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tutor in elstree
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:00 pm
by nicola
Does anyone know of a good tutor for my son in year 5.We would like him to sit for Watford Grammar,Dame Alice Owen and Parmiters.Please help as I have left it a bit late.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:49 pm
by Chum
Hi Nicola,
It is actually frowned upon for anyone to advertise in the forum.
Your best bet is to look at the Tutors section off the home page and search the list of registered tutors.
This website does not financially benefit from any of these tutors other than charge them a one off administration fee of £15 for creating a dedicated webpage for each tutor.
For your information the examinations set by this consortium of schools is in verbal reasoning (set by university of Edinburgh) and mathematics (st by NFER).
Best of luck.
tutor in elstree area
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:03 pm
by nicola
sorry,i didnt know it was bad form to ask,Ijust want a pointer in the right direction.There is only one Hertfordshire tutor listed on this web site and she lives miles away!!!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:45 pm
by Guest
Nicola
Why don't you register on the forum, read through previous posts and find out who has/is applying for these schools and try sending them a pm. It would be unfair to post a tutors name directly on the website as it could result in loads of calls to one particular tutor. Better still have you tried asking other parents in the school playground. However, I know good tutors are like gold dust and many have long waiting lists. Good luck
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:47 pm
by Guest
For your information the examinations set by this consortium of schools is in verbal reasoning (set by university of Edinburgh) and mathematics (st by NFER).
Dame Alice Owens also have an English exam and you can buy past papers direct from the school.
Past papers...
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:33 pm
by Stig
I didn't realise the VR papers were set by Univeristy of Edinburgh. I thought both maths and VR were NFER.
If you look at the other posts on this forum you'll see that there was an issue where Dame Alice Owens allegedly set exactly the same VR paper as used by the SW Herts consortium. As another poster said you can buy old papers from DAO while you can't do this throught the Herts consortium. So therefore it would make sense to get the past VR papers from DAO if possible and practice them. (Beware that of course they can change the formats and suppliers without telling you.)
As for finding a tutor - why not ask your school's head teacher or your class teacher for any recommendations.
Past papers
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:46 pm
by Stig
I just went to the DAO web site and looked at the price list for practice papers. They sell Athey VR papers but do not say they are actually 'past papers'. They do however describe the English ones as 'past papers'.
I guess they are just selling the standard Athey practice papers and that does not mean that these will be the ones used on the day.
Oh well...
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:04 am
by Guest
Hi Nicola,
Just happened to see your message and just wanted to let you know that I am an experienced teacher/tutor based in Elstree specialising in years 5 and 6.
If you are still looking, you are welcome to get in touch.
Rachel (***********)
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