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Private Tutors vs Private Schools
Trends suggest that parents see private tutoring as a comparable alternative to private school, hiring Oxbridge-graduates to recreate the ‘Eton-effect’ in their own living rooms at a fraction of the cost. But is private tuition that similar to private school?
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Extend the School Day to 6pm Say Advisors
Government advisors have suggested that school days should be lengthened and holidays shortened. Under the proposals, the school day would be extended to 6pm, and school holidays would consist of six or seven weeks a year.
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Tutor Types
Choosing a tutor isn’t just a case of finding someone in your area who knows the subject; parents have very different ideas about what they are looking for in a tutor, and there is usually someone out there who can offer it. Here are some of the most common tutor ‘types’ out there.
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Help Poorer Students to Make the Right Choices
A study published by the Institute of Education has shown that school children from poorer backgrounds are not receiving the guidance they need in order to make decisions about their curriculum and future.
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Strange Criticism of a Tutoring Assessment
Pete's blog 10-2-14: All I seem to be writing about at the moment is assessments...
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Live-in Tutors
Recently, with the rising interest in private tuition, increasing numbers of wealthy families are hiring full-time tutors, some of whom also live-in
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More Schools Meet Government Targets
New results show that more secondary schools in England are meeting government targets. Of 3,200 state schools, 154 are now categorised as under-performing, a drop of 61 from last year.
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UK Girls Fall Behind in Maths
Like many other issues surrounding gender relations, girls’ problems with maths is systemic and needs to be addressed on that level.
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University Grades Significantly Higher than 10 Years Ago
New data has emerged which shows that the grades of British university students have dramatically improved, prompting speculation that universities may be manipulating results in order to maintain their place in league tables.
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