If your child is around two and a half to three, and you are wondering when to start 4+ preparation, here is my honest answer. The school choices begin at two. The skills work begins at three. The formal preparation …
Parents ask me this question more than any other in the autumn before assessments. Sometimes from worry. Sometimes from quiet confidence. Always from love. Here is the honest answer. “Ready” at 4+ is not a single threshold. It is a …
If you only have time and energy to focus on a few things in the year before 4+ assessments, here is where I would put it. Five early learning skills that, in my experience, predict 4+ outcomes more reliably than …
London prep schools all assess at 4+, but each has its own emphasis. Knowing what your specific schools test, and how, helps you prepare smartly rather than broadly. Below is the framework I use with families. Five skill areas, each …
So how do you actually get into Habs Girls’? It is the question I am asked most often, by parents whose daughters are in Year 4 or Year 5, almost always at the kitchen table at 9pm on a Tuesday. …
So how do you actually get into CLSG? It is the question I am asked most often, by parents whose daughters are in Year 4 or Year 5, at the kitchen table at 9pm on a Tuesday. They have usually …
So how do you actually get into Tiffin Boys’? It is the question I am asked most often, by parents whose sons are in Year 4 or Year 5, at the kitchen table at 9pm on a Tuesday. They have …
Parents ask me this almost every week. “How long should my child be studying each day for the 11+?” I always answer the same way. The right amount of study is whatever your child can sustain consistently, with focus, without …
Parents often expect the 4+ to involve a paper, a pencil, and a tense thirty minutes of testing. The reality is gentler, but every activity is doing a job. Here is what your child will actually be asked to do, …
So how do you actually get into St Paul’s? It is the question I am asked most often, by parents whose sons are in Year 4 or Year 5, at the kitchen table at 9pm on a Tuesday. They have …