Unfortunately, not all schools perform to the highest standards. Even more difficult is that, to some extent, parents have limited choice. In most cases, parents will need their child to be educated at a school which is close to home, and so that means that selecting a school is often a case of Hobson’s choice – choosing between two or three schools which may all be performing below par.

The Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said only last month: “The need for Ofsted reform to drive high and rising standards for all our children in every school is overwhelmingly clear.”

Obviously, one doesn’t expect all schools to be the same, but it can mean that your child may have problems with learning, because many school classes are crowded, and there is not sufficient time for a teacher to work individually with every child who is have difficulty with something.

Of course, private schools usually have smaller classes, which overcomes this obstacle, but the cost of private education is far too much for the majority of parents – even more so, now that 20% VAT is being added to the fees. The average cost of day school is £15,324 for a year. Add VAT to that and it is about £350 per week throughout the year.

What’s The Answer?

So, what’s the answer? In many cases, it means that your child needs extra schooling, which is what we provide at Smart Kids Private Tutoring. We have been providing private tutoring for over 20 years and are the Manchester and Northwest winners of the award for Children’s Tutoring Company Of The Year.

Our specialities are English, Maths, and Science – all of which are subjects which many children find difficult. The timings of our tutoring are designed to fit around your individual requirements, so in term time our Afternoon Club runs from 3.00pm to 8.30pm from Monday to Thursday and our Weekend Club is from 10.00am to 6.00pm Saturday and Sunday. We also provide tutoring in the school holidays.

Many children have trouble with English, and so our English tutoring in Oldham is designed to ensure that your child overcomes the many problems that we have today. This is partly because of social media, which in some instances has become almost another language!

Our English tutoring in Oldham covers correct writing techniques, sentence styles, spelling, punctuation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more. Our aim is to ensure that your child becomes fluent in our language and has the abilities necessary to pass the GCSE in English with flying colours.