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We have recently welcomed Karol-An Kirkman to the Mentor team as our Director of Education. Karol-An is on hand to help support children and parents with their transition from Primary to Secondary. Karol-An has 27 years of primary teaching experience and is a master of the 11 plus entrance process, she is a very valued […]

On 25th February 2021, the Secretary of State for Education confirmed that examinations will not go ahead for GCSEs, AS and A Levels this summer, due to the widespread disruption to schooling caused by COVID-19. Following a consultation in which 100,000 responses from teachers and school leaders (as well as students and parents) were analysed, […]

2020 has been a surprising year. The coronavirus has had (and continues to have) far-reaching consequences, and the educational sector is now struggling to predict (and therefore prepare for) what will happen in 2021. As such, online testing may become the new norm – a real change for many pupils and parents alike. The news […]

A recent – and worrying – report from Ofsted alleges that the pandemic has not only seen most children in England take a backwards step in terms of learning, some have also seen regression with their social skills. In the report, which is the second in a series on COVID-19, Ofsted expresses serious concerns about […]

The coronavirus crisis has forced tutors, parents and students to adapt educational approaches in a way hitherto unseen. Home schooling, in particular, has been at the forefront of everyone’s minds: the stress on both parents and children to keep up with schoolwork, the fear that students might fall behind, and the difficulty of juggling school […]

The application of a mild electric current to the brain could help improve the reading accuracy of people with dyslexia, a new study undertaken by the University of Geneva has concluded. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is the most common specific learning difference, affecting 10 – 15% of the population. It is characterised as a learning […]