Greene's Tutorial College is an independent college and the oldest of its type in Oxford, England 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. It is situated near Pembroke College and Christ Church. Many of the other tutorial colleges were in fact founded by ex-Greene's employees. 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".
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 mainstream system, and "the oddball or dropout who finds it hard to adjust to the restrictions of ordinary schooling". The college has recently been taken over by Christopher Upton and Matthew Uffindell, both Oxford-educated tutors.
The college has educated 15,000 students since 1967 and a number of high-profile students, which most recently included the 9 year-old Math prodigy March Tian Boedihardjo. March was taught by about seven tutors during his two years of study.
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