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First Tutors is looking for a web developer to join our team!

We're looking for an experienced LAMP developer to join our small, friendly team and help us create a diverse selection of new educational products. Our perfect candidate will be able to work as an integral part of a small team and com...

First Tutors partners with the Guardian Teacher Network

As part of this relationship, our community will have access to free resources (watch this space!), and will have opportunities to guest post on the GTN blog! So if you want to have your say on an educational topic close to your heart, now would be a good time to stand up! E-mail us at social@firs...

First Tutors is a finalist in the EducationInvestor Awards!

We're very excited to announce that First Tutors is a finalist for the 2013 EducationInvestor Awards! Specifically, we've been nominated for the Supplementary Education Provider award.

EducationInvestor aims to give recognition to companies and organisations that invest in that most long-term and...

A Proper Education: Why Don't We Teach Our Kids About Managing Finances?

I was trawling an educational forum a few nights ago, when one poster's comment struck me right between the eyes. It was something to the effect that schools - although they do a good job of teaching us times tables, the insides of plants and so on - teach us hardly anything about the "real world". ...

Private Tuition: the best way to help overlooked, underachieving kids?

We were saddened to see a recent BBC article highlighting how the state education system is failing some poor pupils ("Invisible poor children let down by schools", BBC News 20/06/13). This is something we're particularly aware of in the private tuition sphere, where we see families with a broad s...