PRIVATE TUITION
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Issue 90 2020
Private Tuition The idea of private tuition often points were below average, especially in terms of their speech and language. A class of 30 divides people. In fact, I once felt pretty strongly against the idea. Considering I am now a fully-fledged private tutor, that is perhaps a rather odd declaration to make. Prior to establishing myself within the education system, I saw tuition as something that could divide classes. Many used it as a way to increase the possibility of their child gaining entry to a prestigious school using the 11+ test rather than as a boost to their child’s academia. I started teaching in 2005 in an area of social deprivation. Many of the children’s starting
children with just one teacher, one TA and a 1:1 LSA for a child with significant special educational needs: I felt out of my depth and somewhat unable to help. Just two years in that school and my perception of private tuition was already changing. Thoughts of Wouldn’t it be great to have half an hour a week with Jack to improve his mental maths skills? popped into my head regularly. In summer 2018, I established Blossom Tuition. I had years of teaching under my belt and, although I had moved in the special education sector working in a complex needs school, I felt I still had much to offer mainstream pupils.
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