Author Archives: Christine McLaughlin

Tuition Centre Checklist: 16 Questions You MUST Ask

You can use our tuition centre checklist to compare different tuition centres – or to find out more about Better Tuition. You can download a PDF of our tuition centre checklist or you can simply print this page. Tuition Centre Checklist … Continue reading

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Practice entrance exams 2016

Each year, Better Tuition runs practice entrance examinations to help Year 5 children prepare for Trafford’s grammar school entrance exams.  Our papers are tailored to the requirements of the school of your choice, including: Urmston Grammar, Stretford Grammar, Altrincham Grammar … Continue reading

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The New Term Beckons – A Housekeeping Post

Autumn term 2015 begins for us on Tuesday, 1st September. Lessons will run on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4.00 pm and 5.30 pm and on Saturdays at 9.00 am and 10.30 am. We are Ofsted registered which means … Continue reading

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Better Tuition Vocabulary and Proof Reading Workbooks Available Now

We have two workbooks available from our Urmston Tuition Centre. The workbooks are suitable for older Key Stage 2 children (Years 5/6) and cost just £5 each. The Better Tuition Word Power Vocabulary workbook aims to boost your child’s vocabulary … Continue reading

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Summer School 2015 at Better Tuition, Urmston

UPDATE: find out more about our 2019 Summer School here. Our 2015 Summer School will run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the last week of of July and throughout August.  You can book in for each lesson you would like … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: a Warm Welcome

Our bright, cosy tuition centre, waiting to welcome our happy students as they begin their new term. Tweet

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Happy New Year from Better Tuition, Urmston’s Independent Tuition Centre

We didn’t send our customers Christmas cards this year.  There were a few reasons for this.  Firstly, we have a lot of customers (past and present customers would run into the thousands) and it would take a long time to … Continue reading

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Happy Christmas from the Better Tuition Centre

Merry Christmas to all our customers and readers of this blog. Our final post of this year is a joke: Q – What’s another name for Santa’s elves? A – Subordinate clauses. If your child needs help with subordinate clauses, … Continue reading

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It’s all going on at Urmston Library: children’s activities

Urmston Library is more than just a place to borrow and return books.  It’s a beautifully designed, welcoming space in which to graze upon prose, poetry and any number of non-fiction printed work.  What’s more is that the library acts … Continue reading

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A Special Offer from Better Tuition

We have a special offer for current customers: if you recommend our services to a friend, who starts lessons at our Urmston tuition centre in January 2015, you will receive a FREE lesson for your child.  Word of  mouth recommendations … Continue reading

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