10 ways to pass a 7+ Assessment

I speak to many parents every single day who sabotage their 7+ Assessment preparation and I do not want you do the same.

 Here are 10 ways to pass a 7+ Assessment and have the highest chances for success.

1.     Start preparing 2 years before the Assessment. Anytime between September-December of your child’s Reception Year (depending on when the 7+ Assessment is).

If you’re reading this too late, don’t panic, just start.

2.     Work with a tutor with real and actual experience supporting real and actual students to pass their 7+ Assessments at the schools you would love to send your child to. Trustpilot is the best place to look for real and authentic reviews.

3.     Cover the maths curriculum to at least greater depth of the Year 3 curriculum. Dip into some of the year 4 curriculum (you need to know what is relevant to cover - don’t waste your time).

4.     Cover the English curriculum to at least greater depth of the Year 3 curriculum. This includes spelling, grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing.

5.     Ensure your child has completed up to the age 8-9 Bond Books for Verbal and non- Verbal Reasoning. In order to do this well, your child needs to be completing Bond Books once a week at a minimum.

6.     Ensure your child has completed the age 8-9 Bond books for maths and English. Remember that the English bonds are tough so only give these to your child if they are able to handle this level. 8-9 maths bonds are also tough. Also, we only ever want to see your child’s independent answer and not yours. We are not interested in your answers!

7.     Ensure your child can complete their learning independently. It is not YOU taking the 7+ Assessment. As above!

8.     Teach story writing to the standard expected of the schools you are applying to.

9.     Teach your child cursive handwriting (only when they are correctly forming their letters)

10.  Go into this with positivity and calm. Your child will pick up on your negative emotions and no 6 year old should be stressed out about their learning.

 Most importantly is point No.2 in my opinion.

 Why do this alone?

 Get the support of teachers who actually care as much as you do about your child’s success.

 After all your success is our success as a company. We need clients recommending us because they’ve passed!

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