The World Cup finally kicks off this week! And since all seven year olds will learn a foreign language from September 2014, now is the perfect time to brush up on your language skills. So what are the benefits? Whether you study French, German or Spanish, Mandarin, Latin or ancient Greek, a foreign language opens […]
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5 benefits to language learning
June 3rd, 2014It’s never too early to get ahead
May 20th, 2014With year 6 SATs out of the way, GCSEs and A Levels in full swing, many students this time of year often wish they’d revised more or got to grips with that tough part of the syllabus earlier. Last minute revision can lead to panic. Feeling unprepared – and sometimes terrified – many children blank […]
5 top tips for exam success
May 7th, 2014Exam season is here again. But are you ready for it? With just weeks to go before sitting your GCSE or A level exams, revision can feel overwhelming. And if you missed part of the course through illness, or lost confidence after a mock exam disappointment, it’s essential to make the most of any spare […]
Preparing to apply for a tutoring job
March 25th, 2014We get lots of enquiries from people who’d like to tutor for 121 Home Tutors. We’re always here to offer help and advice – the first question we often hear is ‘what information will you need’. So here’s a quick breakdown of the information you’ll need to get together before you apply. We’ll need information […]
CEM test instead of 11+
March 17th, 2014If your child is going to sit the 11+ (11 plus) in the next few months or next year you might have heard about changes to the testing. Over the last couple of years there have been calls to stop the 11 plus because some people think it favours children whose parents can afford tutoring. […]
Tutoring and education news
March 4th, 2014Here’s a round up of what’s happening in the world of education and tutoring… Did you know you can get a ‘placement consultant’ to help get your child into the ‘right school’. A kind of head hunter for 8 year olds! Four and five year olds will be tested on literacy and reasoning from 2016 […]
The end of non-verbal reasoning tests?
February 16th, 2014We’ve recently heard that Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, in Cheshire is changing their entrance test. For students applying for entry in September 2015 (or beyond) they have decided to remove the non-verbal reasoning paper. This decision has been taken because non-verbal reasoning isn’t something that is taught as standard in schools. In our experience […]
Did you revise over Christmas?
February 4th, 2014Last year the Government decided to remove the modular exam approach to GCSEs and A Levels. They also removed opportunities for unlimited resits and instead students sit all exams at the end of the academic year (in June). The aim of the changes is to make learning more rigorous and increase standards at GCSE and […]
Too old to learn?
January 27th, 2014If you left school early, are out of work, want to retrain for a new job or just need something new and exciting in your life then tutoring could be for you. You might be wondering if tutoring would be the right thing for you, you might be a bit scared about taking the first […]
Online tutoring – is it the future?
January 17th, 2014Over the last few years we’ve seen lots of online tutoring companies pop up. And there are plenty of online learning methods. Here at 121 Home Tutors we offer online tutor in a number of different subjects including: English – lower secondary, scholarship entry exams, GCSE, proofreading, general writing History – lower secondary, scholarship entry exams, […]