Coming Soon! The Q1 2025 Education Providers Call Centre Rankings will reveal the top call centres in Australia including average wait times, quality of service, call answer percentage and more.
2025 Australian Education Providers Call Centre Rankings
For prospective students, that first phone call can shape their entire perception of an education provider. These quarterly rankings reveal how well Australian institutions handle enquiries about course options, study pathways, and availability — all critical touchpoints in the decision-making process.
The results are based on real mystery shopping calls — placed without notice or scripting — to reflect the actual experience of new student enquiries. Some providers make it easy to connect and get helpful information. Others fall short. These rankings highlight both.
This assessment is part of ACXPA’s broader mission to improve customer experience standards across Australia. By providing independent, evidence-based data, we help education providers understand current performance and identify areas to lift enquiry handling and student engagement.
All calls are assessed using the Australian Contact Centre CX Standards — ACXPA’s national framework for measuring accessibility and agent service quality. Additional insights are available through the Education CX Benchmarking Service , which tracks over 80 performance metrics and enables benchmarking across the sector.
Public results are updated quarterly, while ACXPA Members gain access to monthly insights, rolling trends, and deeper performance comparisons.
Methodology
Our Australian-based mystery shoppers replicate real-world enquiries — not rehearsed scripts. Calls are placed randomly across different days and times using realistic questions about course availability, costs, schedules, and curriculum details.
We don’t measure theory — we measure reality. Prospective students don’t care about averages, sample sizes, or how polished your processes look on paper — they care about their experience. That single moment shapes whether they take the next step or walk away — and that’s what we assess.
All results reflect new student enquiries — made without a student ID or existing relationship. This ensures each provider is assessed on the experience any member of the public would receive.
Note: Calls regarding billing, administration, or existing student concerns are typically handled by different teams and fall outside the scope of this assessment.
Which Education Providers Are Delivering on CX – and Which Are Falling Short?
Each quarter, we publicly share a glimpse of real customer experience performance in the education sector – based on direct assessments of call centre accessibility, responsiveness, and agent interactions.
Below, you’ll see the latest leaderboard results for two of the most impactful CX metrics: Overall CX and Average Wait Times. These rankings highlight the top three performing education provider contact centres – recognising those delivering outstanding customer experiences – as well as the lowest ranked provider for the quarter.
Curious who's leading the country?
How the Australian Education Sector is Tracking Across Key Call Centre CX Metrics
The chart below highlights the quarterly performance of the education sector across three key metrics – Overall CX, Accessibility, and Agent Mastery – based on aggregated results from real call centre assessments.
It tracks how sector performance is shifting each quarter – exposing strengths, weaknesses, and where education providers are making (or losing) ground.
More insights are available in the Education Sector Quarterly Reports, including commentary, top perfomers across all five core metrics, and deeper breakdowns.
Overall CX
This is the headline metric – representing the total customer experience across every stage of the call journey. It’s calculated using a weighted combination of the Accessibility and Agent Mastery scores, giving a holistic view of how well providers are delivering end-to-end service.
Accessibility
This measures how easily and quickly customers can reach a real person. It includes the time spent navigating phone menus, clarity of options, wait times, and whether customers could successfully reach an agent. Higher scores reflect smoother, more customer-friendly access experiences.
Agent Mastery
This evaluates the soft skills and service quality of the agents themselves. It includes how well agents greet, listen, explain, and resolve issues — along with professionalism, empathy, and communication effectiveness. It's a direct indicator of frontline team performance.