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When you have chosen a senior school where you believe your child will flourish, you want their application to reflect what they are capable of. You want them to approach the admissions process with secure knowledge, thoughtful preparation and the confidence to tackle demanding work. For families with ambitious school aspirations, preparation deserves careful attention. Strong classroom attainment is a valuable foundation, but an entrance assessment can ask children to use th

Year 6 SATs Maths: Before You Buy Another Revision Workbook… If your child is in Year 6, you probably have a fairly good idea of how they are doing in maths. You may know their latest practice-paper score. You may know whether fractions are a strength, whether long division still causes problems or whether a handful of lost marks are keeping them from the score you know they are capable of achieving. And if you are already thinking ahead to SATs in May, you may be wondering w

For families considering a grammar school education in Kent, preparation for the Kent Test often begins with a deceptively simple question: where should we start? There is no universal answer. The Kent Test assesses several areas of learning and reasoning, but a child's readiness cannot be understood through a single practice score or set of papers. Effective preparation requires a more considered view: the security of their underlying knowledge, the way they approach unfamil