Year 5 Weekend Classes Summer Term – Sunday

Our bespoke programme

Our 11 plus weekend school programme was written by Lauren Spring, a previous leading academic and Head of Maths at Pembridge Hall School. Lauren was accountable for 11 Plus results at this highly successful North London prep, overseeing cohorts of children each year be offered places at schools where they could thrive academically and also pursue their co-curricular interests.

Our Weekend School is a bespoke programme with its own curriculum. This spans the traditional teaching of core Maths, English and Reasoning skills, but also encompasses the latest information available on the styles and nature of school entrance testing. For example, we have adapted our curriculum to embrace the adoption of significantly more digital testing at key 11 Plus schools in London.

Who will benefit from our 11 Plus Weekend Classes?

Children will benefit from our course if they need a structured build over time towards their 11 plus exams. Children who are not being taught Reasoning in particular (at state primary schools for example) will benefit from structured teaching and weekly practice of Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Some children learn particularly well in the small, social and friendly groups that we put together for the course, many of whom end up good friends and keeping in touch into senior school.  Individual tuition of course has its place and often produces exceptional results, but quite simply, the small group dynamic suits some children better. You will know your own child best.

Children also benefit from having a consistent tutor every week who will get to know them very well and can prepare activities with them in mind. Our tutor will become a familiar presence in their lives, supporting them, encouraging them and challenging them to reach their potential.

Group sizes are kept small (max 6) to ensure there is plenty of time for your child to ask questions and receive the individual attention they may not be receiving at school. This will develop their confidence and improve their performance. Working alongside other equally focused children, hoping to attend similar schools will motivate your child and make their 11 plus experience less isolating. Working in a small group will also benefit your child academically, because our balanced programme of individual work, discussion, and collaboration, feeds well into the group tasks and discussions that are becoming a significant part of 11 Plus entry.