Lioncrest is a leading provider of learning materials for the Primary and Secondary education markets of Australia and New Zealand. Our mission is to provide the highest quality educational materials to teachers and students within Australia and New Zealand.

We are a proudly owned and operated family company in Australia with a thoroughly professional approach. We believe in and stand behind the products that we sell!

Lioncrest Education was founded in 1991 by Terry and Carol Hughes. Terry has always worked in the area of publishing and has specialised in children’s education; he was recently awarded the Order of Australia Medal for his services, particularly in the education sector. Terry was born in Auckland, New Zealand where he established Ashtons Scholastic; he then set up Scholastic in Australia too where he worked for 20 years before moving to Scholastic, New York. Carol has worked in the field of publishing and marketing in Australia and ran her own Public Relations, TV Production and Marketing company, Lineup, for 15 years.

Lioncrest is a leading manufacturer and marketer of innovative, hands-on educational STEM and Digital products that are trusted by teachers and parents and loved by children. The Company's thousands of high-quality products are sold in and around Australia and New Zealand and are used by children - preschool, kindergarten, primary, and middle-school goers and their families. The Company's agencies include Harper Collins, Capstone Global, Rising Stars, Ruby Tuesday, Rainbow Reading, Creative Teaching Press, with products like Switched on Minecraft, Switched on Computing, Engage Literacy, Rainbow Reading, Joy Cowley, Rising Stars Reading Planet, Cracking Comprehension, No Nonsense Phonics Skills, CSI Private Eye.

Our Mission

Our mission is to assist educationists and parents by providing exclusive, premium educational tools that enhance tutoring and provide engaging learning experiences, which in turn help fulfill children's needs and develop their character. Our agile products include literacy materials, play and learning activity sets, math manipulative and games that build the fundamental skills of children in all subjects through discovery, inventiveness, and fun. In addition, we have a variety of simple technical products and teacher resources to support the imparting of education through the aforementioned materials. Developed by top educators, our award-winning products have been trusted by teachers and parents for over a couple of decades.