There have been two recent articles critiquing private tuition ("Warning from headteachers as parents dig deep to fund boom in private tutors" The Guardian 26/04/13 and "Tutoring for two-year-olds?" The Telegraph 03/05/13), both of which relied on Headteachers to pose their criticisms.
Some of th...
Read more ›First Tutors was recently featured in a Guardian article on private tuition for schools: it explored the growing trend of schools hiring private tutors to bolster the performance of disadvantaged pupils, using the Pupil Premium and other extracurricular budgets. In fact, the positive case study at t...
Read more ›"I am a parent first, and secondly a... (in my case 'tutor')"
Many parents say that, don't they?
But when it comes to having a child with dyslexia - the two roles have to become inextricably linked, not just for professionally trained teachers/tutors, like me,...
Read more ›The Journey method of memorising important information is something I came across absolutely accidentally and it struck me how simple and absolutely brilliant it is. Sadly the times of me taking exams have passed but I can still use the technique for shopping lists, phone numbers or addresses.
I ...
Read more ›The length of the school day has always been a contentious issue. It has long been debated whether extending it would have an impact on children's educational achievements, either for better or worse: would the extra time allow for a richer educational experience, or would it cause pupils' minds t...
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