98.60 ATAR
Molly Brennin
College Vice Captain · ADF Long Tan Leadership Award · Biomedicine
Eltham College · Class of 2025
ATAR Success Series / Live online / Q1 2027
HEAR FROM
TOP ATAR
PERFORMERS
ON WHAT
SCHOOL DOESN’T
TEACH.
↳ And what parents can actually do to help.
Study habits. Pressure. Motivation. Setbacks. What to stop doing. What to start earlier.
A live online ATAR success session and practical resource guide built from recent top performers and leading education voices. We cover study habits, assessments, exam preparation, motivation, pressure and setbacks.
Q1 2027 Date TBCLive online Join from anywhereStudents 15–18 Parent resources included
A first look at who’s shaping FutureEdge
Four recent 2025 graduates already shaping the first edition. Scroll down to meet the wider group, with more voices still to come.
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Live onlineJoin from anywhere.
Top performersRecent 99+ ATAR voices and more.
Candid questionsThe things students rarely ask publicly.
Guide to keepUseful long after the session ends.
“We wished something like this existed when we were studying. So we created it for our kids.”FutureEdge founders
Created by educators + parents
Built by teachers from leading schools, including senior-secondary and extension specialists, alongside business leaders who are also parents.
Why FutureEdge is different
School teaches the curriculum. FutureEdge focuses on the judgement around it.
Rare access
Borrow the experience before you need it.
FutureEdge makes it easy to hear from people students would rarely get to question this openly. You hear more than one perspective, not a single formula.
What you actually get
A live session is only useful if it changes what happens next.
FutureEdge helps students waste less time learning obvious lessons the hard way. It also gives parents a clearer idea of what actually helps.
Get the useful lessons earlier.
Tap a question
The questions students usually ask behind closed doors.
FutureEdge is built to get practical answers to the questions students often do not ask publicly.
Example answer themes
After a bad assessment, the best students usually reset fast.
Skip the polished story. We want the actual moves: what they changed next, what they stopped doing and how they got perspective back.
The people behind it
More than one voice. More useful patterns.
These are the people we are featuring for now, not the whole FutureEdge network. More voices will be revealed, with an even wider group contributing interviews, ideas and practical guidance across the guides, resources and live events.
Inside FutureEdge
Molly Brennin
98.60 ATAR · College Vice Captain · ADF Long Tan Leadership Award · Biomedicine
Eltham College · Class of 2025Molly graduated from Eltham College with a 98.60 ATAR while serving as College Vice Captain and balancing house leadership, music and sport. She now studies Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Molly ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: how she combined leadership and strong results, how she protected time for life outside study, and what helped her stay consistent through Year 12.
Inside FutureEdge
Charlie Sabin
99.95 ATAR · School Dux · School Captain · Chancellor's Scholar
Brighton Grammar School · Class of 2025Charlie graduated from Brighton Grammar with a 99.95 ATAR as School Dux and School Captain. He now studies Mathematical Physics at the University of Melbourne, is a Tin Alley Ventures fellow, and has built a mental maths app for students.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Charlie ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: how small wins compounded into elite results, how he balanced demanding subjects with leadership and outside projects, and how building tools for other students changed the way he thinks about learning.
Inside FutureEdge
Chanara Aberathna
99.95 ATAR · Valedictorian · Shared Dux · Medicine at Monash
MGGS · Class of 2025Chanara graduated from MGGS with a 99.95 ATAR as Valedictorian and Shared Dux, before moving into Medicine at Monash University.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Chanara ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: how a clear long-term goal shaped her study choices, how she balanced academic ambition with leadership and community service, and how she built confidence across her school years.
Inside FutureEdge
Tommy Chu
99.95 ATAR · Maths + coding teacher · Mathematical Physics
Scotch College · Class of 2025Tommy achieved a 99.95 ATAR at Scotch College and now studies Science, specialising in Mathematical Physics, at the University of Melbourne. He has also taught maths and coding for three years.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Tommy ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: the systems that mattered more than natural talent, how he made strategic study choices, and what teaching other students revealed about how people learn best.
Inside FutureEdge
Christopher Lim
School DUX · 99.95 ATAR · Premier’s All-Round High Achiever Award
Christopher paired a 99.95 ATAR with leadership, chess at international level and a perfect Mathematical Methods examination score.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Christopher ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: what mastery actually looked like day-to-day, how he knew where to spend effort, and how someone operating at the very top avoided simply doing more of everything.
Inside FutureEdge
Isaac Brennin
College Captain · Class of 2024 · Elite Athlete Program · 99.80 ATAR
Isaac combined a 99.80 ATAR with leadership, elite sport and part-time work. We want to understand how he handled competing demands without losing consistency.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Isaac ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: how he structured time, protected consistency across a crowded week, and kept taking small steps even when nobody was watching.
Inside FutureEdge
Dr Mark Merry
Leading voice on education · Chair AHISA · Chair AGSV
Four decades of teaching and leadership give Dr Merry a different vantage point: what schools observe across thousands of students, not just one exceptional result.
Tap to see what we want to learn from Mark ↓
What FutureEdge wants to unpack: what separates healthy ambition from destructive pressure, what families misunderstand about senior school, and what students need around them to thrive as well as perform.
FUTUREEDGE / FIELD GUIDE 01
THE
ATAR
SUCCESS
PLAYBOOK.
ATAR
SUCCESS
PLAYBOOK.
Resources you keep
A practical playbook to keep.
The strongest lessons from across the FutureEdge group, edited into useful prompts, recurring patterns, mistakes to avoid and tools for the year ahead.
FutureEdge / a rolling series
ONE EDITION.
PART OF A
ROLLING SERIES.
ATAR Success is the first FutureEdge theme. Over time, we plan to build new sessions and resources around other moments where teenagers could use better access to people worth learning from.
We’ll only launch a new edition when we have the right people and something worth sharing.
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Questions / answered
FAQ
What exactly is FutureEdge ATAR Success?
It is a live online session in Q1 2027 plus a resource guide for students and parents across Australia. Students hear directly from recent top ATAR performers alongside leading educators, principals, coaches and specialists about the parts of senior school that are rarely taught explicitly. The resource guide captures the strongest lessons so the value continues after the session ends.
Why did FutureEdge come to be?
FutureEdge started with a simple frustration: adults actively seek out experts, mentors and outside advice when the stakes are high, yet teenagers are often expected to work their way through senior school with far less access. It is being built by teachers from leading schools, including senior-secondary and extension-learning specialists, alongside business leaders. Everyone behind FutureEdge is also a parent who wished something like this existed for their own children.
Are the people shown here the full line-up?
No. These are seven confirmed voices already helping shape the first FutureEdge edition. The wider group will include more recent high performers, parents, school leaders, senior-secondary and extension specialists, coaches and other useful voices. Some people will contribute to the resources, some will join the live online session, and some will do both. More names will be announced as they are confirmed.
Is the session online?
Yes. The first ATAR Success session will be live online in Q1 2027. That is deliberate: students should not need to attend a particular school, live in a particular suburb or have the right network to get access to the people FutureEdge brings together.
When is it?
The exact date is still being finalised, but the first session is planned for Q1 2027. People on the priority list will be the first to receive the confirmed date and access details.
What makes this different from tutoring or a school talk?
FutureEdge is not subject tutoring and it is not a motivational assembly. The value is direct access to carefully chosen people, with practical and sometimes uncomfortable questions. FutureEdge then turns the strongest patterns into resources students and parents can actually use.
Does FutureEdge help with ATAR study strategies, assessments and exam preparation?
Yes, but it is not subject tutoring. FutureEdge focuses on the practical judgement around senior-school study: how strong students structure revision, prepare for assessments and final exams, respond to poor results, manage pressure, protect motivation and decide what is actually worth their time. The aim is to give students useful approaches to test rather than prescribe one “perfect” study method.
Is this only for students chasing a 99+ ATAR?
No. Exceptional performers are useful to study because their decisions, habits and mistakes expose useful patterns. The point is not that every student should copy their result. FutureEdge is about helping students make smarter choices toward their own version of success.
What are the resources?
They are the practical companion to the live online session: lessons from a broader group of voices, plus student and parent guidance, prompts and tools designed to remain useful across the senior years. The final format will be revealed as the first edition is completed.
Is FutureEdge a one-off?
No. ATAR Success is part of a rolling FutureEdge series. Future sessions and resources will be announced as they are ready. The core idea stays the same: put young people in front of people worth learning from, ask honest questions and turn the best answers into something useful.
FutureEdge / ATAR Success Series
School teaches the content.
FutureEdge helps with everything around it.
Hear directly from people who have performed, led and coached at the highest level, then take the most useful lessons into the year with you.
Get first access for Q1 2027