Personal & private tuition
Content about personalised private tuition, the private education industry, Tutors International’s service and the variety of approaches to tutoring.
Friday, January 6th, 2017
Donations accepted by elite British schools in exchange for coveted places should not be taboo, says leading private tutoring expert
Adam Caller, independent education consultant and founder of leading private tutoring firm, Tutors International, made a statement this week defending private schools vilified for allegedly accepting ‘bribes’ from wealthy parents. Mr Caller, whose career in education spans over 25 years, addressed allegations in the press [1], made in December, that some of Britain’s elite private schools are allowing wealthy international...
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Friday, December 16th, 2016
Tutors International announces big expansion plans for 2017, following record-breaking year
Adam Caller, founder of the leading global tutoring firm, announced this week plans for the company to launch a new specialist tutoring jobs listing service, as well as expansion into high-end nanny services. This new direction comes off the back of a record-breaking year in 2016 for Tutors International, which operates all over the world to provide busy families with...
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Monday, December 12th, 2016
Headteachers are receptive to pupils’ extended winter breaks – if accompanied by a private tutor, according to leading tutoring firm
With family time already at a premium for busy professionals, private tutoring is proving to be an effective way of extending precious leisure time over the holiday season, with the blessing of headteachers, Tutors International commented this week. This year, more families are opting to extend their winter travel plans, with the permission of schools, with the help of exceptional...
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Friday, November 18th, 2016
School teachers and private tutors are not rivals, and should work together to improve the UK education sector, says leading education consultant
Adam Caller, founder of leading global private tutoring company, Tutors International, issued a statement this week expressing his concern at the continued lack of professionalisation of the UK education industry. Amid an ongoing effort to create a professional body for UK private tutors and tutoring companies, Mr Caller was surprised to discover that there is also, currently, no chartered association...
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Monday, October 24th, 2016
UK firm, Tutors International, takes the top spot for full-time residential tutoring in North America
Despite being based in the UK, the leading international tutoring firm is ticking all of the right boxes for families in the USA with their bespoke and thorough approach to placements. Since it was founded in 1999, Tutors International has successfully placed exceptional private tutors all over North America, and its unique and extensive approach to due diligence and placing...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Tutors International reports an increase in number of UK private tutoring enquiries following Brexit result
Adam Caller, founder of the leading tutoring firm, announced this week that the EU Referendum result has prompted an increase in enquiries from international families preparing to move to the UK. Rather than deterring wealthy families from investing in the UK, Brexit seems to have had the opposite effect, with families from the USA and countries such as China, Hong...
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Monday, September 19th, 2016
Leading private tutoring firm refutes common stereotypes associated with full-time homeschooling
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, made a statement this week addressing the most common concerns associated with full-time private tuition and homeschooling for children. The independent education consultant, who founded Tutors International in 1999, highlighted a recent article in Business Insider UK [1] insisting that homeschooling was no longer a ‘strange alternative’ to a traditional classroom education, and suggesting...
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Monday, September 12th, 2016
The needs of gifted children are not being met in the classroom, according to Tutors International
As more home-schooled students prepare for coveted places at prestigious universities than ever before, Tutors International offers advice for parents struggling to balance work and life commitments with the needs of gifted children. The number of child geniuses enrolling at elite universities is growing rapidly, and a common factor amongst them is that many are coming from a home-schooling background....
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
Some UK tutoring companies are failing their clients with a lack of due diligence, announces leading tutoring firm
After repeatedly expressing concerns that corners were being cut and families put at risk, Tutors International continues to be contacted by distressed parents, following placements made by other tuition companies. Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International – called the “Dom Perignon” of tutoring companies by The Good Schools Guide – made the statement [1] this week after being contacted by...
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Friday, August 19th, 2016
Tutors International remains the ‘Dom Perignon’ of tutoring companies, according to updated review from The Good Schools Guide
A newly-updated review of the leading private tutoring firm, published this month by the educational review site, confirms that Tutors International clients and tutors couldn’t be happier. The review [1], which came as the result of surveys and interviews conducted with 6 clients, 18 tutors, and Adam Caller, who founded Tutors International in 1999, praised the firm for its professionalism,...
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Monday, August 15th, 2016
Tutors International announces 2016 as its busiest year yet as demand for private tutoring doubles
In January, the leading global private tutoring firm this week announced a record number of successful placements in 2015, but demand has since risen by a further 200%, with further growth predicted before the end of the year. Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, predicted in January that 2016 would be the year of the private tutor. The firm has...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Tutors International founder, Adam Caller, announces resignation from The Tutors Association
The independent education consultant and founder of leading private tutoring firm, Tutors International, issued a statement today outlining the circumstances surrounding his resignation as a member of The Tutors’ Association (TTA). Mr Caller was among the first voices in the sector to call for the regulation of private tutoring in the UK and actively supported and contributed towards the formation...
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Friday, July 1st, 2016
Tutors International launches search for private after-school tutor for family in Milan, Italy
The leading private tutoring firm posted the new vacancy this week, on behalf of a very private family in Milan seeking a British or American tutor to provide after-school support for two children. The family’s two children attend an American-curriculum school in Milan, and their parents wish to employ an exceptional private tutor for after-school support: helping the students to...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
Travel Asia, Europe and Africa as a travelling private tutor: Leading private tutoring firm announces new international vacancies for broadly competent travelling tutors
Tutors International are now seeking to recruit for new full-time roles that include the opportunity for extensive travel through Asia, Europe and Africa for the successful candidates. Tutors International has announced it is recruiting for two professional private tutors required to work with two children, aged 13 and 9. The children are currently attending full-time school in Singapore, following the...
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Friday, May 27th, 2016
“Parents are being misled by IGCSE schools” states Tutors International founder
Adam Caller issued a statement this week reminding parents that schools offering IGCSEs run by the CIE are not automatically superior to those offering Edexcel equivalents. Independent education consultant and founder of the leading private tutoring firm, Adam Caller, this week reported his concern that a growing number of overseas parents are being supplied inaccurate information concerning the IGCSE by...
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