Will a school know if my child has been tutored?
/Schools will tell you this -
‘Don’t get your child tutored’
‘We do not want children that are tutored’
‘We will be able to tell if a child has been tutored’
‘There’s no need to have your child tutored’
Parents will often ask me this - ‘If I get my child tutored and the schools find out, will it go against them?’
This question fascinates me.
I’ve heard it thousands of time.
I just think of all the questions to ask me about 4+ Assessment preparation, why is this the most common?
As a parent, you will be embarking on a new journey (unless you’ve experienced it with an older child). As a parent, you will not know what to expect.
So let me tell you this. Your child WILL need to be prepared for their 4+ Assessment. Whether you receive formal tutoring or not. Whether you call it tutoring or not. If you are preparing your child yourself, you are, in essence, tutoring them!
Tutoring to me means preparing. Preparing a child to go in an be able to show their truest potential and show the schools exactly what they are looking for.
So let’s look again at what these schools will tell you.
‘Don’t get your child tutored’
Out of the hundreds of children applying to the same school that you will be applying to, how many of them will be tutored? Let me tell you - All of them!
‘We do not want children that are tutored’
Out of the hundred of children who apply for the same schools you will be applying to, who do you think the Assessors will choose? A child who can answer their question or a child who can’t. Let me tell you - A child who can!
‘We will be able to tell if a child has been tutored’
Ok, this is an interesting one. Having witnessed several 4+ Assessments, I can tell you that it can be obvious if a child has been tutored. If a child has been told what to say, it will be obvious. If a child has memorised more complex things and cannot answer the more simple questions, it will be obvious. This is not how we prepare our children for their 4+ Assessments.
‘There’s no need to have your child tutored’
So many parents fall for this one! And they don’t prepare their child for their Assessments. Let me tell you this - It just isn’t a good idea to do this!
If you are going to prepare your child, prepare them with the best teachers available. We will support you every step of the way.
