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Is it worth paying £35 an hour for a private tutor? How to get top marks from your child’s tutor… Government plans to boost the number of grammar schools in the UK are likely to spark a boom in private tutoring as parents seek help in preparing children for the 11-plus exam. To read the

This is an informative article, from the English & Media Centre, summarising Gove’s English GCSE changes: Key Features include: New numerical grading of exams from Levels 1-9. English exams will be just ‘English Language’ and ‘English Literature’. The English Literature element isn

In this article, English and Media Centre co-director, Andrew McCallum, waxes lyrical about why group work is so important to the successful study of English. “The promotion of group work as a useful approach to learning comes from sound research. As well as indicating that group work is a val

In this article, Nick Morrison, at The Times, states that…”For some parents, peer pressure is a factor. With so many hiring a tutor, the concern that neglecting to do so could leave your child at a disadvantage can be a powerful motivator…” Though this article was written in

New figures in the UK, for October 2015, show that 25% of children, that’s one in four, rising to 50% in London, have received private tuition either currently or in the past. The following article, from The Independent,  reveals why tutoring can prove to be…”a transformational ed

In this Daily Mail article, a ‘tiger mom’ admits spending £2000 a month on tutors for her 8 year old son! In the article, mom, Maddy Gittins acknowledged: “I planned every minute of his life for nine months, but it’s just nine months and now he is set. Every considerate pare

Last year, Theresa May announced that the Government would plough up to £50 million a year into expanding grammar schools. The Eleven Plus exam is taken by pupils in Year 6, the final year of their primary school who are looking to gain a state funded grammar school place. Most students though, are