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Re: A Level Tutor

Try the website Tutorfair. They have tutors with a wide variety of hourly rates. Some are ridiculously high, but some are fairly reasonable. We have tried a couple at around the £40-50 mark. There are quite a lot of (mainly post grad) university students advertising themselves there. We have one who...
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Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:17 am

Re: Bolingbroke Academy

I have had two children go through Bolingbroke and it’s one of the greatest regrets of my life - with no exaggeration - that I did not move them to a different school when I had the chance. The school evidently works for some children who have the right (obedient, hard-working) personality to thrive...
Forum: Schools
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Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:12 pm

Re: What shall I buy my wife for Christmas?

If she is a keen reader she might like a subscription book service. I think several bookshops do them, e.g. ones that spring to mind are Heywood Hill bookshop and Libreria bookshop. You would need to tell them some details about your wife's tastes and then, every month for a year, they send her a sp...
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:49 am

Re: Viking bike stolen!

My sympathies, but you have very little hope of getting it back. Maybe you or your employer may be able to claim on contents insurance of house? As a family we have had five bikes stolen in the last eighteen months. One of the five was stolen from one of my sons at knifepoint by a kid on Bolingbroke...
Replies: 7
Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:16 pm

Re: Thoughts on Bolingbroke's first results?

The results at Bolingbroke are terrific, but do bear in mind your child's personality. I think it's a school that works brilliantly for certain children, especially those who are naturally hard-working and well-behaved.
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Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:07 am