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A Level Exams in Summer 2022
Following the cancellation of summer exams in 2020 and 2021, the government plans for A level and GCSE students to take exams as normal in summer 2022. The exam timetables for the summer have now been published, and they can be found on the individual exam...
End of Term Events
Well done to all of our students and staff for working so hard this term. Last week, we held mock exams, and it was clear just how serious and focussed our students were. For this final week of term, we have had a number of festive events to help the...
Reading Group
Will Bynoe is starting a reading group that is open to all students. The plan is to read a short, interesting article before each meeting and then meet to discuss it. We hope it will be an opportunity for students to get to know each other in a friendly,...
Museum Trip
The Art Department will be taking students to the V&A Museum next Monday morning. Students will meet at the college, walk to the museum, which is only a few minutes away, and then walk back. This is a great opportunity for students to see a fantastic...
Testimonials
Every year, we ask our students and parents to give us feedback about their experiences with Westminster Tutors. We are very pleased to be able to share below some of the wonderful comments we were left this year. “From the very first contact with...
Teacher Assessed Grades – Results Day and Appeals
It might feel like the summer has barely begun, and for us teachers it has certainly crept up on us, but results days are here! Tomorrow at 8.30am A level results will be published, with GCSEs on Thursday at the same time. This article is a short summary of...
Westminster Tutors Features in The Good Schools Guide London North
A few years ago The Good Schools Guide visited Westminster Tutors and wrote a glowing review of our college. We are proud to be featured in the seventh edition of The Good Schools Guide London North, which arrives this month. You can read our review on The...
Teacher Assessed Grades – Key Dates
Due to the Teacher Assessed Grades process replacing exams this year, the summer term will essentially be an assessment period for all students taking A levels and GCSEs. There are six weeks for the assessment process, with the option of an extension week...
College Reopening Date and Exam Replacements
The government announced yesterday evening that all schools will reopen from Monday 8th March. Therefore in person lessons will begin again that week. There will be an amended set of Covid protocols for the reopening - including the use of testing and face...
Online Learning and Exam Cancellations
Last night, the Government announced that all secondary schools and colleges in England will be closed for six weeks until half term, the week beginning 15 February. Therefore, all lessons will continue remotely until then. At that point there will be a...
Christmas Break
We hope everyone is looking forward to a well-deserved festive break, as we come to the end of term. The college will still be open next week if students wish to come in to work, and then we will be closed for Christmas from 18 December. We look forward to...
End of Term Social Activities
Well done to our students on completing their mock exams last week and for all their hard work this term! This week we have a couple of social activities arranged for students before we break up for Christmas. On Thursday at 4:30pm, students can meet in the...
Exams Update
The government announced this week new measures that will be taken to support students sitting exams in the summer. In addition to the summer exam series being moved back by three weeks, the following changes will take place: more generous grading will be...
Half Term
Well done to all our students and staff for making it through the first-half term of what continues to be a strange and challenging year! We have had some interesting discussions during our PSHCE sessions, which have so far looked at stress, anxiety and the...
2021 Exams
The government has announced today that the summer 2021 exam series will run from 7 June to 2 July. This will apply to all A level and GCSEs, with the exception of one Maths and one English GCSE exam, which will be taken just before the May half-term. A...
Exercise Classes
This year, rather than doing communal sports sessions, we are going to have two online sessions a week, conducted by our sports supervisor Helen Wicks. Helen is a qualified gymnastics instructor (as well as having a DPhil from Imperial), and she will be...
Preparing for PSHCE
In addition to our expert one-to-one academic tuition, Westminster Tutors holds weekly PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education) sessions on a wide range of topics for all our students.
Welcome Back
After six months of school closures, we are happy to be open again for all our staff and students, who are starting the academic year today!
Frequently Asked Questions about Westminster Tutors
It can often be quite daunting to search for a new school or college. I this article we have compiled questions which students and parents tend to ask us most frequently
2020 GCSE Results
Congratulations to our GCSE students who received excellent results today! Well done on your hard work throughout this year, and all the best for your future studies.
2020 A Level Results and University Destinations
Results day has certainly been unique this year, and despite the strange circumstances, students at Westminster Tutors have achieved some excellent A level results.
Making Westminster Tutors Covid Ready
Westminster Tutors is perhaps uniquely able as a school to respond to Coronavirus. While keeping any physical environment safe is only ever a matter of reducing risk, one to one tuition is safer than classroom teaching.
What Happens on A Level Results Day 2020?
The final run up to A level results day is always very nerve-wracking, and the difficult circumstances this year mean, I fear, that some of you are feeling more worried than usual.
Getting a Re-Mark for 2020 A Levels and GCSEs
This summer there were no A level or GCSE exams and all grades will be awarded via centre assessment. This means that the usual post-results services, such as access to scripts and reviews of marking, will not be applicable.
A Level and GCSE Exams in Autumn 2020
Following the cancellation of A level and GCSE exams for the summer 2020 series, Ofqual have confirmed that an autumn exam series will be held in October 2020 for A levels and November 2020 for GCSEs.
Choosing the Right Sixth Form College
London is considered to be one of the biggest and best cities in the world. A city where you can find some of the best private sixth form colleges. So how can one of these private London colleges help you?
How the 2020 A Level Grades will be Awarded
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, this year’s summer A level and GCSE exams have been cancelled. Students will still be awarded grades as they would in any other year, but these will be calculated from centre assessment grades.
Open and Operating Remotely
While schools and colleges have been asked to close, Westminster Tutors is still open but we are operating remotely. We are open for enquiries and we are teaching online, conducting lessons via Google Meet or Zoom, and using Google Classroom to share work.
Remarkable Results in DfE Performance Tables
The DfE have just published the 16-18 performance tables for 2019 A level results, and Westminster Tutors has achieved exceptional results!
A Level Results Day 2019: what happens with my exam results?
This year A level results will be released on Thursday 15 August 2019. Westminster Tutors students will be able to email, phone or come in for their results from 9am on results day.





