Over at the popular ukbusinessforums I posted a topic on adults struggling with maths. This is turning to be one of my most popular posts since I joined in 2004.
Adults and Numeracy
March 11th, 2009What price for the 11-Plus tuition?
February 10th, 2009Answer from here:
The 11-plus tuition at around £13 per hour for our Year five son will continue for as long as we can manage it, to give him the best chance of passing. We could not afford a private education for him at £15-£20,000 per year, but we can still find enough to give him the chance to gain a grammar school place.
Parents “buy” grammar school places
January 24th, 2009The Telegegraph writes that :
Thousands of parents are enrolling young children in fee-paying preparatory schools – where they enjoy smaller classes and more teacher attention – to maximise their chance of getting a free grammar school place at 11.
Many are prepared to pay several hundred pounds for professional coaching to ensure children pass the 11-plus – rather than spend thousands every year on senior school fees.
I really don’t see any reason why we as parents should not try to do the best for our children. A good education is recession proof.
103 Maths Examples for 11-plus now on Amazon
January 22nd, 2009Available now on amazon.
Parents spend an average of £700 on 11-plus preparation
January 7th, 2009Source: The Guardian
Recent research has concluded that coaching for the 11-plus is now “routine” among middle-class parents – spending an average of £700 on private tutors.
Credit Crunch Puts Pressure on Grammar School Places
December 28th, 2008Via Kentnews
The growing number of parents pulling their children out of private schools because of the credit crunch is set to increase pressure on the state education system in Kent.
“I think that pressure is going to increase given the current credit crunch because west Kent is where the highest proportion of parents live who send their children to private schools.”
The Local Government Association (LGA) surveyed 150 councils in England and found that 6.2 per cent had already been contacted by parents applying for state school admissions for pupils in private education.
103 Maths Examples for 11+ and Common Entrance
December 13th, 2008This book provides step-by-step maths worked examples covering all the topics needed to pass the 11+ Maths and Common Entrance Maths. This book is suitable for students in the UK and International Students who also take the common entrance.
Primemaths in the Telegraph
October 10th, 2008A write-up about us in the Telegraph Launchpad:
Ratio and Proportions from Nasa
September 23rd, 2008Video from Nasa on ratio and proportion.
Kent grammar school tests in 2008 [for Secondary transfer 2009]
September 1st, 2008Kent grammar school tests will take place on the 18/19 September 2008 for children attending a Kent Primary School and 20th September 2008 for out of county children.