Anselm’s Preparatory School, Bakewell has been crowned Prep School of the Year at the Tatler Schools Awards Ceremony 2021.
The prestigious title was awarded after Tatler examined nominations for hundreds of UK prep schools, from a variety of sources, including public votes. From this, winners are handpicked from a carefully created shortlist, overseen by an expert panel of judges.
The award is…
Early-age maths competence is the strongest predictor for future academic success, yet many children struggle with maths and it impacts their learning and motivation as they progress through school.
The UK currently ranks seventeenth in the world league tables when it comes to maths competence assessed at the age of 15, with China, Singapore and Macau in the top three places. But what can we do…
All children are unique, and therefore they all require different forms of support at different times during their school career. Whether you are looking for encouragement for your child in one or various specific subjects to ensure they achieve the results they deserve, or if you want to help your child build resilience and grow in confidence, tutoring is broad in what it can offer.
But finding…
Sometimes the most expensive purchases are not the most useful things to send your child to uni with. This will be your child’s first time away from home, which means they will suddenly be responsible for cooking and cleaning. Items like cleaning supplies, bedding and stationery often fall under the radar. This will ultimately save your child a lot of hassle and money in their first few weeks of…
The 11 plus can be an emotive subject for many parents, teachers and students; often, there is a sense of dread felt by parents at the thought of their child not passing the 11 plus exam. This dread can drive parents to pile on the work when the time draws closes, causing many children to become overwhelmed, which can lead to poor results. So, how can you get your child into a great school? There…
New research from Tutorful, the experts in online tutoring, reveals that 78% of secondary school parents think that the pandemic has had a negative impact on their child’s education, with parents believing that their child (aged between 11 to 18yrs) is behind a whole school year (9.5 months), with around 14 hours a week lost on education during to the pandemic. To catch up, British parents are…
The Independent Schools Show brings together 55 leading independent schools from London and the country to the Hurlingham Club on Tuesday, 22nd June. Don’t miss the opportunity for those all important, in depth, face-to-face discussions with senior admissions staff and headteachers that are hard to fit around whistle-stop group school tours at open days.
The Fair is organised into two…
As a mother of a teenager in year 10, I am aware that the last year of schooling has been lost and I feel really anxious as next year my boy will have to face GCSE exams after literally missing out on vital learning. My fears have been confirmed by a new study by researchers at Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences…
Today we meet the teachers who explain why they have switched jobs from traditional schools to join future-led online schools amidst the pandemic. Online independent senior school, Minerva’s Virtual Academy, has made several more, new appointments of teachers this term who have each chosen to move away from roles at traditional schools, in favour of teaching pupils remotely. The rising number…
A raft of pupils at one of the UK’s few ‘online-only’ private schools start their first term with live-streamed lessons, assemblies and after-school clubs, as parents switch from ‘traditional schools’.
This week marks the start of the first term at of one of the UK’s first ‘online only’ private senior schools, costing parents just £6,000 per year in fees. Minerva’s Virtual…