Kensington & Chelsea Tutors' Blog

Gove exists in parallel universe – stop politicising education!!!

Gove wants tests for four-year-olds Education secretary Michael Gove strongly indicates that he wants to introduce formal assessments for...

As IT moves forward we should seek to tackle cyberbullying

Cyberbullying on rise – Childline http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-25639839 > As a father of three and Managing Director...

Start education at age 6 or 7 is a good idea!!

Here’s my take on the following story from BBC education School should start above age five Children should not start formal school...

A broken teaching system

Teacher training system is broken http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-23491085 The Schools Direct programme undermines teacher...

Summer tuition? The key is balance!

Here’s my take on a recent story on the BBC education news site… Summer tutoring awaits many pupils http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/...

Pupils ranked at 11..disappointing and destructive

Here’s my take on the recent news that 11-year-old pupils will be ranked against peers… ** Pupils face national rankings at 11 ** Primary...

National curriculum changes

Here’s my take on the following UK education story… ** Curriculum to match world’s best ** A revised national curriculum for schools in...

Tackling the issue of cowboy tutors…

Here’s our take on a recent article about ‘cowboy’ tutors that appeared in the Telegraph …link here for original article ...

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...

Gove on History curriculum changes…for once I agree!!

** Historians back Gove curriculum ** Some of the UKs leading historians endorse Education Secretary Michael Gove’s new history...

ENTRANCE EXAM TUITION IS PARADOX FOR SCHOOLS

Poorest need entrance test help Some selective state schools should do more to help poorer children pass their entrance exams, suggests a...

Web safety is all about parental control in increasingly complicated tech world…

** Web safety lessons urged for infants ** Children as young as five should be given lessons in how to use the internet safely,...

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...

School playing fields NEED PROTECTING!!!

We need to protect ALL school playing fields from greedy government sponsored developers and two hours a week of sport should be an...

Military in schools…a great idea with caveats!

** £2m boost for military in schools ** Projects which put former servicemen and women in England's schools have been given a £2m...

Teacher morale is extremely low right now – action required!

** Teachers who quit up by a fifth ** The number of teachers who quit their jobs in English state schools rose by almost a fifth in one...

WORDS and WAFFLE from DoE

** UK education sixth best in world ** An international education league table puts the UK among a leading group of countries headed by...

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...

Trainee teacher dropout rate is a worrying statistic

** Trainee teacher dropout warning ** Nearly one in three people who train to be teachers in England does not go on to work in the...

Teenagers can’t read GCSE exams – take with a sinch of palt!

** Teenagers can’t read GCSE exams** Analysis suggests thousands of UK teenagers cannot read well enough to understand their GCSE exam...