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We review a few Oxfordshire agencies. Carfax Private Tutors covers GCSE, A level, IB and Oxbridge preparation. Its physical presence, Carfax College, is in an unlovely spot in central Oxford, though tutors can come to your home. ‘Carfax is expensive, but the consistent quality and service warrant the price’, parents told us.
Pegasus Tutors is based in west London but covers Oxfordshire too. With only 120 tutors, ‘the real magic is in the recruitment and matching of tutors to the very specific needs of clients’, we wrote. Reasonably priced.
SENsational Tutors live up to their name, sending specialists all over the place, including Oxfordshire. ‘Resources used are wide-ranging and impressive’, finds our review; ‘a set-up so superb…that you can’t help wondering why there’s nothing else like it around.’ Parents call it ‘outstanding’.
Kip McGrath has a base in Oxford, and Kumon has three. And if you’re opting for on-line tutoring (increasingly popular since Covid), you could use most of the 60+ tutoring agencies we review, most of which are based in London and the south east. Each stands out in different ways eg Bonas MacFarlane for top-end tutoring, Teachers to Your Home for teacher tutors only and Air Maths Tuition for maths. Not sure if you even need a tutor? Check out our tutor articles to help you decide and to steer you in the right direction if you find you do.
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We examined the value-added from KS2 to GCSE for 2022 to see which state selective grammar schools added the most value to their offspring. A note of caution - the more highly selective a grammar school, the less scope there will be to add value.
Grammar schools are state-funded, academically selective senior schools. The education a child receives at grammar school is paid for by the state unlike at private schools which provide education for a fee. There are currently around 163 located in 36 English local authorities, with around 167,000 pupils between them. Northern Ireland has a further 67 grammar schools, but there are none in Wales or Scotland. A word of caution: there are private schools that have the word 'grammar' in their name but this is purely for historical reasons.
At specialist music, dance or performing arts schools, the arts aren't optional extras. They’re intrinsic to the school curriculum. Students are expected to fit in high level training and hours of practice alongside a full academic provision. It's a lot to ask any child to take on, but for those with exceptional performing ability this kind of education can be transformative.