Obtaining a place at Grammar school is not easy, much depends on the number of places apportioned to each school. Local Authorities confirm their decisions in February before the beginning of the new September term, so there is time to appeal a decision.
Many pupils take the 11 + exams but sadly on...
Read more ›One reason students and parents turn to one to one tuition is the lack of attention the average teacher is able to provide in a standard classroom setting.
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Read more ›Pity the poor apostrophe. Much misunderstood, misaligned and sidelined, the apostrophe is perhaps the most abused of all of the punctuation marks in English grammar.
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Read more ›George Bush Jr was as famous for his misuse of English as he was for his policies. One of his habits was the repeated use of split infinitives - one of the most contentious issues in the English language and one that could so easily be rectified by and English tutor.
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