Category: Tips for Parents

Regimented though it may seem, in today’s economic climate one thing is certain: starting early is nearly always better. As such, it’s…

September 8th marks UNESCO’s International Literacy Day, a day set up to commemorate efforts to improve literacy worldwide. What better…

Changing schools – whether transitioning from playgroup to primary school, or from primary to secondary education – feels like a…

The nights are growing longer – a sure sign that summer is almost over and another school term is on the horizon! Starting a new year at…

The hard work is done and exam results are in, so it’s time to prepare for the next step: university! As a parent, there’s plenty you…

With 70,000 incidents of self-harm reported in secondary schools in the last year, it appears that more and more teenagers are turning to…

After all the months of working, planning, and preparing, exam results day can seem rather daunting for everybody involved –…

For many young students, learning differences – like dyslexia – pose a real challenge to developing good literacy skills. Most people…

School’s out for summer – but that doesn’t mean we should let students’ brains go slack until September, particularly if next year…

Since time immemorial, we’ve been asking ourselves: are test scores really the be-all and end-all? Whilst schools and universities still…

Reading is one of our favourite pastimes here at London Home Tutors. Entertaining, engrossing, and educational, a good book can inspire…

The difficulty of prising a child away from their iPad and persuading them towards the swings is a source of annoyance for many families,…