Private Tutors in Bournemouth & Poole

Tutor on Target provides experienced private tutors / private teachers based in the Bournemouth & Poole area. Tutor on Target aims to help children aged 5-16 to reach their full potential through lessons on a face to face or online basis.

 

 

One to one tuition

One to one tuition involves a teacher, teaching assistant or other adult giving a pupil intensive individual support. It may happen outside of normal lessons as additional teaching – for example as part of Extending school time or a Summer school – or as a replacement for other lessons.

How effective is it?

Evidence indicates that one to one tuition can be effective, delivering approximately five additional months’ progress on average.

Evidence indicates that one to one tuition can be effective

Short, regular sessions (about 30 minutes, three to five times a week) over a set period of time (six to twelve weeks) appear to result in optimum impact. Evidence also suggests tuition should be additional to, but explicitly linked with, normal teaching, and that teachers should monitor progress to ensure the tutoring is beneficial. Studies comparing one to one with small group tuition show mixed results. In some cases one to one tuition has led to greater improvement, while in others tuition in groups of two or three has been equally or even more effective. The variability in findings may suggest it is the particular type or quality of teaching enabled by very small groups that is important, rather than the precise size of the group. 

Programmes involving Teaching assistants or volunteers can have a valuable impact, but tend to be less effective than those using experienced and specifically trained teachers, which have nearly twice the effect on average. Where tuition is delivered by volunteers or teaching assistants there is evidence that training and the use of a structured programme is advisable.

Comments: Tutor on Target has proved an invaluable, high quality tutoring service to support the increasing number of children affected by the continuous disruption to their learning during the current Covid pandemic. If you believe that your child’s learning has been affected and tutoring is needed to support him/her, please contact us. We are here to help through face-to-face tuition as well as online tuition through bramble.io and Zoom.