The 11+ exam is used by grammar and private schools to test a child's knowledge. Many prestigious schools view the test as a gateway to becoming a student, and the exams are completely voluntary. While most students take the SATs, the 11+ is an entirely different exam administered by two...
All schools are different in their approach to mock exams, some have mocks before they break up for the Christmas holiday, while others do theirs in January following the break. At this stage, it doesn't matter which approach is best, what matters is that mocks are incredibly important and therefore...
A register is taken at each and every class a student attends, but does poor attendance really make a difference if a student misses lessons due to a short illness, the dentist or a doctor’s appointment? Or even more controversially, a family holiday? Absence from lessons raises a host of...
There seems to be a peculiarly British acceptance that some people are no good at maths. The comment is made happily by self-professed 'mathsphobics' in a way that an admission that 'I struggle to read' would rarely be. In China, Japan and Singapore where all children are expected to be a maths...
Parents… have you ever felt confused by all the advice on offer from schools, your 11 plus tutor, websites, other parents...? Or ever wished you could just lock a group of education experts in a room together, and not let them out until they've told you how to get your...
