Although there are many agencies offering private tuition with a wide range of tutors, standards do vary because tutors often have varying qualifications. The variety of the provision on offer can be determined by a search on the Internet for private tuition. Researchers have found out that there may be over 25% of state school pupils in England who have private tuition after school to help them with their schooling. Furthermore a survey in England of 3,000 primary and secondary school children showed 27% of them to be receiving 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.

There is one major stimulus to engage private tuition in the UK and that is the approach of Year 6 SAT's (Standard Assessment Tests) which is the driving force that encourages the parents of most primary school pupils to seek help. It is the wish to reach or exceed the national average standard which will help to get them to the appropriate learning level or setting group in their desired secondary school. While primary age children have the SAT tests to think about, secondary school children have different objectives such as to gain higher marks in their GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations.

To allow time for regular schooling, private tuition is for the most part held after school and sometimes on Saturday mornings with lessons usually taken once or twice a week. Most lessons last for an hour but older children may extend the lessons to an hour and a half. Those with poorer concentration and younger children may find that lessons of forty five minute are more suitable. Some tutors offer tuition during half-term breaks and during the 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 enables the student to enjoy the attention of the teacher for the full period of the lesson on a one-to-one basis. Concepts, strategies and methods can be highly focussed. In this way, misconceptions can be cleared up immediately. These focussed private lessons enable significant progress to be made and the children benefit from the undivided attention of the tutor.

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