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...
Read more ›Many articles have been written about the disadvantages of online tuition. Parents and students have a natural tendency to assume that online tuition can hardly match face to face tuition. Our experience reveals that much depends on what subject is being taught, the age of the student and if the stu...
Read more ›As the deadline approaches for university applications, many students will be finalising their application and perhaps struggling with their personal statement.
Here are a few useful tips to help you write a personal statement that tells universities why they should choose you!
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