by Clarendon Tutors | Nov 27, 2025 | News, Parenting
Clarendon’s mother very occasionally reads this newsletter, and she was kind enough to feed back to me that Tuesday’s newsletter was littered with mistakes and that I should think about cutting down the number of newsletters we send. Well, I won’t do...
by Clarendon Tutors | Nov 20, 2025 | News, Parenting, Technology & AI
South Korea has one the highest achieving education systems in the world – 5th on the latest Pisa rankings. Its education system has a strong exam and test culture, with the students under constant, intense pressure. The national university exam or...
by Clarendon Tutors | Nov 6, 2025 | News, Parenting
It’s been, shall we say, a rather eventful season for the independent schools sector. Since January, when VAT began to apply to school fees, more than 50 independent schools have closed or announced closure, which is undoubtedly hugely disruptive for pupils and...
by Clarendon Tutors | Oct 24, 2025 | News, Parenting
Resilience is one of those qualities every parent wants for their child – right up there with kindness and remembering to hang up their towel. It’s what helps them bounce back from disappointment, keep trying when things get hard, and face challenges with...
by Clarendon Tutors | Oct 15, 2025 | News, Parenting
I can still remember the heartbreak I felt when children I used to nanny for would come home and quietly say, ‘No-one wanted to play with me today.’ That helpless feeling – wanting to swoop in and fix everything – is something every parent knows. Later,...
by Clarendon Tutors | Sep 26, 2025 | News, Parenting
I was not a good reader at school; I read the Redwall series by Brian Jacques at an embarrassingly late age and, more mortifyingly, after my brother … who is 4 years younger than me. The shame. However, it may just be that I wasn’t taught reading fluency strategically...
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