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Increasing Teachers' Salaries will mean Larger Class Sizes
Ofsted’s chief schools inspector has said that if teachers are to be paid higher wages, then class sizes must increase. He went on to say that schools could not afford “highly paid” staff, whilst maintaining reasonable class sizes. His comments come after legislation to introduce performance related pay for teacher has been passed. The scheme for rewarding teachers based on performance will commence from September this year.
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Online Tuition Becoming More Complicated
Pete's blog 27-5-13: I’ve been working on the functionality of our new Online Tuition...
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Private Tutors can Challenge Narrow Educational Reforms
This week Education Secretary Michael Gove has angered teachers, writers and academics with an attack on the standards of grammar taught in primary schools, and comments regarding teachers’ failure to encourage children to read more ‘traditional’ books such as Middlemarch.
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Rise in Tuition Fees Doesn't Mean More Teaching Time
This week a survey by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Which? consumer group has revealed that university students receive just 18 minutes more teaching time each week than they did seven years ago. This is despite the fact that tuition fees have risen from £1000 to £9000 a year over this period
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Helicopter Tutors
The ‘helicopter’ approach is not just prevalent amongst parents; private tutors can get swept along in the process.
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GCSE Marks to Change
The government has revealed plans to replace the top GCSE marks A* and A with a numerical scale ranging from one to four. The move was proposed by the education secretary to MPs this week, and presented as a means via which employers and universities could distinguish between high achieving candidates.
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Finished Categorising Qualification Types
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Advice on Selecting a Tutor
When a family is hiring a tutor for the first time, what criteria should they use? What do parents do when they don’t know how the world of private tuition works?
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Oxford University Blasts Tougher Exams Plan
This week Oxford University have produced a report which claims that tougher exams will not necessarily boost standards.
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