One-to-one tuition is often described as the oldest form of teaching, dating back at least as far as Ancient Greece.
Yet this ancient practice has in recent years had a major resurgence, with an estimated one in four students now having a private tutor at some point during their secondary school career, according to the Sutton Trust.
Media stories abound of parents guarding their best tutor’s contact details fiercely, taking their tutors on holiday and paying hundreds of pounds for the very top so-called “super tutors”. All of this seems to be geared towards giving their children a competitive edge in today’s modern world.
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