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Tutoring can improve opportunities from early ages.

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Pupils use tutors to gain grammar school places - News - Education Executive Private tutoring is being widely used by parents to boost their child’s chance of a place in grammar schools...

Are school holidays detrimental to learners?

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130802a

Shorter holidays will stop private tuition widening the achievement gap 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?

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

Ten top revision tips - Telegraph Exams are looming - plan your revision now for success.

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

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20130522a

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

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

State schools paying private tutors thousands for extra help English schools using funding for supporting disadvantaged students to pay as much as £1,400 a day to private tuition firms

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

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20130730a

Private tutors are the natural answer to bad schools – Telegraph Blogs "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

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

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130426b

Warning from headteachers as parents dig deep to fund boom in private tutors • Guardian investigation reveals surge in private lessons but schools say agencies 'trade on insecurity' • Join in the conversation on the increase in private tutoring

Personal accounts of private tutoring.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130426a

16 tutors, seven parents and two pupils on the private tutoring boom 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

Preventing the summer academic slide.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel30130729a

Children sent to private tutors to prevent 'summer slide' - Telegraph 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.

Choosing a suitable tutor:

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/ntel20130419a

Aspirational parents should be wary of cowboy tutors - Telegraph 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.

Private tutoring experiences in the UK.

http://yourls.allkeystage.com/nguard20130416a

Private tutoring in the UK - share your experiences 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