by John Nichols | Feb 7, 2021 | Education News, Exams, Parents, Students
By John Nichols, co-founder and Director of Get My Grades and President of The Tutors’ Association. All parents are naturally concerned about their children’s education and there are few periods that are more significant than final GCSE and A Level exams. GCSE...
by John Nichols | Apr 8, 2020 | Education News, Exams, Parents, Students
On the 3rd of April, Ofqual (the body which regulates qualifications in the UK) released guidance on how GCSEs and A Levels will be awarded in 2020 now that exams have been cancelled this summer as a result of COVID-19. The full guidance can be found here, but I have...
by John Nichols | Oct 22, 2019 | Exams, Homeschooling, Parents
If you’ve decided (or are considering) to home-school your child or children, then you’re thinking about a very serious undertaking, with your children’s future at stake, and it would be no surprise that you are looking for some help and advice. After all, teachers...
by John Nichols | Aug 20, 2019 | Exams, Parents, Students
Hopefully, you will be thrilled at your GCSE results and can go and celebrate with your friends and family. Yet, there will be many pupils who are disappointed when they open their envelopes. If you are one of these pupils, don’t panic. Whisper it in the streets –...
by John Nichols | Aug 20, 2019 | Exams, Students
Congratulations – you have completed your GCSE exams and patiently waited for the results. Hopefully, you’ve had an amazing summer, free from school, exams and revision. But all over the country, anxious students are thinking the same thing as you right now: ‘It’s...
by John Nichols | Sep 30, 2018 | Corporates, Exams, Tutors
Every tutor or teacher, regardless of what subject they teach and the level they teach it at, faces two important challenges at the start of any tuition programme or educational course: they must set the foundations of a professional relationship with their student(s)...
