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72% of Students Receive Private Tuition for Entrance Exams
A recent study by the Institute of Education (IOE) has shown that 7 out of 10 of those pupils gaining a grammar school place do so after receiving private tuition.
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Voluntary Tuition
Pete's blog 19-8-13: Two years ago an article was published on our website about a student who unsuccessfully applied to Cambridge University...
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A Tutor's Guide for Students Working Over the Summer
Once the pressure of the university term is over and students are no longer attending classes, it can be difficult to find the motivation to complete the required work, especially when the sun is shining!
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More Students Taking GCSE Exams Early
Exams regulator Ofqual has announced that many more students are taking GCSEs a year early. Statistics for Maths show that nearly a quarter of pupils taking the GCSE this year are under 16. Ofqual also released figures which show that tens of thousands of students have taken GCSE Maths several times, using different exam boards each time.
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Tutoring, Trips and Reading Aloud: How to Boost Children's Skills Over Summer
The poll of 1,000 parents of children in primary school suggests that parent’s greatest worry is that long summer holidays will allow time for their children to forget the things they learnt over the last year. A fifth of the parents surveyed responded that they hire tutors over the summer to ensure that their child stays at the top of their class.
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Report Warns Traditional Degrees Won't Fill Gap in Technical Skills
The Confederation of British Industry has said that the UK’s higher education system is failing to close what it calls its “chronic skills gaps” because of the tendency to encourage students into traditional academic degrees.
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Ways to Improve Tutor Updates
Pete's blog 12-8-13: I just about survived without Harriet last week...
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Guitar-it's the instrument for you!
Think you can't play an instrument? Read on, because you can!
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Super Tutors Are Not Always the Best Choice
As the tuition industry has grown, the market has expanded in many ways to accommodate it. We no longer just have your basic after school English or Maths tutors. Now we have Maths specialists, 11+ experts, online tutors, and a growing new phenomenon, ‘super tutors’. This is a rather ill-defined term, and hiring a super tutor doesn’t necessarily mean that parents are getting the best possible tuition for their children.
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