If you have a three or four year old and you are even thinking about a London prep school, this is the guide I wish someone had handed me. Not the panicked Mumsnet version. Not the school marketing version. The …
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 …