Kensington & Chelsea Tutors' Blog

Get rid of GCSEs now and standardise grading!

Hopefully the public at large realise that this is just statistics, although I fear they don’t. Rattling off comparisons with GCSEs’...

GCSE changes welcome but why tinker with grading?

Education expert Nevil Chiles, founder of online tuition platform Webtutornet and London and South East private tuition agency Kensington...

Private tutors offer exam advice..keep calm and carry on!

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON! Private tutors reveal their top ten exam and revision tips “Keep calm and carry on” is one of the overriding...

Exam grading based on birthdate ….give me strength!!!

Here’s my take on this recent story that appeared in the national media Summer-born need exam score boost http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-...

THE PRIVATE TUTORIAL SET TO CHANGE FOREVER

– Easter is the time when demand for private tuition starts to increase with end of year exams on the horizon – The number of parents...

Make A Levels worthwhile not dumbed down nonsense!

My views in relation to this recent story on A Levels… A-level plans challenged by school and university heads...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A PRIVATE TUTOR

You can’t beat being a private tutor according to Edward Kiely! There’s no well defined career path into private tuition however in...

ONLINE PRIVATE TUITION PASSES CLOSE EXAMINATION!

With the January exams underway or in prospect for thousands of UK schoolchildren now is the time when a growing number of parents and...

PLEASE SPEND EDUCATION MONEY WISELY!

** Poorest pupils weaker at maths** Research suggests the poorest children are twice as likely to struggle at maths than their...

Opening the Gates of online tuition

** Gates backs online universities ** Online courses provided by some of the world’s top universities are going to be used by students...

Online private tuition gets personal!

ONLINE PRIVATE TUITION GETS PERSONAL – The desire for safety and security both online and in face-to-face tutorials is paramount –...

Good parenting boosts exam results

Parents key to exam success Supportive parents are more important than good schools in boosting children’s exam results, a study...

GCSE row just like playground bickering!

Heads warn GCSE battle goes on Head teachers say they remain committed to legal action in the unresolved dispute over GCSE English...

VOCATIONAL ELEMENT TO NEW BACCALAUREATE NEEDED!

I think that this announcement is broadly very positive. Getting rid of GCSEs is monstrously overdue. We do need more rigorous testing...

Symptoms of a bankrupt GCSE system…

Heads say exam watchdog failed http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-19556772 From the ridiculous to the back peddling. This...

New UK exam system needed

** Heads call for regrading of GCSEs ** Head teachers are pressing for this summer’s English GCSEs to be regraded amid a row over grade...

Free schools idea flawed..focus needed elsewhere such as GCSEs!

School funds cut before opening Government funding to a free school in Bradford is withdrawn a week before it was due to open....

Pioneering Development in Online Private Tuition

A pioneering new online tuition service has recently launched that will revolutionise the delivery of private, personalised, home-based...

Face to face online private tuition that’s NOT Skype!

A pioneering new online tuition service has recently launched that will revolutionise the delivery of private, personalised, home-based...

EASIER EXAMS MEANS BETTER A LEVEL RESULTS…SIMPLE!!

A-level results: Top grades fall There has been a decline in the proportion of A-level grades awarded an A or A* for the first time in...