Allegra was nine years old and attending an outstanding primary school in North London. Her parents had picked the school because they felt their daughter would have a real childhood there, without too much pressure. There was a big playground to run around in and a forest school programme. Allegra’s Dad had attended Highgate school himself and he wanted his daughter to go there for secondary school too. The family came to us to understand what preparation their daughter would need to bridge the gap between the State Primary Year 6 curriculum and one of the most competitive 11 Plus exams in London.
Allegra sat the CEM (Incas) test with us so that we could understand both her current attainment and her academic potential. Allegra scored highly on her academic assessment in terms of her Maths and English, but less well on her Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning modules, which she had not been taught at all at her school.
We knew that the Highgate School 11 Plus included a difficult Non Verbal reasoning paper in the first stage and so we recommended that Allegra join our Saturday weekend school in Hampstead in Year 4. Throughout Year 4 and Year 5, we taught Allegra every type of Non Verbal Reasoning, in a small class of children going for similar schools to her. She was set Reasoning homework each week and she worked hard to complete this to the best of her ability. Our weekend school programme is a structured build to bridge the gap between state primary curriculum and the 11 Plus. This means accelerating the whole of the Year 6 curriculum in many instance
Allegra also took a mock exam with us to practice her exam technique and calm her nerves and three practice interviews in the style of a Highgate school interview.
Allegra was offered a place at Highgate and her dad was delighted. She is now in Year 8 and enjoying her time there very much.
‘I just wanted to write and say thanks for everything, in particular to Miss Lauren who gave us so much advice about interviews’.
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