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Archive for the ‘Entrance Tests & 11+’ Category
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Do tutors just help people pass exams?
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012At 121 Home Tutors we get all kinds of calls and emails asking for private tutoring help – from the parents of a primary school child already falling behind with Maths to 11 plus tutoring and A Level one on one tuition. Most people come to us because they have an end goal in mind […]
Does passing the 11 plus exam guarantee a place at grammar school?
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Last week several newspapers reported that almost half of the children who took and passed the 11 plus (grammar school selection exam) were rejected because there simply weren’t enough places for them. Just under 30,000 children took the 11 plus and about 14,000 passed but many did not receive a place because they maybe lived […]
11 plus – how best to prepare
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011The 11 plus (eleven plus) has just taken place in Manchester schools. If your child is in Year 5 then now is the best time to start preparing them for their 11+ next year. The 11+ (also known as the 11 plus or eleven plus) is an exam. Students take it in their last year […]
Tutoring helping children secure Oxbridge places
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011The Independent recently revealed that more than 100 states schools are paying a private company to tutor their brightest pupils on how to get a place at Oxford or Cambridge. This news has come at the same time as a report from the Sutton Trust that shows that most people who get places at Oxford […]
Do I really need a tutor for my primary-aged child?
Friday, July 8th, 2011This month we’re exploring tutoring for primary school children. The idea of tutoring very young children makes some people nervous – to them it smacks of hot-housing and they’d prefer to keep their children as children. We absolutely agree that kids should enjoy their childhood. But we also hear from parents how trouble at school […]
How to get a place at grammar school
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Grammar schools have been around for hundreds of years. Since around the 1800s most grammar schools have required children to take an entrance test to see if they are suitable. Competition has always been fierce to get into grammar schools. In 1974, Grammar Schools were abolished and the modern secondary school came into existence. But […]
Want to work with a celebrity tutor?
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Ok, we have to confess it’s not going to be Robert Pattinson or Cameron Diaz tutoring you if you call 121 Home Tutors. We spotted an article in the Independent this week about students in Hong Kong and how their obsession with exams and private tutoring is turning some tutors into rich celebrities. The education […]
Tutoring gets children into Oxford and Cambridge
Friday, February 25th, 2011Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester has hit the headlines because 12 pupils have been offered places to study at Oxford and Cambridge. At the moment about eight per cent of pupils in Britain attend private schools. That small percentage makes up about half of those who get places at Oxford and Cambridge. Peter Birch, Assistant […]
Entrance tests – how to cope on the day
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010The new year will signal the start of entrance exams for independent schools. So you’ve read our revision tips blog and have been working hard with your child over the Christmas break. The big day (or days!) is here, how do help your child cope? Preparation is important The school will have sent you a […]