If you have a GCSE English Grade 3 “resulter” in the family facing a resit in SW19, then Private Tuition may well be a priority just now. Individual tutoring for the November exam could be the best option. Why? Perhaps because missing those few vital marks indicates a different need for each student. 1-2-1 tuition…
Category: Education
A Level in SW19 Results! – There’s Still Time to Apply
Al Level results are out in SW19, and it looks like it was a “good news day”. The numbers of A Level candidates applying to university dipped this year, so it’s a buyer’s market for degree course places. Trading Up That means for many A Level students there will be a lot of hot phoning…
Mindfulness At School and Work in SW19
Mindfulness is fast becoming the world’s favourite pathway to inner peace and high achievement. It’s meant to benefit adults and children alike. Mindfulness posters and centres have mushroomed in and around Wimbledon town centre and Merton. So what I wanted to know was how much the practice could relax anxious children, and whether Private Tuition…
Starting Now! Tuition in SW19 for Year 6 SATS
Parents of children in SW19 starting Year 6 in September must now plan for SATS. Just as GCSE results come out, parents of younger pupils starting their SATS year at primary school in a few weeks time will weigh up the benefits of private tuition. SATS. week for Year 6 pupils next year take place…
Un-SATS-is-Factory? Failing SATS in SW19
This year’s SATS saw Year 6 children throughout Wimbledon and beyond undertake the new, tougher Key Stage 2 assessment for Primary School leavers. SATS results are out. And only 53 percent of youngsters undergoing the tests nationally met the standard in Maths, Reading and Writing. This indicates that some children – even in SW19 where…
Sleep Starved Teens in SW19
High-flying teenagers in SW19 may be suffering from lack of sleep. They could aim still higher with less pain if they had enough sleep to meet their needs. That is the expert consensus among doctors, psychologists and teachers shocked by the upsurge in young people and children attending hospital with sleep difficulties. SW19 Teens’ Sleep…
Help for Graduate Interviews from Judy E
Graduate Interviewing? How are you going to handle those crucial first seconds in a graduate interview when minds are made up? Brand new graduates in SW19 – be warned! When you start researching interview technique you’re going to find a lot of recruitment experts claiming that it’s “game over” in just the first few…
Graduate Job Search – Video Interviews
Finals are finished. Students in SW19 are starting to celebrate, and graduate job search all over London could do with the boost Judy E hopes to give. So get ready. It starts with a four word piece of crucial advice. Smile – and look serious! Video interviews are now central to the graduate job search process.…
Love Technology? Age 14 to 19? – Get Ready for Grown-Up Learning!
Age 14 to 19? Love Technology? Live in or near SW19? State of the Art Education is on Your Doorstep – Free! Do you come from SW19 -or anywhere on the local rail line -and your teenager loves technology and / or computers? If that’s YES you need to know about the new school opening…
School and Study Scholarships: Looking Good and Paying the Way
Little-known scholarships can ease the pain for shoestring students and their families. Whether it’s a lot or a little, a scholarship will always look good on your son or daughter’s CV. The cost of a university degree – or Further Education for over 19s – has skyrocketed. A degree is now estimated at £75,000. So…