Years 6-8 Scholarship/Independent school programme

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:

* 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 that do very well in these examinations may be offered scholarships by these schools

* Independent School 13+ Common Entrance Examinations – These are sat in January of Year 8. Candidates for this examination follow the same English and maths course with some material enhancements. Extra 13+ books will be provided and will be reviewed in ten individual 1 hour sessions (5 English, 5 maths) with an experienced member of staff. A separate, additional cost schedule will be provided for this.  These will be arranged separately by the tuition centre staff. The children also follow the Additional Maths and English 13+ Curriculum that includes ISEB and other high-quality materials. There will be a separate maths mock examination for these children, but they will sit the same English examination.

* Late Entry 12+/13+ examinations – These are administered centrally by the 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 provided to cover the verbal and non-verbal reasoning elements. A separate, additional cost schedule will be provided for this (£225). Some Bucks grammars 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 do not prepare children for.

* Second Round 11+ Grammar school Examinations – This is useful preparation for English and Maths examinations sat in October – December of Year 6.

* Key Stage 2 SATs tests – This course is excellent preparation in English and maths for children aiming to ‘Exceed National Standard’ in their SATs exams in May.