When clients contact us, their main priority is of course finding the best tutor to help support their child with their goals and dreams. Getting into a top school is one of them. The majority of our clients are seeking help and support with preparing for one of these examinations. Here are some of their concerns: 

  • What will be covered in the examinations?

  • How can they help and support their child to be at the best possible level in order to be successful in the examinations?

  • How they can fill gaps as they arise 

  • How they can challenge their child further 

  • How they can support their child to answer those more complex questions 

  • Does their child have enough time to prepare for the examination? 

  • Is their child ready and able to successfully be able to sit the examinations?

Of course, all of our clients desire for their child to be successful in their examinations and secure a place at their desired schools. 


The Entrance Exam Tutoring Process

4+ and 5+ Entrance Exams

Please have a look at the following pages for more detailed information on how to prepare for the 4+ entrance examination and 5+ entrance examination. 

Here is an overview of what we will cover in preparation for the 4+ and 5+ assessments: 

Reading

Phonics

Writing

Number

Shape

Measures

Fine Motor Skills

Personal, Social and Emotional development

Puzzles

Lego

Team building

Problem Solving Tasks

Independence

Resilience

Interview Preparation 


7+ and 8+ Entrance Examinations

Please have a look at the following pages for more detailed information on how to prepare for the 7 plus entrance exam and 8+ entrance examinations. 

Here is an overview of what we will cover in preparation for the 7+ and 8+ entrance examination assessments: 

Comprehension

Story Writing

Grammar

Vocabulary

Spellings

Handwriting

All elements of maths at year 2 and 3 level (including reasoning and problem solving) 

Verbal and Non- Verbal Reasoning 

Completing exams in timed conditions

Interview preparation 

11+ Entrance Examinations

Please have a look at the following page for more detailed information on the 11 plus entrance examinations. 



Here is an overview of what we will cover in preparation for the 11+ assessments: 

Comprehension

Story Writing

Grammar

Vocabulary

Spellings

Handwriting

All elements of maths at year 5 and 6 level (including reasoning and problem solving) 

Verbal and Non- Verbal Reasoning 

Completing exams in timed conditions

Interview preparation 




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Below is a list of blog posts we have written relating to these examinations: 

How to Prepare Your Child for the 11 Plus Exam

How Story Writing is Assessed in the 7 Plus Entrance Exam

7 Plus and 11 Plus Entrance Exam Preparation Bootcamps: What Are They & Why Are They Beneficial?

Strategies for Teaching Comprehension in Key Stage 1 / Lower Key Stage 2 

How to Read Phonetically in 6 Steps

All of our blogs can be accessed here.


Our amazing tutors who specialise in entrance examinations: 

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Our Entrance Examination Success Rates – Academic Year 2022 - 2023

These results refer to the children who sat these assessments and were successful at gaining a place at a top London school or school in the UK. 

4+ Entrance Assessments 

North London Collegiate School – 96%

Habs Boys – 100%

Habs Girls – 88%

Kensington Prep School – 75%

Putney High School – 100%

South Hampstead - 100%

St Alban’s - 100%

Glendower - 75%

Falkner House - 100%

St Christophers - 100%

Alleyn’s - 100%

Channing - 100%

Highgate - 100%

UCS - 100%

Merchant Taylors’ - 80%



7+ Entrance Assessments

Aldenham – 100%

Alleyn’s – 98%

Belmont – 100%

Bute House – 100%

City – 98%

Dulwich College – 96%

Eltham College – 96%

Habs Boys – 98%

Habs Girls – 98%

Highgate – 100%

Latymer – 98%

Magdalen College – 100%

Merchant Taylor’s – 98%

Northbridge House – 98%

North London Collegiate School – 96%

Northwood College – 100%

Notting Hill and Ealing – 100%

Putney High – 98%

Queen’s College – 100%

South Hampstead High School – 100%

Westminster Under School – 96%

Wetherby – 100%

11+ Entrance Assessments 

Grammar Schools

Henrietta Barnet – 94%

St Michaels – 96%

Latymer – 94%

Tiffins – 94%

Nonsuch – 96% 

Private Schools 

St Pauls – 94%

Latymer Upper – 92%

Godolphin and Latymer – 94%

City Girls– 96% 

City Boys – 100% 

Westminster – 92%

Alleyn’s -  94%

Dulwich College – 94%

Notting Hill and Ealing – 94%

Francis Holland – 96%

Habs Boys – 92%

North London Collegiate School – 94%

John Lyon – 100%

Highgate – 94%

Belmont – 100%

If you are interested in private tuition to prepare your child for an entrance exam, please contact us.