As we approach the final part of the 2017/2018 academic year, we felt it was an appropriate time to update our followers. Our current year 4 group have made excellent progress and are a very promising cohort. We have decided that 12 of them will be taken as 2 separate groups of 6 for the
The article below prompted us to have a discussion at Tuition First HQ about the quality of the handwriting amongst our students, (and ourselves!!). We’ve also been talking to Early Years teachers about their experience of handwriting too. ‘We are not just talking about mechanical skills. We are talking about how children learn.’ Photograph: Alamy
How do you feel about our exam system or should that be about our education system? This article, which first appeared in The Guardian, suggests that the removal of coursework from GCSEs leaves students unprepared for further study. Photograph: courtesy of Alamy Let us know what you think, once you have read the article. Via
