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During the last few weeks, we have asked all students at Trefoil Tutors for feedback regarding their experience of attending our lessons. We are very grateful for the huge number of responses – thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! Having analysed the results, we are pleased to share some of the most interesting insights with you:

100% of our students indicated the lessons to be “very useful” or “quite useful”

91.5% of the students find the size of the class to be “just right”

80.5% of our students said that marking of their assignments and assessments at Trefoil Tutors is “much better” or “better” compared to work marked at school

Our students have said:

“They have really helped me improve my English and vocabulary. “

“They have a lot of resources on the website which helps me with my homework set from school.”

“They help me to improve my results and they also help me build my knowledge.”

Thank you for your feedback - we are delighted to hear you are enjoying your time at Trefoil!

Take part in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year competition this summer! The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is the biggest poetry competition for 11-17 year olds in the world.

Participation is free - visit www.foyleyoungpoets.org to submit your poems!

For inspiration, have a look at the online anthology of last year’s winning poems: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-award/2023-2/

At Trefoil Tutors, we value the importance of maintaining an ongoing conversation between parents, tutors and students as a key factor in maintaining tutee progress and development. As the Summer Term comes to an end, we would therefore like to invite parents to book a meeting to speak to your child’s tutor and discuss their progress throughout the academic year. These meetings will build on the personalised feedback the tutors upload to the online portal every week.

To book your meeting, please log in to the Parent Portal, click on Report Meetings and choose a convenient date and time to speak to your child's tutor.

We are delighted to share with you the positive feedback contributed by the parents of students who have attended our group lessons and found these enjoyable and beneficial to their learning.

“Raya’s favourite subject is English but since joining Trefoil Tutors, she loves Maths equally now. Her confidence has increased, she can focus longer, and even her methods have improved. We received the school report and she is now exceeding all expectations.”

A reminder to all students and parents that as we approach the end of the Summer Term, students will be sitting an assessment in their lessons this week. This is so assessments can be returned in Week 12 before the Summer Holidays begin. Do remember to review your classwork notes and homework assignments in preparation!

We would like to say a big congratulations to all our students who have sat and finished their GCSE and A Level examinations. Very well done! After months of hard work, we hope you have a restful and enjoyable summer break. We look forward to hearing from you on Results Day!

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback!

During the last few weeks, we have asked our students’ parents for feedback regarding their experience using our services. We are grateful to have received many responses – thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!

Here are some of the results of this year’s feedback survey:

100% of the parents of our students have rated their tutor’s academic and subject knowledge to be “outstanding”

93% of our parents indicated that both classwork and homework set is “just right”for their child’s needs

100% of our parents said they would recommend Trefoil Tutors to a friend

As the deadline for Priority Registration has now passed, we are delighted to have registered over 180 students to our Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English, Reasoning, Science and Chemistry lessons for the Autumn Term.

We are now excited to offer the final available places to students who are on our waiting list as well as those who are getting in touch with us for the first time!

Please see the available places here: https://www.trefoiltutors.co.uk/availability/

If you have missed the registration deadline but would still like to join our lessons in the upcoming academic year, we would be happy to check any remaining availability as places are now allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you have not yet been in touch with us but would like your son or daughter to join our lessons, please contact our Registrar Esther on 0203 565 0539 or email registrar@trefoiltutors.co.uk.

At Trefoil Tutors, we are incredibly proud of the quality of teaching and learning we deliver across a range of different subjects. In our small group lessons, our team of qualified teachers and experienced tutors aim to augment and support the work done by schools. Students are taught according to a structured scheme of work and are given weekly homework assignments and regular assessments which are all prepared in-house by our tutors, with weekly individual feedback provided to parents via our personalised online portal.

A far cry away from traditional one-to-one tuition, our lessons take place in purpose-built classrooms in our Elstree office where tutors are supported by a full-time administrative team to ensure they can spend their time teaching. All our tutors are qualified teachers or experienced tutors who are subject specialists and have been DBS checked, fully insured and have attended safeguarding courses run at Trefoil Tutors. These are the standards expected at top schools in the country and we firmly believe tutors should hold themselves to the same standards.

If you would like to join our lessons in the new academic year, or if you would like to learn more about our services, please do get in touch - we look forward to hearing from you!

We are delighted to share with you the positive feedback contributed by the parents of students who have attended our group lessons and found these enjoyable and beneficial to their learning.

"The fact that Vivek is a former HABS teacher was definitely one of the factors making me decide that I would send my son to Vivek, because he knew what he was talking about. I knew he had done the HABS syllabus, so certainly Vivek would point him in the right direction."

The winners for the 2024 Yoto Carnegies awards have been announced for 2024! The Yoto Carnegie Medals are the UK’s oldest and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.

This year, the Medal for Writing has been awarded to The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho.

The story portrays a boy’s journey into manhood and “cleverly integrates” the ancient legacy of the Minotaur with the contemporary journey of a teenager searching for his biological father.

The Medal for Illustration and The 2024 Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Illustration have been awarded to The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker.

Looking at the evolution of human impact on the natural environment through the fate of a lone tree and an enduring river, the timely story gives “a sense of hope”, with Becker’s use of colour to depict the seasons “transformative” and use of light “exceptional”.

The Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Writing has been awarded to Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher.

Based on a true story about teenagers swept up into county lines, this ‘innovative and engaging’ story shows the power of poetry to convey difficult truths in a way that engages and excites young minds.

Those looking are looking for any extra reading should take a look at this year's shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie awards: https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/writing-shortlist-2024/ as well as winners from previous years: https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/archive/writing-winners/.

Happy reading!

As we start the new academic year, we would like to share our Term Dates for the 2024 / 2025 academic year with parents and students. Students will attend twelve lessons each term, with all our Year 4, 5, 11 and 12 students attending an additional set of six lessons in August 2025.

Please note that Year 11 and Year 13 students will end their academic year after the first half of the Summer Term. No lessons take place during Half Term breaks and holidays.

Click here to download the Term Dates for the 2024/2025 academic year:

We are delighted to share with you the positive feedback contributed by the parents of students who have attended our group lessons and found these enjoyable and beneficial to their learning.

“Working with Milda and Vivek has been so easy; they are very professional, welcoming and flexible, so it’s been a dream really coming to this tutoring centre. We are delighted with Gabriela’s progress: she has improved so much, in her confidence, in her attitude to the subject - and she looks forward to the lessons. I highly recommend the tutoring centre for their professionalism, skills and high standards that they teach to.”

As we enter Week 9 of the Summer Term, we would like to remind students that they will be sitting a 20-minute assessment in their lessons this week.

Remember to follow Vivek and Rebecca’s advice in the Welcome Booklet on how best to revise for these assessments!

We would like to wish a wonderful Father’s Day to all dads, grandads and father figures in our lives! Thank you for all you do - be it sharing wisdom, preparing Michelin star-worthy dinners, offering reliable taxi services or simply being there for us!

We are delighted to share the news that Trefoil Tutors has been shortlisted in the National Tutoring Awards 2024 under the category of Tuition Provider for Evaluating Impact. Organised by the Tutors’ Association, The National Tutoring Awards will take place on Friday 21st of June, where the winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner.

In addition to the above award, we are also competing against all other shortlisted nominees for the People’s Choice Award which is determined via online votes from the general public. Therefore, we would like to encourage you to vote for us by following the link for the People's Choice Award. Thank you for your support and appreciation!

We would like to say a big congratulations to all our students who have sat and finished their GCSE and A-Level examinations. Very well done! After months of hard work, we hope you have a restful and enjoyable summer break. We look forward to hearing from you on Results Day

During the last few weeks, we have asked the parents of our current students to provide feedback regarding their experiences of working with Trefoil. We are very grateful for the huge number of responses - thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!

We are delighted to share with you the positive feedback contributed by the parents of students who have attended our group lessons and found these enjoyable and beneficial to their learning.

"The environment and structure of the group setup of the lessons is similar to what we are accustomed to in a school environment rather than a one-on-one, which has been very beneficial for my boys."