The Benefits Of A Private Tutor For Your Child
If you do a search on the internet for private tuition you will soon discover that there are many tuition agencies offering private tuition by a wide range of qualified and unqualified tutors. Researchers have reported that there may be more than one in four state school pupils in England having private tuition after school to help them with their studies. A survey of 3,000 primary and secondary school students in England showed 27% of them had private tuition.
The subjects Mathematics and English are those for which most parents who decide to use private tuition look for support for their children. This is found generally to be the case for pupils of primary school age. Foreign language tuition and the sciences are more likely to be the the areas supported by private tuition for secondary school pupils.
It is the approach of Year 6 SAT’s (Standard Assessment Tests) which is the driving force that encourages most primary school pupils to seek private tuition. It is the desire to achieve the national average level or better which will help to get them to the desired learning level or setting group in their chosen secondary school. While primary age children have the SAT tests to focus their thoughts, secondary school children are usually looking for help to gain higher grades in their GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations.
Private tuition is usually held after school or on Saturday mornings. Regular once or twice weekly lessons are most common. Most lessons usually last for one hour but with older children the lessons may extend to one and a half hours. Younger children and those with poorer concentration may find that forty five minute lessons are more appropriate. Some tutors will offer private tuition during half-term breaks and through the extended summer holidays.
Private tuition is usually carried out individually but sometimes there may be a few children of similar ability who could join together for their tutoring. Charges will reflect the number of students having their tuition together in the same group. One-to-one tuition will be more expensive than private tuition that takes place in groups but this is compensated for by the advantages of fewer distractions and the individual attention that the child receives.
The main reason for taking private tuition is to ensure that areas of uncertainty in the child’s education can be identified so that a programme of work can be devised to shore up the foundations and improve learning in the relevant areas.
Assessments will be carried out to see what level the student is currently working at and if there are any significant gaps in their learning that may be causing problems. The private tuition will then focus on these areas. The tutor’s goal is to boost their student’s self confidence in the subject and to ensure that progress is made.
Private tuition ensures that the student can enjoy the personal attention of the tutor for the full period of the lesson on a one-to-one basis. Ideas, strategies and methods can be highly focussed. Working in this way, misconceptions can be cleared up so that the student does not have trouble with the subject in later life. These tightly focussed private lessons enable worthwhile progress to be made and the children benefit from the tutor’s undivided attention.
Clarissa Kyriakos writes for Chichester Primary Tutors where you can find out all you need to know about arranging private tuition and Special Educational Needs for your primary school aged child. Arrange private lessons and have your 10th lesson free. Recommend new clients for special offers!
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