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“Private tuition can lift a C grade to an A”

  • Gail Dixon
  • June 15, 2009
  • Rated: 3.5

    • If your child needs help in a subject, then just an hour a week of personal tuition can make a huge difference. Read the views of both a tutor and a parent …read more

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Private schools spurn trendy subjects for tougher courses

  • Jonathan Wright
  • Sept. 11, 2008
  • Rated: 5.0

Discover how independent schools are challenging the National Curriculum to create a more stimulating syllabus …read more

Exclusive Articles

Lords of the dance

  • Amanda Nicholls
  • Nov. 12, 2014
  • Not rated

Students from King Edward’s School in Bath are picked to perform in Matthew Bourne’s latest inspired dance theatre production …read more

School without walls

  • Amanda Nicholls
  • Nov. 12, 2014
  • Not rated

The Rt Hon David Laws, Minister of State for Schools visits the egg theatre in Bath to find out more about a forward-thinking local educational project …read more

Clyst Vale to Cambridge

  • Anna Britten
  • Nov. 12, 2014
  • Not rated

Clyst Vale Community College head of history HEATHER PADDEN loves nothing more than seeing pupils get into Oxford and Cambridge universities. …read more

Do the math

  • Anna Britten
  • Nov. 12, 2014
  • Not rated

Head teacher KERRY BURNHAM says sixth form students with a passion for numbers will find a home at the new Exeter Mathematics School …read more

Making the choice

  • Hannah Guinness
  • Nov. 12, 2014
  • Not rated

LOUISE WHETSTONE, headmistress of Rookwood School, explains everything you need to know about GCSE options. …read more

Choose happiness, not hot-housing

  • Hannah Guinness
  • Nov. 12, 2014
  • Not rated

CLIVE MARRIOTT of Salisbury Cathedral School talks about academic pressure on young people today and how to encourage and celebrate, rather than hot-house children. …read more

St Brendan's Sixth Form College: stepping stone to university

  • Amanda Nicholls
  • Oct. 29, 2013
  • Not rated

St Brendan’s really stands out when it comes to sixth form education …read more

A Level results 2013

  • Hannah Guinness
  • Aug. 15, 2013
  • Not rated

Exam success across the south west …read more

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