by Hayley | Sep 26, 2019 | Front page posts, Parents, Uncategorized, Writing
Today is the day you are going to take action. Your child’s writing is poor and you know it. It is easy to feel helpless and to let the situation drift from academic year to year. Probably at school there is a sort of low-level nagging taking place each time a...
by Hayley | Jan 28, 2019 | Exams, Front page posts, Organisation, Parents, Teach, Uncategorized
Yes we are better than our competition and proud of it too. And it’s easy to see why… A child started with us this week and he brought us his book from his previous tutor agency (a competitor of ours). These finds are like gold dust to us as we get to...
by Hayley | Nov 28, 2018 | Front page posts, Organisation, Parents, Teach, Uncategorized
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself (Henry Ford). When parents get in touch they are sometimes anxious about whether to go for 1-2-1 tutoring or to join our club programme where the children are taught in small groups of six. Well...
by Hayley | Sep 28, 2018 | Exams, Front page posts, Homework, Maths, Non-verbal reasoning, Parents, Teach, Uncategorized, Verbal Reasoning
It’s just the beginning of your child’s Kent Test (or ISEB Common Pre-Test) journey and every workbook on amazon looks brilliant. Flick through them all one by one – Maths, English, Verbal, Non-Verbal, Spatial, General Tips, GL workbooks, CEM...
by Hayley | Mar 22, 2018 | Exams, Front page posts, Organisation, Parents, Teach, Uncategorized
The same critical errors are made time and again by well-meaning parents. Here’s how to side-step them with confidence… And a good place to start is to understand what the 11+ actually is. As you’re probably aware, it is a blanket term given to any...
by Hayley | Jan 31, 2018 | Front page posts, Organisation, Parents, Schools & teachers, Uncategorized
Most of us want to support our children on their sometimes bumpy journey through the school system. None of us knows what the future might hold and how best to prepare them for the world of work. But we do know that achieving their full potential at school is a great...
