Greene's Tutorial College

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Greene's Tutorial College is an independent educational establishment in Oxford which specialises in providing one-to-one tuition for students of any age, though particularly 16-18 year olds. Established in 1969 by Edward Greene, Greene's Tutorial College was originally named Edward Greene's Tutorial Establishment, and is the oldest tutorial college operating in Oxford. Many of the other tutorial colleges were in fact founded by ex-Greene's employees.[1] Unlike some other Oxford tutorial colleges, however, Greene's has an "overlay of pedagogic principle or style", and has been described as "the Rolls-Royce of Oxford crammers".[2]

The college takes on a variety of students, from students doing A-level resits, those preparing for university, particularly at Oxbridge and younger students preparing for public-school entry, to intellectually gifted children unable to find appropriate education within the main-stream system, and "the odd ball or dropout who finds it hard to adjust to the restrictions of ordinary schooling".[3] The college has recently been taken over by Christopher Upton and Matthew Uffindell, both Oxford-educated tutors.

The college has educated a number of high-profile students, which most recently included the 9 year-old Maths prodigy March Tian Boedihardjo[4]. March was taught by about seven tutors during his two years of study.[5] In the Greene's system, tutors set homework after every tutorial, go through it at the next tutorial, and write reports about performance, effort in class, and homework after every class.[6] Jonathan Christie, the Academic Registrar at Greene's, said that March was one of the youngest students the college had. "It is not normal [to have such a young student taking A-levels]. But we don't judge students by age or ability. ."[7]

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  1. ^ Snow, Peter. Oxford Observed. London: John Murray, 1991
  2. ^ Snow, Peter. Oxford Observed. London: John Murray, 1991
  3. ^ Snow, Peter. Oxford Observed. London: John Murray, 1991
  4. ^ Daily Telegraph, 25 August 2007, Maths boy, 9, wins university place
  5. ^ South China Morning Post, 17 August 2007, Star pupil makes an impact with college staff
  6. ^ South China Morning Post, 17 August 2007, Star pupil makes an impact with college staff
  7. ^ South China Morning Post, 17 August 2007, Star pupil makes an impact with college staff

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