Don't prepare for the 4+ Assessments...

Perhaps you are preparing for the 4+ Assessments and you have heard this phrase.

‘Don’t prepare your child for the 4+ Assessments!’

Perhaps you’ve been to an open day at your dream school of choice and you’ve heard this phrase being thrown around…

‘Don’t prepare your child for the 4+ Assessments!’

It’s up to you if you choose to believe it or not.

However, after 16 years doing what I do, I would caution you to think very carefully before believing this.

If children don’t need tuition for the 4+ Assessments why do 90% of children who sit the 4+ Assessments have tuition?

If children don’t need tuition for the 4+ Assessments why do I hear from so many parents each year who reach out to me after the Assessments and ask me to help to prepare their child for the 7+?

If children don’t need tuition for the 4+ Assessments why is it that usually the children who are unsuccessful (not always!) are the ones who don’t get in?

I’m just speaking from experience here.

It is very rare that I hear from parents who tell me that their child was successful at gaining entry to their dream school of choice without tuition.

The exception to this is parents of children whose sibling has already been successful and who has had tuition. These parents are able to know what is expected at the 4+ because they have experienced it before and are therefore better equipped to support their second child to be successful the second time around.

My advice is this.

Don’t pay too much attention to this phrase.

Don’t focus on what you cannot control.

Focus on what you can control.

You can control how prepared your child is so that they are best prepared to have tremendous success in their Assessments. You can control how much time you spend each day reading with your child. You can control how well they know their phonics. You can control how well they can hold their pencil. You can control if they know their numbers to 10 and can write them. You can control if your child can write all of the letters of the alphabet. You can control if your child can write their name. You can control if your child can answer general knowledge questions. I could go on and on!

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