Government Policy
Read our opinion on how recent changes in government policy impact education and private tutoring.
Monday, April 30th, 2018
Private tuition ‘tax’ will not level the playing field for selective school access, says Tutors International founder
Adam Caller, founder of leading private tuition company Tutors International, issues statement rejecting recent suggestions that wealthy families who use private tutors to help secure grammar school places should be taxed.
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Friday, April 27th, 2018
Tutors International announces support for compulsory home education registration
Home education: Adam Caller, founder of leading private tutoring company Tutors International, backs the Department for Education’s proposal for a compulsory register of home-educated children in England, and urges the homeschooling community to form a united body to inform public debate The Department for Education has recently launched a call for evidence on home education, following concerns about schools illegally...
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Friday, January 29th, 2016
Leading provider of private tutors supports government call for a review of unregistered home schooling in the UK
Tutors International has voiced its support for Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan’s call for a review of unregistered schools. Tutors International, the leading provider of full-time private tutors, voiced its support following an order by Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, in December [1] for a review of unregistered schools, amid radicalisation fears. The Government estimates that between 20,000 and 50,000 children in...
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Monday, May 18th, 2015
“The amount of homework given in the US education system is shocking”, says Tutors International.
Leading provider of full-time home tuition, Tutors International, today commented on the shocking amount of homework assigned to students in the US educational system in schools around the world, calling for more co-operation between teachers. Adam Caller, an independent education consultant and former teacher, today reported that the amount of homework assigned by teachers at US schools was “shockingly excessive”...
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Monday, August 18th, 2014
“The UK needs private universities”: Tutors International criticises Government’s applicant restrictions on top universities
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, today criticised application controls imposed by the Government on Oxford and Cambridge Universities, claiming it will ultimately destroy the UK’s place in the world knowledge economy. He proposes that the UK could benefit from having private universities. Founder of Tutors International, Adam Caller, who has variously taught in state and independent schools, as a...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
“Failed academies are inevitable, and here’s why…” says Tutors International
Adam Caller, Independent Education Consultant and founder of Tutors International, explains why academies fail. Off the back of the recent announcements that the Prospects Academies Trust has failed, Adam Caller, founder of the world’s leading provider of full-time private tuition, Tutors International, today declared his opinion on the future of academies and their likelihood to succeed. According to the BBC...
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
Tutors International welcome Gove’s new GCSEs and A Levels, but ask “is it enough?”
Tutors International, global provider of full-time private tutors, today announced their support of Michael Gove’s changes to GCSE and A-Level exam structure, citing it as a “bold move to fix a bad situation” but question what more should be done. Tutors International, the leading global provider of full-time private tutoring, today announced their support of UK Education Minister, Michael Gove’s...
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Monday, September 23rd, 2013
Kent County Council Are Trying to Lower the Standard of Education by Discouraging Private Tutoring for 11+, says Tutors International
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, says that Kent County Council are ‘missing the point’ in their aim to create a tutor-proof 11-plus exam. Nicola Woodcock, The Times’ Education Correspondent, wrote an article on 1st February 2013 about Kent County Council’s search for a ‘less coachable’ 11+ exam. Kent has 30 grammar schools, and the Times reported the 35% of...
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Eleven-year-olds wake up to compulsory spelling and grammar test
Pupils in England will be required to spell ‘separate’ and ‘necessary’ and quizzed on punctuation in controversial new exam. Hundreds of thousands of 11-year-olds in England will sit a spelling and grammar test for the first time on Tuesday. Ministers argue the test will help to dramatically improve literacy standards, but teaching unions warn it could have the opposite effect....
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Adam Caller Calls for Single Standardised Test in the UK
Adam Caller, IECA member and founder of private tutoring agency, Tutors International, announced today that only a single standardised test, such as the US SAT, will provide the level of educational reform that Michael Gove is reaching for. Adam Caller opined back in October 2012 that he felt the Education Secretary was over-reaching with his plans to replace GCSEs with...
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