Organise your Teenager: 7 top tips to help

Organise your Teenager: 7 top tips to help

How do you organise your teenager? “Where are my PE shorts?”  “Have you got some change for the non-school uniform day collection?” “Where can I get icing sugar for food tech tomorrow?” Sound familiar? How do you respond, to help organise your teenager? “How long have...
UCAS Personal Statement: Top Tips

UCAS Personal Statement: Top Tips

When writing your UCAS personal statement, there are a few basic guidelines that you can follow to make it more effective.  Obviously, there is the length of four thousand characters (with spaces) which is a must. Do aim to use up as much of this allowance as...
How to structure your UCAS Personal Statement

How to structure your UCAS Personal Statement

Starting your UCAS personal statement might be the most difficult part but once you have decided on your introduction, getting the structure of the UCAS personal statement right is equally important. UCAS Personal Statement structure matters. You have 4,000 characters...
School Anxiety: How to best support your child

School Anxiety: How to best support your child

As we dig out the warmer coats and wellies, memories of the summer holidays fade and we well and truly feel ‘back in the swing of it’.  The school year still feels unfamiliar and new, and the routine of school is not a welcome route through the changing seasons. For...
Writing a Personal Statement…where to start?

Writing a Personal Statement…where to start?

Starting a personal statement is often the most difficult part of writing it. You have your tutor or head of sixth form pestering you for a first draft or even the final copy, and the deadline is just around the corner, and you’re still staring at a blank page. The...
UCAS Personal Statement: Top Tips

Summer’s over, September’s here…start studying!

We all find it difficult getting back to work after a long holiday. However, if your holiday happens to have been six to nine weeks, depending on which school you go to, and longer if you did your GCSEs in the summer, returning to studying, working and routines can be...