7+8+ Holiday Group, Years 2 & 3 – Back To School
Date: 30th August 2025 - 2nd September 2025
Venue: Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, London, W2 5EU
Time: 10:00 - 15:00 (Daily)
Course Fee: £1800
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Students starting year 2 or year 3, September 2025
This intensive course is designed to get students ready for the autumn term – a crucial time immediately before entrance exams, which for most schools will take place in November and December.
The course will cover all four subject areas – English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. The course is suitable for students preparing for entrance exams to academically competitive schools, such as St Paul’s Juniors and Westminster Under.
Course Schedule
- On Day I – We will cover English. We will review different types of texts, non-fiction media (commonly seen on St Paul’s 7+) and dictation. We will finish with a timed assessment.
- On Day II – We will cover VR. We will look at both quantitative and vocabulary-based verbal reasoning. We will finish with a short exercise in CEM format, suitable for St Paul’s Juniors and Westminster Under.
- On Day III – We will cover NVR. We will cover both 2D and 3D NVR, including common question types featured on last year’s 7+ and 8+ exams. We will finish with a comprehensive NVR assessment.
- On Day IV – We will cover maths. We will look at common 7+ and 8+ topics, certain to come up, such as time, money, fractions up to one half and one quarter, measures and verbal problems. We will finish with a maths assessment, comparable to the latter third of entrance exam papers.
The group will be supported by a lively learning game! Students will earn points which they can use to buy prizes and can redeem these each day or amass points to save up for a grand prize!
“Laurie’s support in English, reasoning, and maths was outstanding, helping our daughter build confidence and excel in her 11+ preparation. His patient, personalized approach and ability to make learning enjoyable were key to our daughter’s success.”
— Parent of 10-year-old
Group Leads
Laurie Coldwell
Laurie has been tutoring since 2010 and has in excess of 4,000 hours of tutoring experience. He has helped students get into many highly competitive schools at 7+, 10+, 11+, CE, 13+ and 16+ including St Paul’s, Westminster, Wycombe Abbey, Dulwich College, KCS London, Mill Hill, Sevenoaks and Wellington. His style brings together lateral thinking techniques alongside a focus on fundamentals.