Return of the governess as parents look to give children exam advantage 
Date: 15 Mar 2009

In a return to the days of Jane Eyre bright young women are being invited to live in family homes and help with children's education.

Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel describes how Jane became governess at Thornfield Manor, and fell in love with her employer Edward Rochester.

Many of them are graduates from top universities who earn higher salaries than teachers.

Tutorial agencies said the return of governesses was being fuelled by increasing competition to pass entrance tests for popular schools, and by parents determined to give their children an advantage in GCSE and A-level exams

Charles Bonas, of the Bonas MacFarlane tutorial agency, said he now has 40 live-in tutors on his books.

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