Years 6-8 Scholarship/Independent school – REMOTE LEARNING

Overview

This course is a REMOTE LEARNING course.

Scholarship Programme – Independent School & further Grammar School preparation

Overview

This course aims to take your child to a very high level of performance and to achieve scholarships in the Independent schools’ sector. It is taught by our most experienced subject specialist teachers.

There is intense competition for scholarships in the private sector. With 35 years of experience in supporting our pupils, we possess extensive knowledge not only in teaching the necessary academic content for exams, but also in navigating the entire scholarship process. We are here to provide comprehensive support to parents throughout this journey.

This course prepares children for the following examinations:

1. i) Independent school 11+ examinations – These are mainly sat in January and involve English, maths and verbal reasoning. The course fully covers these requirements and also covers general knowledge and interview technique. Children who do very well in these examinations may be offered scholarships by these schools.
2. ii) Independent school 13+ Common Entrance examinations – These are sat in January of Year 8. Candidates for this examination follow the same English course with some material enhancements. Extra 13+ books are supplied in comprehension and will be reviewed during lessons and in five extra help individual sessions, at no extra cost. The maths is taught separately from the main classes in 10 two-hour individual tuition sessions. These will take place at the same time as the main lessons on the schedule, but will be arranged at the tuition centre reception desk. The children follow a/the 13+ curriculum that includes ISEB and other high-quality materials. There will be a separate maths mock examination for these children.

iii) Second round 11+ grammar school examinations – This is useful preparation for English and maths examinations sat in September-December of Year 6.

6. iv) Key Stage 2 SATs – This course is excellent preparation in English and maths for children aiming to ‘Exceed National Standard’ in their SATs exams in May of Year 6.
7. v)Late entry exams (12+/13+)– These are administered centrally by the Bucks LEA, and require maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Children in Years 7 and 8 attend the main scholarship course. However, 15 additional individual sessions are also provided to cover the verbal and non-verbal reasoning elements.  A separate, additional, cost schedule will be provided for this (£220).  Some Bucks grammar schools administer their own examinations, and this course also prepares children for these tests, although there may be some additional elements such as science and a modern foreign language test, which AE Tuition does not prepare children for.