The annual get-together of the Association of Professional Tuition Centres 2017…
The annual meeting this year is going to be in Stafford on June 11. Apart from the social aspect, which is important, as our 30
3 March 2017
Author: Peter
What is the Association of Professional Tuition Centres (APTC)?
An association founded in 2011 by group of about 25 UK tuition centre owners, previously franchisees of Kip McGrath Education Centres (KMEC). Its original aim
15 February 2017
The tuition business – to buy or not to buy
What does it take to own and run a viable independent tuition business? Teachers thinking of a career change, and asking themselves this question, may
26 September 2016
Ofsted Inspection
I know that two APTC members of us have had inspections – Juliet (Erith) last year, and now myself, June 2016. If you are Ofsted
18 July 2016
Kip McGrath returns to Canterbury
Canterbury now has a choice of tuition centres – with the recent opening of a Kip McGrath Education Centre in St Dunstan’s, there is now a
12 June 2016
How to start a tuition centre – contact the APTC
‘I am thinking of starting a tuition centre – what advice can you give me?’ This question has been sent in to me several times
30 May 2016
English revision is about putting some time into serious thinking
What is the best way to revise for a GCSE English Language exam? Given that typically it consists of a Reading paper and a Writing
4 April 2016
Science revision is about breaking things down , whereas English revision is…
As we are into the season of final revision for GCSE exams, it is perhaps time to think about a strategy for breaking things down
26 March 2016
Desirable difficulty
Good phrases are surely, and ever were, very commendable’ – as Shakespeare puts it. There was one that I heard for the first time the other
2 February 2016
A second tuition centre in Canterbury?
I see a new tuition centre has opened, in Watling Street inside the city walls.It is called Bright Young Things (a reference to Evelyn Waugh’s
8 December 2015