Schools are 'clamping down on tutoring'!

This is the most nonsensical thing that I have heard all week. And it’s a load of rubbish. There I said it. I’m so done keeping quiet about this and playing nice. These schools don’t seem to mind saying these things so guess what I won’t mind either!

‘Clamping down on tutoring’ literally makes no sense.

First of all, it makes tutoring sound like something evil and it isn’t. Tutoring is the most beautiful gift that you can offer to your child.

Secondly, as I’ve always said, why are these schools so against tutoring?

Do they see it as some sort of threat to them?

Does it undermine what they do in some sort of way?

So when I hear from my clients or from new parents that they are worried about tutoring their children because they ‘don’t want the schools to know that their child has been tutored’, it fills me with nothing but sadness.

Because the brutal truth is this…

If you do not tutor your child, they will not pass their 4+ Assessments at top schools like Westminster, Glendower and South Hampstead.

Whether you ‘tutor’ your child yourself or you seek the help of a professional, it doesn’t matter. Sending your child with no prep to one of these independent schools is just unkind and unfair to the child. Why would you put your child in that position?

Do what you want of course. But I would never, ever do this to my 3 year old. Why would I make him feel that he can’t answer the questions that he is asked? Why would I make him feel that he can’t do the things that he is asked to do?

What do I think the issue with tutoring and these schools is?

Here it is!

I think schools like Glendower and Faulkner House want to hold onto their students for as long as possible (until the end of Year 6!). They don’t want children leaving their schools. After all, it is a business! So tutoring is a threat to them. Because the highest quality tuition will support their children to get into the likes of Westminster and St. Paul’s and it can help them get there before their 11+! They do not want children to leave!

And speaking very honestly - I tutor children from Glendower, St Paul’s and the likes of The Hall. And my clients are doing nothing wrong. What they are doing is giving their children the incredible gift of building a love for learning that goes far beyond any assessment.

So believe what you like. But if you want your child to stand any chance of passing an assessment at a top 4+ school like Highgate, The Hall, Westminster and Glendower - prepare your child and prepare them well. Take Massive Action every single day and never for one second think that you can send your child into one of these schools with zero preparation and come and tell me that they passed.

You won’t.

Trust me.