Focused preparation, tailored to each child
Start with an honest assessment, then build skills and confidence through carefully structured tuition.
Initial assessment
An initial assessment is recommended before weekly tuition. It provides an independent view of your child's current ability and helps determine the most appropriate next step.
It is wise to book your child in for an initial assessment before starting weekly sessions. Here 11 Plus Pass will be perfectly honest with you and inform you whether further sessions or programmes should be booked.
In the past 11 Plus Pass has felt that some children would not be able to obtain the necessary pass scores, and has informed the parents of this. We want your child to pass the 11-plus, but believe that it would be unfair to raise unreasonable expectations and therefore tutor a child that would find tuition very difficult and stressful.
Initial Assessments are available throughout the year. This assessment is beneficial even when weekly sessions are fully booked as places may still be available on the Holiday School programme. This assessment is ideal as it provides an unbiased assessment of your child’s ability, even when the child is going to be tutored elsewhere.
Assessments are one hour long and will be conducted by Rachel Higgins. After assessment there will be an additional 15 minute feedback session for parents.
The cost of an assessment is £42.
Small-group sessions
Small Group Sessions follow the same high quality level of study as the 1:1 programme. Group sessions consist of no more than four students.
Each child is matched with other children of a similar ability which has been determined by their 1:1 assessment.
Children attending Small Group Sessions are also entitled to additional 1:1 sessions running throughout the summer holiday. These 1:1 sessions will be charged at the prevailing 1:1 rate.
Each session comprises of one hour of teaching with written feedback. A session costs £37 per full teaching hour; payment is due at the start of each term.
Summer holiday 1:1 programme
This programme of study consists of 1:1 sessions through the Summer holidays. The sessions are individually tailored to give tuition on the particular question types depending on each child’s needs, concentrating on areas of weakness discovered during Small Group sessions.
The aim is to give greater emphasis on areas of weakness. In addition, we also cover 11-plus specific skills such as:
- Useful techniques for tackling multiple-choice questions
- Exam timing and pacing techniques
- A kinaesthetic approach to NVR using our own tried and tested materials and techniques
- Overlapping and extending elements of the current National Curriculum
- Numerous valuable hints, tips and short-cuts
A small amount of homework is usually given to reinforce the techniques learned during the session. The homework changes in character in the lead-up to the examination to give more emphasis on ensuring that all questions are answered in the timescale allowed.
Each session comprises one hour of teaching. A session costs £40 per teaching hour and takes place in the 11 Plus Pass classroom.
These sessions are only available to students enrolled in small-group sessions.
When should I book?
If you are interested in booking an initial assessment please use the Contact form and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Please note that 11 Plus Pass is very busy and takes most session bookings often 6 to 12 months in advance. We already have some bookings for 2027, so it’s never too early to book your child in.
It is wise to start students with literacy difficulties much earlier in the year.