10 ways to fail a 7+ Assessment
/I see sabotage happening daily when I speak to parents.
Do not sabotage your 7+ Assessment preparation by doing the following…
1. Procrastinating when to start 7+ Assessment preparations. 2 years before is 100% needed.
If you’re reading this too late, don’t panic, just start. So you don’t have two years? Who cares. You have what you have. Start.
2. Working with a tutor who does not have real and actual experience of actually supporting children to pass their 7+ Assessments at your target schools. Trustpilot is the best place to look for real and authentic reviews.
3. Not covering the maths curriculum to the depth needed in order to pass the 7+ Assessments.
4. Not covering the English curriculum to the depth needed in order to pass the 7+ Assessments.
5. Not covering verbal and non - verbal reasoning to the level needed.
6. Not have completed the Bond Books up to age 8-9 level.
7. Being too much of a crutch to your child. Yes, support your child, sure. But telling them the answer or giving them too much support is not going to help them in a 7+ Assessment. You will not be in there with them!
8. Not teaching story writing to the level expected at your 7+ Target schools.
9. Not teaching your child handwriting to the standard expected at the schools that you are applying to.
10. Getting stressed out, worried and anxious about the process. Your child will pick up on this and you do not want them to feel those emotions about this process.
Here’s a bonus one for you - your child not being an avid reader. Your child needs to be reading everyday and your child needs to be boosting their vocabulary everyday by learning new words and their meanings.
Point number one is the most common sabotage I see. Parents who call me two years before and then decide to start 3-6 months before the 7+ Assessment. How can you even think that this is enough time to prepare your child? It is not.
Take the 7+ process seriously. If you do not, do not expect to have serious results.
