NEWS

We have arranged a visit to the Houses of Parliament on Monday 31 October between 2:15pm and 4:30pm. We will meet at college and travel there as a group. This is a fantastic opportunity to see inside one of the world’s most famous buildings and learn more...

Three cheers for three of our students who are starting at Cambridge University in a month’s time, we are massively proud of them and their considerable talents. We are also rather proud of ourselves as each of them obtained A*A*A* in their A levels and we...

Well done to all our A level students receiving their A level grades today! It has been a particularly challenging few years, so everyone should be very proud of their achievements. At Westminster Tutors, initial data shows that 35% of all A level grades in...

The much-anticipated end of term staff vs students rounders match took place last Friday. To celebrate the end of the academic year and the last A level exam, a team of teachers and admin staff faced up against the Year 12 and 13 students in Hyde Park for an...

Year 12 Biology students will take part in a biodiversity practical on Tuesday 14th June. Students will meet at the college at 11:30 and then walk to Kensington Gardens, which is only a few minutes away. The practical activity will involve placing quadrats...

The tube strike planned for Monday 6th June is going ahead. The college will still be open and A level exams will continue as normal. Our guidance is as follows: Students taking A level exams on Monday. Fortunately, there are no morning exams, so the only...

Virginia Maguire, Senior Consultant and Director of Studies, will be holding an introduction to UCAS for Year 12 students and parents on Wednesday 25 May at 6pm. She will be talking through the UCAS process and the support we offer at Westminster Tutors....

On Thursday, Mozammel Hossain QC met with students to give insights into his highly successful career as a criminal barrister. Mozammel is the first Bangladeshi-born QC, and has worked for many years on high profile criminal cases. In an informal and...

On Tuesday 26th April, in a ceremony at the House of Lords, Anusha Patel was presented with the CIFE award for Outstanding Contribution to College Life. She was awarded the prize by Lord Lexden, Chairman of CIFE (the Council for Independent Education). As...

Westminster Tutors students are welcome to join the annual David Game College student party on Saturday 7th May, at the WildSide Roof Space at The DoubleTree Hilton (Tower of London). Tickets are a heavily subsidised £40 and include food and non-alcoholic...

French A Level students are invited to attend a film screening at the Ciné Lumière at the Institut Français on Thursday 24th March. The film is a comedy called La famille Bélier about music and social class in France. It is part of the Set French Days...

As the summer A level exams loom ever closer, it is important to consider how you are preparing and revising for success. There are only a few weeks left of the spring term, and then you will have up to three weeks off over the Easter holidays. This is the...

On Monday 28th February there will be a college theatre trip to Small Island at the National Theatre: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/small-island The play starts at 7.30pm and should finish between 9.30 and 10pm (the running times have yet to be...

This week the exam boards have published their advance information for the exams this summer, and this can be found at the links below: AQA Edexcel OCR Our initial impression is that there is not much reduction in content, but the aim is to guide students to...

For our PSHCE sessions this half term, our students have been working on preparing debates. This has helped them to get used to speaking in public, working as a team to research a topic, and building clear and persuasive arguments. Three debates took place...

It’s always nice to pass on good news, and we are really pleased to say that two of our students were successful in their applications to Cambridge. A huge amount of that is down to the support of Virginia and our teachers - well done on your fantastic...

Our teachers have many talents, and several of them are published authors! David Swift has taught History and Politics at Westminster Tutors for several years, alongside researching and teaching at a number of universities in the UK and abroad. He...

As part of the David Game College Group, Westminster Tutors students can enjoy the varied clubs and activities offered at David Game College, at no extra charge. David Game College is a 30 minute journey from Westminster Tutors, right by Aldgate tube station...

Following the cancellation of summer exams in 2020 and 2021, the government plans for A level and GCSE students to take exams as normal in summer 2022. The exam timetables for the summer have now been published, and they can be found on the individual exam...

Well done to all of our students and staff for working so hard this term. Last week, we held mock exams, and it was clear just how serious and focussed our students were. For this final week of term, we have had a number of festive events to help the...

Will Bynoe is starting a reading group that is open to all students. The plan is to read a short, interesting article before each meeting and then meet to discuss it. We hope it will be an opportunity for students to get to know each other in a friendly,...

The Art Department will be taking students to the V&A Museum next Monday morning. Students will meet at the college, walk to the museum, which is only a few minutes away, and then walk back. This is a great opportunity for students to see a fantastic...

Every year, we ask our students and parents to give us feedback about their experiences with Westminster Tutors. We are very pleased to be able to share below some of the wonderful comments we were left this year. “From the very first contact with...

It might feel like the summer has barely begun, and for us teachers it has certainly crept up on us, but results days are here! Tomorrow at 8.30am A level results will be published, with GCSEs on Thursday at the same time. This article is a short summary of...

A few years ago The Good Schools Guide visited Westminster Tutors and wrote a glowing review of our college. We are proud to be featured in the seventh edition of The Good Schools Guide London North, which arrives this month. You can read our review on The...

Due to the Teacher Assessed Grades process replacing exams this year, the summer term will essentially be an assessment period for all students taking A levels and GCSEs. There are six weeks for the assessment process, with the option of an extension week...

The government announced yesterday evening that all schools will reopen from Monday 8th March. Therefore in person lessons will begin again that week. There will be an amended set of Covid protocols for the reopening - including the use of testing and face...

Last night, the Government announced that all secondary schools and colleges in England will be closed for six weeks until half term, the week beginning 15 February. Therefore, all lessons will continue remotely until then. At that point there will be a...

We hope everyone is looking forward to a well-deserved festive break, as we come to the end of term. The college will still be open next week if students wish to come in to work, and then we will be closed for Christmas from 18 December. We look forward to...

Well done to our students on completing their mock exams last week and for all their hard work this term! This week we have a couple of social activities arranged for students before we break up for Christmas. On Thursday at 4:30pm, students can meet in the...