The Advantages of Private Tuition

• If students have missed classes through illness or for family reasons, they can cover lost ground quickly and effectively in a one to one situation.

• The informal nature of private tuition allows a student to express ideas freely and confidently, with a tutor's undivided attention, and allows a tutor to deal directly with any problems that may arise.

• Private tuition is extremely flexible as a teaching method. It enables students to work at their own pace. More able students can get through a lot of material quickly without the problem of having to wait for others to catch up before the class can move on. Less able students are able to cover topics they find difficult until they are thoroughly understood.

• Private tuition encourages an active involvement in the learning process and students have to take direct responsibility for the development of understanding.

• Private tuition enables students to take a course outside normal teaching hours, such as at weekends and during holiday periods.

• A great advantage of private tuition is that students can have the benefit of a specialised tutor in a specific field of study and gain in-depth knowledge that would not be possible in a class situation. This might be of particular interest to mature students.

• Private tuition can also be supplementary to timetabled lessons and act as a valuable boost in areas where students require more in-depth help.