This course is a structured, full-spectrum programme for students preparing for 11+ grammar school entrance exams and ISEB Pre-Tests for UK independent school admissions. It is designed for Year 5-6 learners who need more than question practice alone: they need to understand the underlying curriculum, improve reasoning skills, build speed and accuracy, and learn how to perform calmly under timed conditions.
The programme begins with a diagnostic assessment across English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning, and Non-Verbal Reasoning. Students then learn how to interpret their results, set realistic score goals, create a weekly study routine, and keep a mistake log that turns errors into targeted revision tasks.
English preparation covers both reading and writing in practical detail. Students learn how to retrieve evidence from texts, infer meaning, analyse vocabulary in context, compare viewpoints, and identify main ideas. They also strengthen grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence control, paragraph structure, descriptive writing, narrative writing, and timed editing.
Mathematics teaching moves from secure foundations into exam-style problem solving. Students work through number and calculation, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, algebraic thinking, sequences, geometry, measurement, data handling, and multi-step word problems. Lessons focus on method choice, accuracy checks, and efficient working, not just memorising procedures.
The reasoning sections are taught explicitly rather than treated as mystery papers. In Verbal Reasoning, students build vocabulary knowledge and practise analogies, codes, sequences, word relationships, hidden words, anagrams, sentence completion, and logical elimination. In Non-Verbal Reasoning, students learn how to analyse shape features, transformations, matrices, symmetry, rotation, reflection, spatial logic, and visual patterns using repeatable checklists.
Throughout the course, students complete:
- worked examples that explain each step clearly
- guided practice with prompts and scaffolds
- independent practice to test secure understanding
- short quizzes for retrieval and review
- timed drills to improve pace without losing accuracy
- cumulative mixed practice so earlier topics are not forgotten
- mock tests that simulate real exam conditions
- post-test analysis to identify weak areas and refine revision priorities
The final phase of the course focuses on exam readiness. Students learn how to balance speed and accuracy, manage difficult questions, check efficiently, revise weak areas intelligently, and approach test day with greater confidence. The result is a preparation plan that is not only broad and thorough, but also concrete and usable week by week.
This course is especially useful for families who want a clear pathway from first assessment to final exam performance, covering the full range of skills typically tested in 11+ and ISEB Pre-Test admissions routes.