A consortium of top London girls’ schools recently announced the end of 11+ testing for applicants in Year 6, citing the damage done to the children’s mental health by excessive tutoring for the test. The North London →
How safe are our children? Last month, the NSPCC (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) held its annual “How safe are our children?” conference, focusing on the difficulties those who work →
These days, students are arguably under more pressure to deliver higher quantities of work in shorter spaces of time. That’s why the convenience and added assistance of online learning can be a useful tool in →
Following on from our blog post earlier in the year about Westminster School, St Paul’s School and Wellington College dropping the Common Entrance exams, it has recently been announced by the IAPS (Independent Association of →
Parents all want the best for their children, and that’s why they hire tutors. But parents also know that it will be impossible for their child to be successful without first developing a sense of →
Metacognition is defined as the awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes. In terms of evolution, metacognition is not limited to humans, who by reasoning or subconsciously have been developing metacognitive skills since we →
