Is Tuition WORTH it?

Yes. For English, I went from a grade 2 in literature and grade 4 in language to a grade 7 in literature and language. It's an investment though. You will need to give it time for it to work, unfortunately it's not just a quick win.

You also need to do a bit of homework on which tutor is best for you. Look at testimonials from former students, how much they charge, what they offer, etc. I was lucky that my tutor was a family friend who had been teaching English for the past few years.

Good luck!

Haha yeah man. For GCSE my school was in special measures and I had to have tuition because I couldn't learn ****. Went from a D to an A in 5 months

Ages 10-15 to GCSE, I had tuition in both Maths and English. I found that Maths tuition was really helpful. I used to struggle with maths when I was 10 and it really helped boost my confidence for high school and eventually my GCSE’s. I ended up with an A*. After about year 9 I felt it wasn’t as useful as you’ve essentially grasped the skills to tackle the demands of GCSE’s.

For me personally, English tuition wasn’t as useful as I thought it’d be. I stopped after year 8-9 since I didn’t want my parents to waste it on me. That’s not to say it might be useful to you. You should try it for a month or so and see if it’s helping over a long time. (Got an A* in Lang and Lit).

I think if you have good teacher support ie 1:1’s then tuition might not be necessary but the focus is good in tuition centres as the class sizes are usually smaller and more relaxed. It did help give the initial push for me to do well later on.

I can't really help you as I don't really know but maybe I can bump up this thread and someone will answer.

Just a thought, will the cost of the tutor be worth the results. If you think it'll help you, you could ask them for a trial class.

I think I might need Tuition. I hate asking questions in class( I dunno why) and I done tuition when I was younger I used to get great marks in most my subjects.
Glad to see Tuition Centres are good. I do not want my parents spending heaps of money just for me.

If it works for you in the past, it may work now too. I’m sure your parents are willing to pay if it will help you academically. Both normal tuition centres and home tuition is good, what you prefer there is all preference.

Good luck, try it out!

When did you start your tuition?
Did you start at the beginning of Year 11 or a couple of months before GCSE?

Right at the start of year 11 when we had to write our speaking and listening. It started as her just helping me write the speech and then we continued to look at my literature texts and language papers.

Lots of tutors would refuse to teach you if you asked them a couple of months before exams as it would just be a waste of money.

Honestly, it's about what works for you.

Thanks!!!

It is utterly useless trust me from experience; just work hard and ask teachers (who specifically get paid to teach you) for help.

Nice!!!
Did you go to a private tuition or one of those ordinary tuition centres ?

Private but I think public may be better imo

you mean like a private tutor helping you with content?

Definitely yes, although I hate learning with others. It stresses me out. I much rather use online videos, whether paid or for free. I bought an expensive $120 set of maths videos for IB and they are amazing. For gcse there are a lot of free and paid resources. The ones where they work thru past papers are great imo and help me most.