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Our 11+ Grammar and Independent School Entrance Exam Tutors are all fully-qualified teachers; School Entrance Exam specialists, professional, energetic and up-to-date with the current demands of a competitive and changing examination. Lessons are taught at your home and are scheduled at your convenience; whether weekdays, evenings or weekends.
Many parents get frustrated by poor quality, unqualified tutors. That’s why all 18,000+ of our UK tutors are qualified schoolteachers – so you know they are trained to teach children, safe, and experienced at teaching the latest curriculum at a high-quality.
You don’t need to scroll through pages of irrelevant and often unavailable tutors with our service. Just fill in our simple form or have a quick phone call and, within 24 hours, we will send you a shortlist of available, suitable teachers in your area.
You can be safe in the knowledge that if you are unhappy with your first lesson (this is rare, but we understand that sometimes the fit isn’t quite right), we will not charge you for the lesson, and we will look to find you another high-quality teacher.
I am a Highly qualified and experienced English teacher, Head of English and Director of Teaching and Learning at Cheadle Hulme School. I teach across all key stages and have an excellent working knowledge of all major exam boards. I lead a department that successfully teaches the Edexcel IGCSE courses in both Literature and Language. We are the top performing department in the school and nationally, the added value scores repeatedly place my English Department in the top 4 departments in the country. I have 20 years experience of teaching KS3, GCSE, IGCSE, A Level English Literature and A Level Language but I am always learning myself- keeping up to date with educational research and pedagogy. Experienced Oxbridge and ELAT tutor. I can support preparations for all external exams and School Entrance Exams. I am an enthusiastic and supportive teacher. I believe all students can achieve success in English with the right approach and the beauty of 1 to 1 tutorials mean that besoke approaches can be developed.
Qualified and experienced English Teacher, who taught for many years at St Albans Girls' School, currently a successful English Tutor. Teaches English Language and Literature from Prep and Key Stage 3, through to GCSE and IGCSE across all the major exam boards. Pleasing results with SEN pupils. Examiner for AQA GCSE English Language and English Literature since 2015. Can support GCSE re-sits and homeschooling. 100% success rates with common entrance exams, having prepared students for St Albans High, St Albans Boys, Haberdashers and St Columbus College. Also, at GCSE, Insightful advice is given on coursework.
Qualified, experienced primary school teacher 12 years, home tutor 10+ years. Taught and prepared successfully for entrance exams, 11+,7+, North London Collegiate, Latymer, Henrietta Barnett, Dame Alice Owen, Mill Hill, Highgate, City of London, UCS etc. Supported pupils in maths and literacy across the primary key stages. Building confidence and love of independent learning. KS3 maths to year 10. Special needs pupils. Online tuition through the lockdown. Conversant with NVR and verbal reasoning.
Qualified and experienced Primary Teacher (over 10 years) currently at Richmond House School, an independent school in Leeds. Private tutor for 7 years. Teaches all core subjects across the Primary National Curriculum, Key Stages 1 and 2, specialising in English and Maths. Experience of interventions so children make excellent progress. Passionate about teaching and inspiring the next generation and lives for those classroom 'light bulb' moments. Can support preparations for SATs and School Entrance Exams. SEN experience.
Qualified and experienced Primary Teacher, currently teaching at Branfil Primary School. Teaches across the Primary Curriculum, including EYFS, Key Stages 1 and 2. Offers preparation for SATs, 11+. SEN experience.
"Teachers To Your Home" is the disclosed agent of over 18,000 qualified and experienced teachers across the UK, who also choose to offer their professional skills as high quality home tutors.
Our specialist School Entrance Examination Tutors have considerable experience in preparing children for entry into Senior Schools, including Year 7 Independent School Entrance Examinations, the 11+ and Grammar School Entry. A significant number of our tutors currently work as teachers within the Independent and Grammar School Sectors and have thorough knowledge and experience of the process.
The majority of parents request 11+ tuition from Year 4 or 5. Initially, teachers will ensure a rich and rigorous foundation before preparing children towards the demands of the exam itself; and in building confidence and exam technique.
A Parent's Guide for current Year 5 children looking to do the 11+ Grammar School Exam in September 2020 can be found here.
A Parent's Guide for Independent School Entrance Exams can be found here.
Our teachers can support Primary and SATs tuition, at all levels, as well as prepare children towards 11+, 13+, Common Entrance or for GCSE, IGCSE, IB and A level Examinations, across all the major Examination Boards including OCR, AQA, Edexcel, CIE, Eduqas and WJEC.
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The 11+ Exam (or “11-plus”) is an academically selective exam generally taken by 10 year old children at the beginning of Year 6 to gain entry into Year 7 at a selective state Grammar School. There are over 160 Grammar Schools in England. The structure and content of the 11+ Exam varies between different areas of the country. The 11+ Exam is generally based on some, or all, of the following types of questions: English, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning. The child will sit two or three eleven plus examinations papers in the September of Year 6. The 11+ Exam is increasingly competitive and the passmark for entry into most Grammar Schools is challenging. There are two main exam boards for the 11+ Exam:
(1) GL Assessment (previously known as NFER) administer the 11+ exams for the majority of Grammar Schools in Berkshire, Bexley, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wirral, Wolverhampton. The GL 11+ exam cover English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning (spatial awareness). Each school can choose any combination of these to best fit their selection criteria.
(2) CEM, developed by the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring at Durham University, administer the 11+ exams for Cumbria, Dorset, Kent, Lancashire, Medway, Northern Ireland and Wiltshire. The CEM 11+ exam covers verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning. (The verbal reasoning exam includes many of the skills tested in the GL English exam; the numerical reasoning exam includes many of the skills tested in the GL maths exam.)
Grammar Schools in Devon, Essex, Hertfordshire, Trafford and Yorkshire use a mixture of GL and CEM.
The best time to start preparing your child for the 11+ depends entirely on their current attainment levels and experience. Your son or daughter may only need a few weeks or months of preparation as the 11+ Exam approaches, with a focus on practising exam papers, developing the exam technique and confidence. Most children benefit from a longer period of support, with most families beginning in Year 4 or Year 5. Regular weekly tuition builds rigour and polish across core skills, also providing them with academic stretch and challenge. Any support or tuition focused on preparing for the 11+ Exam also brings a significant and broader benefit to your child, in terms of their general schoolwork and confidence.
Some parents will choose to prepare their child for the 11+ using books or online resources available, such as the series of Bond 11+ books or GL and CEM past papers; other families may choose to send their child to 11+ group tuition, with small goups of children being taught together, outside of school hours; other families may choose to enlist the services of a professional 11+ tutor or 11+ teacher, who has experience in preparing children for the 11+ exam. Teachers To Your Home provides specialist 11+ Examination tutors who have considerable experience in preparing children for entry into Grammar Schools. All our 11+ tutors are qualified and experience teachers, often Primary, Prep or Grammar School teachers, who have considerable experience in preparing Year 4 and Year 5 children for the 11+ exam. They can provide high quality one-to-one 11+ tuition at your home, generally one-hour weekly lessons. Initially, the teacher will provide an assessment, then focus on strengthening the foundation skills across English and maths, before then going on to develop exam technique and confidence.