11 Plus Tuition in Buckinghamshire
Tutoring lessons are tailored to meet the unique needs of each student. This provides personalised one-on-one sessions and small group lessons to ensure effective learning. We offer a comfortable and welcoming environment which encourages students to engage in the learning process.
Range of Lessons Available
I provide one-to-one tuition for one hour per week. Specifically for the 11+ examinations, there are currently available two types of courses (maximum of six children per course). The first is an introduction course for those children in Year 4, which runs for one hour every week in term time. The second course is for Year 5 children and runs for two hours every week during term time.
In addition there is a 3-day refresher course during the Easter break and May half term break. There is also 2 identical, 5 day intensive courses in August. Finally, in late August there is an opportunity to sit 11+ test papers ( in examination conditions), prior to the examination in September, with feedback to parents on the results
About Me
I qualified as a teacher in 2009 from the Oxford Brookes University, following a spell in the civil service after achieving a degree in British and American Policy Studies from Kent and Indiana Universities. I have had 8 years of experience teaching in primary schools in London and Gerrards Cross. In 2017 I decided to use the skills I had developed by starting my own tutorial business.
My Teaching Methods
What is the Buckinghamshire 11 Plus?
- Also known as the Secondary Transfer Test and provided by GL Assessment, the 11 Plus is part of a standardised entry into all Buckinghamshire grammar schools
- The exam has been designed to test the children’s ability to think through. It will also ask them to solve problems presented in different contexts. This includes numerical, verbal and non-verbal. The children will be able to demonstrate their skills in a range of ways – words, numbers and diagrams. Approximately 30% of children qualify for a grammar school place each year,
- The test will comprise of two separate papers each
- It includes a combination of English comprehension, verbal and writing skills. Additionally, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning are tested.