YOUNG STUDENTS PREPARE TO SIT GCSE EXAMINATION

A group of young students are this week preparing to sit their Information Technology GCSE examination after completing a 9 month course at Ryde College, a private tutorial centre based in Watford, Hertfordshire. The group of 79 students, with an average age of 13 years old, includes two 9 year olds, five 10 year olds and six 11 year olds.

LONDON, A group of young students are this week preparing to sit their Information Technology GCSE examination after completing a 9 month course at Ryde College, a private tutorial centre based in Watford, Hertfordshire. The group of 79 students, with an average age of 13 years old, includes two 9 year olds, five 10 year olds and six 11 year olds.

Amongst the group are 13 students from three secondary schools in Waltham Forest, where Ryde College is the first outside contractor to teach individual subjects in state schools to such young children. Working in partnership with the three schools, Ryde College tutors have prepared the students, aged between 12 and 15, to sit the Information Technology GCSE examination.

Mike Ryde, managing director of Ryde College, said "All the students have worked extremely hard over the past nine months and we wish them the best of luck in their examinations. We are confident that, once again, they will demonstrate what can be achieved by young students given the right motivation, guidance and support."

Well-known for its achievements in teaching young children, Ryde College has had outstanding exam successes including the youngest GCSE and A Level students. Its philosophy of Ôage is not a barrier to educational successÕ and its teaching methods means that children of average ability are able to study and sit GCSE and A Level examinations at younger ages.

Since the College was founded in 1982 by Dr Ronald Ryde, the belief in this philosophy, together with a collective teaching partnership between parent, student and tutors, has enabled over 1,000 children to achieve academic qualifications at an early age. In addition, their level of motivation, achievement, self-discipline and self-confidence are greatly enhanced and these are important assets for other academic work.

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