Private tutors and tutoring companies explained and critically reviewed. Why have a tutor, how and where do you find a good tutor, when should you call on the services of a tutor or tutorial college? How much will tuition cost?
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A helping hand
For some children a tutor is essential as they are off school with a long-term health problem. Occasionally, families who are travelling for an extended period take a tutor with them to keep junior’s brain ticking over. Others need someone to maintain schoolwork during a difficult period – an exclusion or a family break-up. School-aged film stars have their own tutors who keep them up to speed in between takes.
Tony Blair supplemented all his children’s state school education with a bit of home help. |
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Hunting down the best tutorsWord-of-mouth is the most effective and popular way to source good tutors especially as generally, the best tutors do not work for an agency – they don’t need to. A good tutor, especially in English, maths or science, is a local treasure. Their name is guarded jealously by parents who, are often less than keen for other people’s children to have the advantages they are buying for their own.
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Tutor companiesAs individual as your child? Everyone's credit is crunching but, tellingly, tutor companies are reporting no downturn in numbers of clients. It is interesting to reflect on what that says about people's priorities in tough times. Finding a good tutor is no easy task. A number of tutor companies claim they can guide you to the ideal tutor for your child but how do you choose between the companies? Some tutorial companies are run from sitting rooms and work with only 20–30 tutors. Some have extensive offices and may have 2,000 tutors on their books. Some are trying not to expand, relish long-term, close relationships with clients and tutors and acquire both solely by personal recommendation. Others are busily trying to meet a voracious demand and are wildly recruiting in all directions.
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Tutorial colleges and 'Crammers'
Tutorial Colleges are educational establishments with a difference.
Their appeal depends on offering a tailor-made, (mostly) fifth and sixth form education in a similar atmosphere to that found at university, with the onus being on limited supervision and personal independence.
And on high fees.
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The Good Schools Guide recommends? We have quizzed and/or visited a number of tutor agencies about whom we have received considerable feedback and talked to their clients and their tutors. We have divided the tutorial companies into three sections plus a postscript. The reviews are available online to logged in subscribers and in The Good Schools Guide book. .
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