Welcome to my little newsletter. I thought I'd write this as a sum up of all of the bits and pieces that are going on at Word Academy and some of the things that are coming soon. Goodbye year 11 and 13 I have genuinely loved teaching my year 11 and 13s this year. I've come across some dedicated, engaged, beautiful people that deserve to do really well. My year 11s may be at the age that are often accused of being lazy and unappreciative but these students have proved that to

It is clear that weak literacy is the key factor that is pushing parents to get extra help and tuition at my tuition company, Word Academy, Oxenhope. Here, as in the rest of the UK and, no doubt, the world, it really is the million pound question. Parents are desperate to get a better deal for their kids that are falling behind in mainstream education or that have a diagnosed condition such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or auditory processing disorder. Here are some of the Word Acad