How many ''normal'' school hours does 1-2-1 tutoring equal ?Also how much homework for GCSC's

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raspberryroop · 27/12/2011 17:42

I know its a random question and very variable but am just looking for a rough guide. Also how much homework per subject per week for gcsc subjects ?

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inkyfingers · 27/12/2011 18:02

Up to last spring one to one tutoring was a govt initiative with ring-fenced money for pupils who needed a boost in maths/english. Then the ££ was open to be used for whatever the school wanted. By now I'm guessing there's no funding unless a school decides to offer it.

It was 10 x 1 hour sessions.

Can't really help with other question. It so much depends on coursework dependent subjects and will vary through years 10 and 11. It will depend on the school's policy if htey have one. Also it's hard to say how long a 1000 word essay is supposed to take....

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raspberryroop · 27/12/2011 18:09

Thanks Inky but not really anything to do with school tutoring or gov initiatives.

More how many hours of normal schooling do people think 1-2-1 tutor equals and re home work say for Maths and English years 10 ?

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Scoundrel · 27/12/2011 18:15

My 14yr old (yr 10) daughter is home tutored as she is under a hospital education service. She gets five hours of tutoring a week. Initially this was in five different subjects, although this has changed now to various factors. They apparently can get very good results from this albeit in a limited number of GCSEs (max 5). They get through a lot more work in an hour than in a classroom with 30 kids in it and it also has the advantage that the child cannot simply gloss over things that they don't fully understand.

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raspberryroop · 27/12/2011 20:16

Thanks scoundrel - does she do any homework ? if so roughly how much?

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ElphabaisWicked · 27/12/2011 20:24

Children taking part in performances have to have 4 hours tuition per school day

spiderpig8 · 28/12/2011 15:10

i think it depends on how good the class teacher is, how well behaved and able the other students are.

Idratherbemuckingout · 28/12/2011 16:52

I would say that an hour with a tutor, one to one, has got to be worth at least double the time in a class, if not more. Think about it. If there are 30 children in the class, does your child get two minutes in an hour? Okay, so they don't need one to one to be working, but one to one must help enormously to up the output workwise. No waiting around to ask a question, no being held back by others, no not understanding and getting lost. Maybe one to three? Be generous.

Saracen · 28/12/2011 18:31

"Children taking part in performances have to have 4 hours tuition per school day"

But that isn't usually one-to-one, is it? I've only ever met one tutor who does that for a living, but he said it was mostly small group tutoring with children of different ages. Depending who was on the set that day, he might be tutoring just one or two children, or as many as eight children at a time all working on different things.

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