Articles for Tag "tutors"
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?
‘This is the seriously upper crust of the tutoring industry, kneaded and done to a crisp according to the precise educational recipe for your privileged progeny.’...
‘A bunch of committed teachers who have organised themselves into a sort of collegiate collective. They’re in it for the enjoyment of the thing.’
‘International families send their children here to study on a long-term basis’.
‘The tutors are his friends and most of his clients seem to be friends – or certain to become friends – and he is on dining and tennis-playing terms with...
‘Carefully tailored, micro-managed individual tuition with scrupulous monitoring, feedback and attention to detail.’
‘The grandmother of all tutor agencies – and far more besides…This is the crusty end of the market with nothing to prove.’
This is a real family firm. Also on the staff are his two long-haired Burmese cats.
‘They are all passionate about teaching, passionate about education.’
The Good Schools Guide Review of Simply Learning Tuition
‘There is a dash of snob value, but we are particularly impressed by their care for children who do not...
Tutor agencies in this section meticulously check references, CRB records, etc but, partly because of the size of their lists, conduct their personal interviews only over the telephone.
‘This is Amazon – you get the quality, the delivery and all done in the mass market but direct to your door and at a discount.’
‘A database with a big heart that might well be able to find a gem of a tutor in the North West or Midlands or even elsewhere.’
‘Coverage is wonderfully quirky – GCSE maths tutors galore in Southampton and Twickenham but you try to find a French tutor there…The John Lewis of the...
‘Parents tend to keep K&C as a personal secret – why give an advantage to your neighbours’ children?’
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...
Tom Maher director of British Home Tutors explains why he thinks it’s essential we monitor the monitors.
Consoles and computer games are the must-have (or already got) gift,...
Revision minus the stress - is it really possible?
From 16 upwards, top-performers are likely to spend each of the next 5 years revising for 'critical exams'. And with common...
Everything your child needs to know about English at 11+
Full of wise guidance and sound advice
Easy to read, fun and practical
11+ English:...
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Katherine Hamlyn - the author of the best-selling 11+ English: A Parent's Toolkit (published by The Good Schools Guide) not only provides incisive answers and helpful...
Pro test or protest?
Eton started it, now they've been followed by Marlborough, Wellington and getting on for a dozen others. What are they after - precocious sophistication or just...
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...
'The 11+?” you may query. “I thought we abolished that back in the ’70s!'
This is THE must read article for any parent of a child under eleven years...
Preparing your child for 11+ (or 13+) Maths
I was taught things like ‘cross multiply’ and to multiply by 10 put a zero on the end– will these help my child?
We...
Children, who are supported in their studies by parents, can make great strides both in performance and a confidence.
How you help your child depends on your own interests and confidence;...
It was the lack of a grasp of simple probability that led expert witnesses to conclude wrongly that mothers, with more than one child who had suffered a cot death, were guilty of...
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