A survey released this week has revealed that fewer secondary schools in England are meeting government targets for foreign language tuition.
According to the National Centre for Languages (Cilt) only 40% of state schools meet the official target - which states that schools should have between 50% ...
Read more ›If you are thinking of tutoring Maths - or you're already a Maths tutor - then you may find the following sites useful:
1) BBC Skillswise.The BBC's Skillswise website has an excellent Maths section that provides numeracy advice and activities in line with the UK's Adult Learning Curriculum. It even...
Read more ›It has only been four days since this year's A-level students received their exam results, but the rush for university places is well underway.
Over 50% of the 22,000 university places available through the "clearing" system have already been snapped up. The number of students who have secured a un...
Read more ›Mnemonics are memory aids. They are sometimes a single sentence, sometimes entire paragraphs. An English tutor friend of mine told me that he invented a labyrinthine mental trail around Canterbury Cathedral, populated by characters which he then taught to his students to help them recall the order o...
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