Australia's fastest-growing EdTech companies in 2026

By Jessica Hart · 2026-07-08

Australian EdTech is not just growing; it is accelerating in a very specific direction. Schools are losing confidence in take-home assessments as AI tools make it easy for students to produce work that bypasses genuine understanding. Schools are seeking secure and efficient digital assessments as trust in take-home AI-driven exams declines.verifiedVerified Source: gradeo.com.au^[5] That pressure is sending procurement budgets toward platforms that can guarantee integrity, automate marking and scale across hundreds of campuses without adding administrative weight.

The companies below have each produced a concrete, verifiable growth signal in the last 18 months. Not a rebrand or a funding round announcement, but a signed partnership, a disclosed student number, or a published research output that shows real momentum. That is the bar set here, and it is a higher one than most EdTech round-ups apply.

Supporting data

Ranking methodology

Each company was assessed across four weighted criteria: verified growth signal (35%), partnership or geographic scale (30%), product innovation with evidence of adoption (20%), and published research or third-party validation (15%). Data was collected from official press releases, ASX disclosures and company-published reports between July 2024 and April 2026. No self-reported figures without a traceable primary source were accepted.

Comparison table

Gradeo

Gradeo is the clearest story of institutional trust translating into market position. The Sydney-based platform landed an exclusive agreement with the Catholic Secondary Schools Association (CSSA) in November 2024 to deliver Trial HSC exams online, giving it access to nearly 300 tests and 15,000 questionsverifiedVerified Source: gradeo.com.au built up over the CSSA's decades of exam authorship.^[1] The CSSA is one of the most recognised names in NSW secondary education, with trial papers used by students across more than 300 Catholic schools. Gradeo did not win a single school; it won a system.

Alex Dore, Founder of Gradeo, said the partner's brand recognition was central to the deal. "Almost every current and former HSC student in NSW has sat a CSSA exam at some point. The brand is trusted for its quality. We're thrilled they've chosen Gradeo to propel this offering into hundreds of schools across NSW," Dore said.^[1]

Gradeo's positioning sits squarely in the exam integrity gap. As AI tools proliferate in classrooms, the case for invigilated, secure, platform-delivered exams becomes easier to make to school principals and curriculum directors. Government bodies including NESA are accelerating the transition to online HSC examinations, which creates a structural tailwind for any platform already embedded in the NSW school network.^[5] Gradeo's head start with CSSA content and school relationships puts it ahead of platforms still building those connections from scratch.

Cluey Learning

Cluey Learning is the only company on this list with a real-time public reporting obligation, which makes its numbers the most transparently verifiable. Cluey's online tutoring division returned to 5% new student growth in Q3 FY26 compared to the prior corresponding period.verifiedVerified Source: investorpa.com^[2] For an ASX-listed company operating in a market as competitive as K to 12 tutoring, a return to positive growth is a meaningful operational signal, not a marketing claim.

Matteo Trinca, Joint CEO of Cluey Ltd, said the launch of Stage 1 of the Cluey+ product suite marked a material expansion of the company's personalised learning capability. "During the quarter, we released Stage 1 of our AI-driven Cluey+ products, a significant milestone that broadens our personalised education offering across Australia and New Zealand," Trinca said.^[2] Cluey's model pairs human tutors with AI-generated session planning and progress tracking, positioning it differently from pure-play AI tutoring tools that have struggled to retain students beyond a few sessions.

Whether Cluey+ accelerates the student growth rate into Q4 FY26 is the key question to watch in its next disclosure.

Education Perfect

Education Perfect does not shout about its growth, but the numbers are hard to argue with. After acquiring Essential Assessment, the platform now serves more than 5,000 schools and 1.8 million students worldwide.^[3] That acquisition expanded its footprint into Australian primary schools, complementing the secondary-focused language and STEM tools that built its original reputation in New Zealand and across Asia-Pacific markets.

Education Perfect received B Corp recertification in July 2024, a process that requires documented evidence of social and environmental performance standards.^[3] For schools with procurement policies that weight ethical sourcing or sustainability credentials, the certification is a genuine differentiator. The 1.8 million student figure reflects students actively using the platform, not simply schools that have signed a licence, which requires content depth, curriculum alignment across multiple jurisdictions and technical reliability that most EdTech entrants cannot replicate quickly.

Atomi

Atomi occupies a specific and defensible niche: curriculum-aligned video content for senior secondary students preparing for high-stakes exams. Atomi's library is structured around the HSC and equivalent state curricula, meaning every lesson maps directly to what students will be assessed on. Schools licence Atomi because it reduces the gap between what teachers cover in class and what students revise at home.

Atomi's growth signals are less publicly verifiable than Cluey's ASX disclosures or Education Perfect's press releases, but its presence across a significant number of NSW schools and its expanding footprint into Queensland and Victoria are consistent with a platform that has found genuine product-market fit in the senior secondary segment. Its video-first format also aligns with how students aged 15 to 18 actually consume content outside the classroom, an advantage that text-heavy competitors have not fully addressed.

Edrolo

Edrolo made a useful contribution to the sector's evidence base in September 2025 when it published research linking practice volume to VCE outcomes. The report found that students who achieved a Study Score above 40 completed more than 450 practice questions per subject across the year, twice the volume completed by lower-scoring peers.^[4] The underlying data is drawn from real student behaviour on the platform rather than a commissioned survey.

Publishing that research openly is a smart positioning move. It gives teachers and school leaders a data-driven argument for the platform's pedagogy without requiring them to take Edrolo's word for it. Outcomes measurement is becoming a standard expectation in EdTech procurement, and platforms that can show a correlational link between their product and student results will win more contracts than those relying on brand familiarity alone.^[4]

Edrolo's geographic concentration in Victoria, where VCE is the dominant senior curriculum, is both a strength and a ceiling. Expansion into NSW and Queensland, where different curriculum structures apply, will test whether the platform's content engine can adapt at the pace its growth ambitions require.

Best for different school needs

Best for HSC exam integrity: Gradeo. The CSSA partnership and invigilated delivery model make it the clear choice for NSW schools prioritising secure assessment.

Best for personalised tutoring at scale: Cluey Learning. The human-plus-AI model and ASX-disclosed growth figures give schools and parents the most transparent picture of operational health.

Best for primary through to senior, globally: Education Perfect. The 5,000-school footprint and B Corp credentials make it the strongest option for systems-level procurement decisions.

Best for VCE practice volume: Edrolo. The September 2025 research report gives its pedagogy the most explicit evidence base of any platform on this list, with students scoring above 40 completing more than 450 questions per subject in a year.^[4]

Jessica Hart

Jessica Hart covers consumer finance, comparisons and guides for Bushletter. She is reader-first and obsessed with making complex decisions simple.