article_snippet.sent: The school has enjoyed strong academic performance recently.
article_snippet.sent: On A-Level results day The school was announced that 40 per cent of all grades were A*s or As, with six boys meeting offers to study at Oxford or Cambridge.
article_snippet.sent: The phenomenon of parents placing 40 per cent of all grades were A*s or As, with six boys meeting offers to study at Oxford or Cambridge children before any others and pushes 40 per cent of all grades were A*s or As, with six boys meeting offers to study at Oxford or Cambridge children to high levels of achievement through a range of after-school activities has been termed Tiger Parenting.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, Gail Larkin, the president of the National Association of Head Teachers, also attacked parents saying that some children were being forced to sit through hours of unnecessary tuition by pushy parents competing with one another.
article_snippet.sent: She added that instead of two or three hours spent in more classes after school, children would benefit from joining a swimming club, taking up ballet, or playing in the park instead.
article_snippet.sent: She also took a swipe at parents, saying part of the drive for extra tuition was down to adults being unwilling to help parents children with homework.