The Mail on Sunday’s Rosie Murray-West cites findings from our Shadow Schooling report.

Government plans to boost the number of grammar schools in the UK are likely to spark a boom in private tutoring as parents seek help in preparing children for the 11-plus exam.

Reports show the number of tutored children is already rising sharply, with education charity The Sutton Trust estimating that 25 per cent of secondary-aged children now receive private tuition compared with fewer than one in five a decade ago.

The charity has described the rise in tutoring as part of an ‘educational arms race’ that may leave untutored children at a disadvantage – not least because tutors cost up to £35 an hour.

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