In a couple of months time a new reading test for six-year-olds will be introduced that has fired much a debate between language experts and teaching unions.
The purpose of the check will be to confirm that all pupils have learned phonic decoding to an age-appropriate standard. Children who do not ...
Read more ›Have you ever wondered what the difference is between teaching and tutoring? You may have not given it much thought but there are fundamental distinctions between a teacher and a tutor.
Teachers providing services in schools must have specified professional qualifications, however, private tutors a...
Read more ›In the 19th century more children received education in the UK from home than in schools. Nowadays, most children attend school although recent data estimates there is an annual increase of 17% of children who are home schooled in this country.
Education from the age of five is a legal requiremen...
Read more ›Dyscalculia comes from Greek and Latin which means: "counting badly". The Greek prefix "dys" means "badly" and the Latin word Calculia comes from "calculare" which means "to count".
Dyscalculia is considered to be a learning disability involving the inability to understand m...
Read more ›The BBC News Magazine gave a mention to First Tutors this week, in their article "The great school place sausage machine."
Although the article is centered on the difficulties and methods of entering a child into a good school, we would like to emphasize the main reasons why parents choose one to o...
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