Why this is so misleading when preparing your child for their 7+ Assessments.
/I completed an analysis of several top London School’s websites that provide information about the 7+ Assessments at their schools. Many of the schools specify this-
‘To be successful your child must be working at greater depth within the Year 2 Curriculum.’
I believe this to be very misleading.
As a parent who might be preparing their child for their 7+ Assessments, you might think that in order to pass, your child will need to be working at greater depth in the Year 2 curriculum.
Which term?
This is usually not specified.
Your child will need to be working at greater depth in ALL of the Year 2 Curriculum.
Keep in mind that their Assessments will be at the end of the Autumn term or the very beginning of the Spring term.
So let’s be clear about that to begin with.
It is also misleading because in some Assessments, children will be assessed in some of the Year 3 and even Year 4 curriculum.
For example, at one Top London boys’ school, they expect children to know their Year 3/4 spelling words because they always assess them on these.
At another Top London girls’ school, they expect children to answer double digit multiplication and long division questions. Both of these are absolutely not in the Year 2 curriculum.
These are just a few examples and I could give you many more.
At the end of the day, in order to guarantee the most successful outcome possible in the 7+ Assessments, you must work with someone who know the schools that you are applying to and knows them well.
There are too many elements to each 7+ Assessment and you must know them well in order to prepare your child to the highest possible standard and guarantee success in their 7+ Assessment.
We have a proven track record of exceptional results at all top inner and outer London Schools at 7+.
