Kensington & Chelsea Tutors' Blog

Bigger classes for budget efficiency – WHAT NONSENSE AGAIN

Does the government just trawl through statistics in an effort to find a way to lower standards through budget cuts? How can anybody...

What’s the point of compulsory education?

It’s a big question with many answers; often conflicting. I have been involved in education professionally for nearly 20 years, I am...

Private tuition risks learning gap… cuts take their toll!!!

COMMENT FROM NEVIL CHILES, MD OF K&C TUTORS & WEBTUTORNET BBC website story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23973213 It has to be...

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’...

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/...

Technology is changing the face of private tuition

The internet and information technology are changing the way we view the world and they are now playing their part in changing the face...

LET TEACHERS TEACH RATHER THAN FINGER POINT!

Here’s my take on this story that appeared recently on the BBC website… Schools failing brightest pupils A culture of low expectations is...

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...

A CLEAR TREND TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING

Here’s my views on an education news story on today’s BBC website… Cambridge to tutor A-level physics Academics from Cambridge University...

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...

Latest blog on level sixth form playing field call

** Level sixth-form playing field call ** The government should level the playing field for post-16 education in England, the Sixth Form...

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...

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...

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...

What makes a career adviser?

** Most schools cut careers advice** Research suggests careers advice has been in reduced in eight out of 10 schools in England this...

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...

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...