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7+ Entrance Exam Group, October Half-Term (Year 2)

Date: 17th October 2026 - 21st October 2026

Venue: Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, W2 5EU

Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Daily

Course Fee: £1,875 +VAT

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Course Introduction

This comprehensive five-day course will cover all four entrance exam subjects – English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning.

The course is designed to help students prepare for exams for academically competitive schools immediately after half term.

Course Schedule

Day I – will focus on maths.  We will through all core 7+ rules – time, money, fractions, geometry and arithmetic, covering all core operations.

Day II – will focus on non-verbal reasoning.  Students will cover all common question types, and we will also work on abstract problem solving and numerical reasoning questions.

Day III – will focus on English.  We will review multiple-choice comprehension, written comprehension and dictation.

Day IV – will focus on verbal reasoning.  Students will cover vocabulary-based reasoning, codes and patterns, and problem solving.

Day V – on our final day we will prepare and work through a comprehensive assessment, in entrance exam format.  Families will receive full feedback, guidance and marking from our in-house mock exam team, who will make recommendations and offer advice on this basis.

 

“Thank you, for setting us up to get very helpful boosts at the right times this past term.  You and the team around you made it easy to organise at our end, and simple–and that I’m sure reduces parental stress at the right moment!”

— Parent - John

Group Leads

Dr Tom Parkinson

Tom is Winterwood’s co-founder and overseas the entrance exam cohort.  Tom has been running educational groups for the past decade, and has created several bespoke learning games which he uses in his group classes.  Tom has found that group courses really drive attainment – possible due to the nature of the groups, which are supportive and provide guidance and reassurance, and possible as gameplay is incorporated, which helps to mitigate stress and makes learning fun.  Either way, it works!

Oliver Ford

Oliver has helped students gain places at schools such as Westminster, St. Paul’s, Highgate, UCS and City of London School Boys, alongside helping them achieve prestigious scholarships at schools like Eton. Oliver has well over 5,000 hours of tutoring experience.  His teaching style is patient and encouraging, he makes learning fun and creates dynamic resources which contextualise learning within topics that his students require for exams.

Emma Pearce
Emma is a qualified teacher with 12 years of experience. Throughout her teaching career, she has tutored children aged 4 to 11. She is passionate about helping children achieve their absolute best in a calm and nurturing environment. Emma draws on a range of skills to shape her pedagogical approach and ensure that children are both entrance exam ready and confident.

 

 

Our Cancellation Policy

If you cancel less than two weeks ahead of the start date of the course, the fee is non-refundable and non-transferable to another date or another student.

If you cancel outside of the two week course date, we will happily credit your account to attend a future course.

If you do not show up for a course, you are not eligible for a credit or refund.

Why we charge a cancellation fee

This is to cover the tutors’ reserved time to run a group course, to pay for their time spent pre-planning the class and relevant material, printing fees incurred and the loss of revenue to Winterwood as it is often too late to fill a cancelled space.  More importantly, other students miss out on attending a group.

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