone number?
- Will it be the same teacher every week, and can you have their name before you pay?
- Is a second adult from the academy on the call, and may you sit in unannounced?
- What happens to a lesson your child misses through illness — is it lost, or moved?
Where to go next
Online Quran classes in Australia
The full page for Australian families, with every plan in Australian dollars.
Quran classes in Sydney
Lesson times and what a week looks like on Australian time.
Online Quran classes for kids
What we teach children, how a lesson runs and who teaches it.
What a month costs
Every plan, in your own currency, published in full.