Blog Posts tagged Maths

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GCSE pupils achieve record results

by Emily

First Tutors would like to wish all of our tutees the very best of luck as they collect their exam results today. Good luck as well to our tutors, who are probably just as nervous!

If national data is anything to go by, today's exam results should be the cause of celebration for many of our tutees ...

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First Tutors goes free to attract new tutors

by Anita

As the busiest period in the private tuition calendar approaches, First Tutors, www.firsttutors.com/uk, has made advertising tuition services free of charge for tutors across the country.

The award-winning website, which already helps over 10,000 tutors to promote their lessons locally hopes that b...

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5 online resources for Maths tutors

by Christine Chadwick

If you are thinking of tutoring Maths - or you're already a Maths tutor - then you may find the following sites useful:

1) BBC Skillswise.The BBC's Skillswise website has an excellent Maths section that provides numeracy advice and activities in line with the UK's Adult Learning Curriculum. It even...

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Who can be a Maths tutor?

by Emily

A whole plethora of skills add up to make a good Maths tutor. The subject is a mixture of analysis, logic, mental agility and basic arithmetic skill, all of which are abilities which can easily be honed in very different professions.

Much has been said in recent months about an expected rise in tea...

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Record-breaking A-level results

by Emily

Private tutors can be proud: this year's A-level exam results have broken all previous records. Here's our run-down of what today's A-level results mean for our tutees and the other 310,000 students who sat their exams this year:

Record A-level results

More than half of all grades were As or Bs, a...

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