What Is Wrong With Using Unqualified Staff To Teach?

by | Apr 24, 2012 | Featured

When I’m talking to parents, friends and colleagues about the issue of having qualified teachers teaching pupils of all ages most haven’t been aware that the person teaching their child may not be qualified. This can happen in a school environment, a...

Teaching Times Tables

by | Apr 19, 2012 | Featured

Earlier I posted that scientists have shown how speaking out loud as you search for a missing item can increase the effectiveness and speed of the search, improving the cognitive process at the time. I then realised this is a very similar technique to how I have been...

Is your child's tutor a qualified teacher?

by | Apr 17, 2012 | Featured

Dear all, I’ve started an e petition, see below. Please can we all push this as much as we can with friends, parents etc. Our biggest concern is having to battle companies/individuals who have no qualifications in teaching educating the nations’s children....

Are you qualified to teach my child?

by | Feb 21, 2012 | Featured

Sally and I have run our Kip McGrath centre in Ashford for nearly eight years, and the question at the top of my blog has only been asked by a handful of parents in that time. In a way, I’m pleased. It shows that society works, we trust the people around us, we...

A New Centre… A New Look… A Bright New Future

by | Mar 14, 2011 | Featured

Monday 28th February saw our tired old centre move to new premises and a brand new look. Gen 2 arrived to Kip McGrath Ashford and our pupils and parents just loved the upgrade. Best reaction of the week went to one of the many mums who amazingly juggle work, school...