11 Plus Tutors
Although it is entirely possible to prepare your own child for the 11 Plus, and this site provides ample advice on how to do that, many parents choose to employ a tutor instead for various reasons. Some parents are too busy to commit the time required to tutor their own child, while others feel that they do not have the right skills to undertake coaching. Many parents feel that their child simply won’t respond well to a parent coaching them and the only outcome will be family strife!
Regular tutoring sessions or a holiday tuition course can help to motivate a child, provide a clear structure to the process and help to reduce the stresses and strains between parent and child. With a good tutor preparing them for the tests, your child should approach the 11+ with increased confidence.
Only you can assess whether your child needs to be tutored. If you decide to employ a tutor, we aim to guide you through the process of finding and choosing the right tutor for your child, and ensure that you get value for money from what can be a considerable expense for many parents.
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Why Tutor for the 11 Plus?
Seeking out a professional tutor is one way in which parents may help their child in their academic pursuits and on their 11 plus journey.
When to Start Tutoring
Evaluate your child’s tolerance for coaching carefully to find a tutor who will match their needs and remaining time before their test.
Finding a Tutor
Where are the best places to look when you begin your search for a professional tutor?
Choosing the Right Type of Tutoring
There are three different types of formal tuition. Consider which style of tuition is best for your child before beginning to look for a tutor.
Selecting the Right Tutor
Professional tutors can often be expensive so it’s important to be sure you have chosen the right one for your child. Here’s what to look out for before you decide which one to employ.
Alternatives to a Professional Tutor
Not every parent will opt to hire a professional tutor for their child’s 11 plus preparation. Here are some of the alternatives.
Problems with a Tutor
Unfortunately, not every parent’s experience of employing a tutor is trouble-free. Here is our checklist for everything you should expect from a professional tutor.
Eleven Plus Exams Tuition Centre
Based in Harrow, North-West London, we provide both online and in person 11 plus tuition for years 3, 4 and 5 in all subjects.
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This 11 plus numerical reasoning book provides practice for standard-format quick-fire style questions. Numerical reasoning involves the interpretation and analysis of worded questions. Quick-fire questions are akin to traditional short maths questions and in this book cover the key mathematical topics.
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11+ Essentials – English Mini Comprehensions: Fact-Finding Book 1 (First Past the Post®)
This 11 plus English book provides practice for fact-finding style questions. Comprehension skills are at the heart of 11 plus and Common Entrance exams and approximately 80% of questions in exams focus on fact-finding. The questions in this book are designed to test a child’s ability to extract explicitly stated information from the text to answer questions.
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