Category: General

The field of Entrance Exams is becoming increasingly competitive with ever more refined selection, and growing numbers of schools having entrance points at ages other than 11 (such as 7+, 9+ etc). However, the majority of Entrance and Selective exams are still sat in the first half of Year 6, and the basis of the […]

Students may be identified as “Gifted” – this means they are academically, potentially in the top 10% of their school’s students in Britain. The key word here is potentially.

It is a well-known fact that although we do not realise, from an early age, we all do Economics and Politics. Any decision made by us on how we pursue our needs and wants has a significant consequence on economic growth and policy decisions made by Governments. Therefore, students who will be the next generation […]

In making education a means to promoting economic growth rather than allowing it to be an end in itself, does the government risk undermining the very critical thinking and balance that underlie democracy itself?

Newman Tuition is delighted to be offering an 8-week online mindfulness course

Over the last twenty years there has been a great push in schools to get students working in groups. Here we look at some benefits of learning in small groups

Here is a list of just a few of the many benefits that parents tell us their children have received from tuition

School and its hierarchical system may sometimes provide a distorted impression of what ‘success’ is for a student. Succeeding isn’t about the exam, the mark, and certainly not about a form of competition with others. Nailing an exam, obtaining the best mark, isn’t just about the student, but also about a lot of factors that […]

Poppy shares her (nostalgic) book suggestions for teenagers

Sebastian, one of our geography tutors, offers his top tips for exam success

Making Changes That’ll Change Your Life

Naran, a maths teacher, shares some lessons he has learnt from recent GCSE reforms