News and press releases
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
Yacht-based private tutors prepare for exciting new placement in South East Asia with Sea Tutors
The two private tutors, selected from hundreds of applicants, have now started a once-in-a-lifetime placement, aboard a private yacht exploring South East Asia, teaching a range of subjects to three students. Adam Caller, founder of Sea Tutors, said this week of the placement: “This really is an exciting and unique opportunity for these tutors. The job specification was very detailed...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Tutors International reports a gross total sales revenue of £1m in new contracts in September as record 2016 growth continues
Continuing a record-breaking year for the firm, September saw Tutors International net an estimated £1m gross total sales revenue in new tutoring contracts during its busiest period of the year. September and October are peak times for the leading global tutoring firm, with the start of the new academic year and parents looking to identify what extra support their children...
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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 26th, 2016
What I Learned This Week: The Cradles of Eminence
This article was first published in 13d.com. Reproduced here by kind permission of the author, Kiril Solokoff. In this uncertain world, we endlessly search for the best way to raise children and grandchildren. As once again we consider home-schooling, we were recently drawn back again to the timeless Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women by Victor Goertzel and...
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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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Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Tutors International issues new advice for parents of disappointed A-level students, following concerns by teachers
As schools and exam regulators warned this week of the possibility of ‘variable’ results in 2016 [1], as a result of recent changes to the A-level curriculum, Tutors International offered reassurances and solutions for parents. The 2016 academic year saw multiple changes in the A-level curriculum and subject matter given to inadequately-prepared teachers and students, across a wide range of...
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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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