Case Studies

Pupil - Year 6

Learning Journey
This child came to us five weeks prior to entrance exams. Without question, already a strong grammar school candidate, they had no obvious knowledge gaps.

However, whilst their understanding was solid, they often rushed in their approach to questions, regularly making mistakes for want of taking a few more seconds to understand what was being asked of them. Accordingly, we worked on ‘exam technique’ whilst stretching them beyond the curriculum. Teaching a systematic to all questions systematically ensuring mistakes are kept to an absolute minimum. They gained exceptional passes in all entrance exams, receiving offers from all applications.

Siblings – Reception and Year 2

Learning Journey
Both children were being home schooled and had missed a significant amount of education due to the family self-isolating. Language was an added issue here as the family had also only recently emigrated from Europe, resulting in English being the children’s third language learnt. At the commencement of tutoring with us, the children were working at age expected levels in maths but were significantly behind in their English.

With an hour of tutoring a day we were able to maintain their progress within the maths curriculum and, more importantly, deliver a phonics and literacy programme to build their English back to age expected levels. As we continue, the aim is to get them both ahead of the curriculum to put them in the best position possible, for when they return to school, fulltime.

Pupil - Year 7

Learning Journey
A bright and accomplished pupil who had passed their 11 plus and was starting at grammar school. Parents were aware that maths was a weaker subject than English and wanted to ensure that their child made a confident start to grammar school.

Accordingly, the agreed aim was to keep them ahead of the school’s curriculum and, where necessary, use the tutoring to reinforce topics covered in class. With the added confidence given, they have made a super start to grammar school, with the progress from this one subject, having a positive knock-on effect across reports.