Can I afford a tutor?

By Idris Musty | July 25, 2011

How about, can you afford not to get a tutor? Here, I challenge you with the million pound question – is there really such a thing as value for money’, affordable tuition? However, that begs the question, if we don’t invest those extra pennies in our child’s educational prospects, can we really live with ourselves,…

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What is the EBacc?

By Idris Musty | June 14, 2011

20% of school leavers in London can’t read confidently – Is EBacc the answer? The Evening Standard has focused recently on illiteracy in London. I’ve always thought that the situation is very bad, what I did not expect are the actual figures published in the Evening Standard of 3rd June 2011. Statistics such as: 20%…

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Fail GCSE Maths and English at your peril!

By Idris Musty | May 16, 2011

Two more years of study awaits you!! The Education Secretary, Michael Gove has proposed that young people who leave school at the age of sixteen without at least a C grade in GCSE Maths and English will be compelled to carry on studying these two vital subjects for another two years. This policy is consistent…

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