Introduction to 11+ (Starting Year 5 this Sept)
Date: 29th August 2026 - 2nd September 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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For students starting Year 5 in September
This short course is designed to get students up to speed before the beginning of Year 5, a pivotal year for entrance exam preparation. Most students will begin preparing for the 11+ in earnest from the beginning of Year 5, and this course is designed to help students prepare for the two major online pretests – the ISEB and the Consortium Exam.
This course will be led by top entrance exam tutors, with years of experience preparing students for the ISEB and Consortium assessments. As well as teaching core rules, they will work to identify topics and subjects to address in the coming months.
The course will cover all four subject areas – English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Full feedback will be given for each subject.
Course Schedule
- On Day I – we will cover English. We will review different types of texts, multiple choice comprehension, literary analysis and conclude with a short ISEB/Consortium format comprehension exercise, with a composition exercise designed to look ahead to written exams.
- On Day II – we will cover Verbal Reasoning. We will look at both quantitative and vocabulary-based verbal reasoning. We will finish with a short exercise in CEM format, for the ISEB, Consortium exam and Eton and Harrow second-stage assessments.
- On Day III – we will cover Non-Verbal Reasoning. We will cover both 2D and 3D NVR, including difficult ISEB rules such as cube nets, counting cubes, and rotations of cubes. We will finish with a comprehensive NVR assessment.
- On Day IV – we will cover maths. We will look at common entrance exam questions, involving data, geometry, time, money, measures and fractions. We will also introduce students to maths puzzles, a feature of the Consortium exam.
- Dav V – On our final day we will finish with an assessment which will cover all components of the ISEB and Consortium exams.
If you can only attend some of the days, please select this option when registering for the course.
“We highly recommend Oliver. He is a thoughtful and creative tutor who makes my son work hard while enjoying every minute of it. My 12-year-old lights up when Oliver arrives for sessions and bounds out at the end of the class full of new information and love for the subject.”
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Group Leads
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.
Roxanne Browne – Roxanne has helped students prepare for St. Paul’s, Kings, Westminster, Latymer and Eton. With a background in international education and professional theatre, Roxanne brings energy and structure to her sessions. She understands the demands of competitive academic environments and prepares students thoroughly and confidently for success.
Gogulan Kugan – Gogulan has helped students prepare for schools such as St. Paul’s, Westminster, City, UCS, King’s College Wimbledon and Highgate. Gogulan is an energetic and dynamic tutor who encourages a fun learning space. “He is very efficient with his skill, and that is what makes him stand out. My son’s confidence levels have been boosted, and he is now looking forward to his maths exam rather than worrying about sitting it.”