The Top Three Reasons Children were Unsuccessful in their 4+ Assessments in 2023
/If you will be sitting your child for their 4+ Assessments in the upcoming future, you will want to do everything you can to avoid these!
I am sharing this with you because I want all children to be successful in their Assessments.
These are our youngest students. The students who are preparing for their 4+ Assessments (actually the youngest are those preparing for their 3+!)
Reason #1
Not Being Appropriately Prepared
A lot of parents underestimate the importance of actually choosing the right person to support their child with their Assessment preparation. They place value on having a person come into their home rather than actually looking at the experience of the person coming into their home. They place value on someone who is an EYFS teacher rather than a teacher with actual experience with the schools that they will be sending their child to do their Assessment at.
This is a problem because if your child is not appropriately prepared then how can you expect them to go into each of their Assessments and actually pass?
To find a professional who specialises just in the 4+ Assessments is very rare. And if you do actually find them, hold on tightly to them.
You must work with a professional who knows the actual standard expected at the school or schools that you are applying to.
Not Starting preparation early enough
Please don’t leave it to the last minute. Give your child enough time to cover all of the curriculum that needs to be covered. Give your child enough time to develop the skills needed in order to be successful at the schools that they are sitting Assessment.
9-12 month of preparation is optimum.
If you’ve not started yet, please just get started now.
Reason #2
Not having developed the skills needed in order to be successful at each specific school.
Please do not prepare your child in a generic way for each school that they will be sitting Assessment at. Each school will need to be prepared for in a specific way. Again, you must know the expectations at each school that you are sitting your child at. Each school will have specific key skills that your child will need to have developed in order to go in and actually be successful.
Reason #3
Not behaving in line with the behavioural expectations of each school.
Not demonstrating the behaviour expected of the schools will lead to your child not passing their 4+ Assessment. Work with someone who knows exactly what these behavioural expectations are and that can support and guide you to ensure that your child actually goes in and demonstrates these behavioural expectations.
This is why it is so important to work with someone with actual experience with the schools that your child is applying to. How else will they know what is expected of your child?
Let me give you some examples of behaviours that led students to not passing their 4+ Assessments or that at least contributed to them not passing their 4+ Assessments. I've changed the students names.
Sara
A very bright girl, Sara would have 100% passed every aspect of her 4+ Assessment but this one thing let her down. Half way through the Assessment, she went up to one of the Assessors and asked, 'Are we done yet?'
She did not pass her 4+ Assessment at this school.
Ben
Ben had completed his Assessment and the group he was in were told to line up one behind the other. He decided to run around and ignore this request. He had to be asked three times to line up.
He did not pass his 4+ Assessment at this school.
Last few places remaining for tuition with me (2025 entry). Avoid disappointment and book your place today. Once I am at capacity, I will not be offering 1:1 tuition for 4+ Assessment preparation for 2025 entry.
