Why Get A Tutor?
For some children a tutor is essential as they are off school with a long-term health problem. Occasionally, families who are travelling for an extended period take a tutor with them to keep junior’s brain ticking over. Others need someone to maintain schoolwork during a difficult period – an exclusion or a family break-up. School-aged film stars have their own tutors who keep them up to speed in between takes.
Tony Blair supplemented all his children’s state school education with a bit of home help.
But when, and how, should you give your child a helping hand?
Safety first
There are well-established checks that all reputable tutor agencies will make on anyone they take on as a tutor. The most thorough and mostly widely used check is ‘enhanced...
We have quizzed and/or visited a number of tutor agencies about whom we have received considerable feedback and talked to their clients and their tutors. The reviews are available...
Word-of-mouth is the most effective and popular way to source good tutors especially as generally, the best tutors do not work for an agency – they don’t need...
Tutorial Colleges are educational establishments with a difference.
Their appeal depends on offering a tailor-made, (mostly) fifth and sixth form education...
Tutors: For our extensive advice on choosing a tutor, and our reviews of companies that provide them, consult the tutors section of this website.
Revision - A day, a week or more?
From virtual solitary confinement to a revision lecture with hundreds of other students, what's best is whatever suits your learning style and,...
Everyone's credit is crunching but, tellingly, tutor companies are reporting no downturn in numbers of clients. It is interesting to reflect on what that says about people's priorities...
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