All Key Stage

04/08/2013

Worried about the potentially having to negotiate the University Clearing 2013.
Check out our new resources page

http://allkeystage.com/pages/clearing.html

04/08/2013

Tutoring can improve opportunities from early ages.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/oledexec20130802a

Private tutoring is being widely used by parents to boost their child’s chance of a place in grammar schools...

04/08/2013

Are school holidays detrimental to learners?

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130802a

More parents are employing private tutors to stop the 'summer slide'. Would Gove's idea of shorter summer holidays stop disadvantaged students falling even further behind?

04/08/2013

Revision tips
Maybe a little late for this exam session but revision should be a continuing process.
My advice is to recap:
on the day
after a day
after 3 days
a week later than that
two weeks later
month (until remembered).

You could even schedule the process it into a calendar, an calendar app or phone reminder.
I find remembering to remember the difficult part!

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20100203a

Exams are looming - plan your revision now for success.

02/08/2013

New plan to crack down on poorly-qualified private tutors.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20130522a

New rules are to be introduced to regulate private tutors amid a surge in the number of middle-class parents paying for evening and weekend classes to boost children’s performance in exams.

02/08/2013

State schools paying tutors as Department for Education states that 'one-to-one tuition has been found to improve the attainment of struggling students'.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130506a

English schools using funding for supporting disadvantaged students to pay as much as £1,400 a day to private tuition firms

02/08/2013

Private tutors are the natural answer to bad schools. Discuss.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20130730a

"For £60 an hour, Jenkins Minor, I can get you into Oxford..." Yes, it's crazy to tutor two-year-olds as a London prep school headmaster has been sayi

02/08/2013

Why do parents invest in tutors given a free state school system?

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130426b

• Guardian investigation reveals surge in private lessons but schools say agencies 'trade on insecurity' • Join in the conversation on the increase in private tutoring

02/08/2013

Personal accounts of private tutoring.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130426a

We asked tutors and parents in the UK to share their view on the reasons why parents seek out extra private tuition for their children. Here they tell us their side of the story

02/08/2013

Preventing the summer academic slide.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel30130729a

More than a quarter of parents are hiring private tutors for their young children to prevent the traditional “summer slide” in academic ability, according to research.

02/08/2013

Choosing a suitable tutor:

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20130419a

Many expats hire private tutors to boost their child's chances of landing a place at a good school or university - but an education expert warns of teachers with fake credentials.

02/08/2013

Private tutoring experiences in the UK.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130416a

Are you a parent or tutor who can tell us more about your experience relating to the private tutoring boom in the UK? Share your view with the Guardian's reporting team