There is a right way and a wrong way to prepare a four year old for an assessment, and the difference shows up clearly on the day. Here is the approach I have refined over twenty years and hundreds of …
Every parent I meet at this stage asks me the same question, in slightly different words: “What are they actually looking for?” And every parent is also slightly afraid of the answer, in case it turns out to be something …
If you have just realised the 11+ is on your family’s horizon and you have no idea where to start, this article is for you. I have written it as the conversation I would have if you booked a free …
I should declare an interest before I answer this question. I run a tuition school. I employ qualified teachers. I am, by definition, on one side of the answer. And yet the honest answer is: it depends. Not every child …
I have taught hundreds of children through their 11+ year. The ones who land their target school are not always the brightest, the most confident, or the ones who started earliest. They are the ones whose parents avoid the same …
So when should we actually start? It is the question I am asked more than any other. Sometimes it comes from a parent of a Year 3 child wondering if they are already behind. More often it comes from a …