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Remote Learning and Exam Cancellations

Remote Learning and Exam Cancellations

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...

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Christmas Break

Christmas Break

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...

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End of Term Social Activities

End of Term Social Activities

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...

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Exams Update

Exams Update

The government announced this week new measures that will be taken to support students sitting exams in the summer. In addition to the summer exam series being moved back by three weeks, the following changes will take place: more generous grading will be...

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Half Term

Half Term

Well done to all our students and staff for making it through the first-half term of what continues to be a strange and challenging year! We have had some interesting discussions during our PSHCE sessions, which have so far looked at stress, anxiety and the...

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2021 Exams

2021 Exams

The government has announced today that the summer 2021 exam series will run from 7 June to 2 July. This will apply to all A level and GCSEs, with the exception of one Maths and one English GCSE exam, which will be taken just before the May half-term. A...

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Exercise Classes

Exercise Classes

This year, rather than doing communal sports sessions, we are going to have two online sessions a week, conducted by our sports supervisor Helen Wicks. Helen is a qualified gymnastics instructor (as well as having a DPhil from Imperial), and she will be...

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Preparing for PSHCE

Preparing for PSHCE

In addition to our expert one-to-one academic tuition, Westminster Tutors holds weekly PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education) sessions on a wide range of topics for all our students.

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Welcome Back

Welcome Back

After six months of school closures, we are happy to be open again for all our staff and students, who are starting the academic year today!

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2020 GCSE Results

2020 GCSE Results

Congratulations to our GCSE students who received excellent results today! Well done on your hard work throughout this year, and all the best for your future studies.

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Making Westminster Tutors Covid Ready

Making Westminster Tutors Covid Ready

Westminster Tutors is perhaps uniquely able as a school to respond to Coronavirus. While keeping any physical environment safe is only ever a matter of reducing risk, one to one tuition is safer than classroom teaching.

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Getting a Re-Mark for 2020 A Levels and GCSEs

Getting a Re-Mark for 2020 A Levels and GCSEs

This summer there were no A level or GCSE exams and all grades will be awarded via centre assessment. This means that the usual post-results services, such as access to scripts and reviews of marking, will not be applicable.

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A Level and GCSE Exams in Autumn 2020

A Level and GCSE Exams in Autumn 2020

Following the cancellation of A level and GCSE exams for the summer 2020 series, Ofqual have confirmed that an autumn exam series will be held in October 2020 for A levels and November 2020 for GCSEs.

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Choosing the Right Sixth Form College

Choosing the Right Sixth Form College

London is considered to be one of the biggest and best cities in the world. A city where you can find some of the best private sixth form colleges. So how can one of these private London colleges help you?

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How the 2020 A Level Grades will be Awarded

How the 2020 A Level Grades will be Awarded

In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, this year’s summer A level and GCSE exams have been cancelled. Students will still be awarded grades as they would in any other year, but these will be calculated from centre assessment grades.

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Open and Operating Remotely

Open and Operating Remotely

While schools and colleges have been asked to close, Westminster Tutors is still open but we are operating remotely. We are open for enquiries and we are teaching online, conducting lessons via Google Meet or Zoom, and using Google Classroom to share work.

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Retakes Advice – Resitting A Levels

Retakes Advice – Resitting A Levels

Summer is an anxious time for many students as they wait for A level results day on Thursday 13 August 2020 and to hear whether they have secured a place at the university of their dreams.

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Ofsted OUTSTANDING, across the board, again!

Ofsted OUTSTANDING, across the board, again!

Last month, we were inspected for the second time by Ofsted, and we are extremely proud that we have yet again been awarded “Outstanding” in all six judgements. Well done to all students and staff, who thoroughly impressed the inspector! In our report, the...

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Good Schools Guide Review of Westminster Tutors

Good Schools Guide Review of Westminster Tutors

This year the Good Schools Guide came to visit us as it was a while since our last review was written.  The Good Schools Guide occupies a unique position as it is the only guide which chooses which schools or colleges to include (ie it is not possible to pay...

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How To Revise For Your A Level Retakes

How To Revise For Your A Level Retakes

If your A level results didn’t turn out quite as you’d expected, don’t give up hope just yet. There are still options available to you, and among those are revising for your A level retakes.

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A Level retakes and how you can get back on track

A Level retakes and how you can get back on track

Studying full-time can be a real challenge, both mentally and physically. So when your A level results come back with grades that are somewhat underwhelming, it can feel like all your weeks and months of study was pointless. So what’s next?

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