The 11+ is often a child’s first encounter with high-stakes assessment. At Edify & Empower Tutoring, we believe preparation should build confidence, curiosity, and capability not anxiety.
Our 11+ support goes beyond exam technique. We focus on developing secure foundations in literacy, numeracy, and reasoning, while nurturing emotional confidence and resilience. Children learn best when they feel safe, understood, and supported and this principle underpins every lesson we teach.
Each programme is carefully personalised, ensuring your child is stretched appropriately while feeling encouraged at every step.
Selective entrance exams can feel overwhelming, particularly for younger learners. Our role is to:
Break learning into clear, manageable steps
Build confidence alongside accuracy
Develop transferable thinking skills that extend far beyond the 11+
Every Edify programme is fully bespoke, shaped around your child’s learning profile, pace, and target schools.
All 11+ lessons are delivered individually by experienced specialists. Each child begins with a diagnostic written assessment, followed by a personalised learning plan that evolves as confidence and competence grow.
Our tutors have extensive experience preparing pupils for both grammar and independent school entrance exams, including GL-style papers and ISEB-aligned preparation. We understand the academic expectations of selective schools and the emotional needs of children preparing for them.
Children receive clear, age-appropriate feedback after every session. Parents receive structured progress updates, ensuring transparency, reassurance, and shared understanding throughout the process.
Lessons are text-rich, purposeful, and carefully paced. We develop comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, writing stamina, and reasoning skills while fostering a genuine enjoyment of learning.
Reading comprehension and inference
Sentence completion and spelling
Vocabulary development and word meaning
Confident, fluent written responses
Lessons are text-rich and carefully paced, supporting both understanding and enjoyment of language.
Verbal Reasoning
Synonyms and antonyms
Word relationships and patterns
Letter codes and logical sequences
Strategies for accuracy and pace under timed conditions
We focus on building reasoning confidence, not guesswork.
Format
Individual 45-minute 1:1 sessions
Weekly practice tasks with personalised feedback
Exam-style and mock questions with structured analysis
Shape patterns and sequences
Rotations, symmetry, and spatial awareness
Visual logic and problem-solving strategies
Recognising relationships between shapes and diagrams
Non-verbal reasoning is taught explicitly and visually, helping children develop confidence with unfamiliar formats and abstract thinking.
Number fluency and arithmetic accuracy
Problem-solving and multi-step reasoning
Fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratios
Interpreting word problems and mathematical language
We support children to explain their thinking clearly, building both accuracy and confidence.
Format
Individual 45-minute 1:1 sessions
Subject-specific practice with detailed marking
Exam-focused progression and performance planning
Maximum of 4 students per group
Focus on exam technique, revision, and practice questions
Weekly homework and take-home resource packs
Detailed written feedback after each session
Four-week format (one session per week)
Format
These online-only workshops provide structured, purposeful support outside term time, helping students consolidate learning, refine exam technique, and approach upcoming assessments with confidence and clarity.
Assessment and Feedback
Initial baseline assessment across relevant areas
Ongoing individual feedback after each session
Clear, supportive monthly reports for parents
Homework and Resources
Carefully selected consolidation tasks
Practice materials matched to the child’s stage
Confidence-building activities that encourage independence
For 11+ Pre-Test preparation, we use Planet BOFA, a trusted adaptive assessment platform used by many leading UK schools.
Planet BOFA:
Adapts to each child’s responses in real time
Identifies strengths and development areas with precision
Builds familiarity with the adaptive format used in real pre-tests
This allows us to combine data-informed insight with human judgement, ensuring preparation remains purposeful, supportive, and never overwhelming.
Engaged in targeted exam practice are more likely to perform above national literacy standards by age 14 (Madaus & Keillor, 2023)
Students receiving structured coaching achieve 18% higher reading comprehension at GCSE level (Van Overwalle, 2023).
Children receiving structured 11+ exam coaching saw a 23% increase in pass rates, with long-term literacy benefits (Thompson, 2024).
Schedule a 15-minute consultation to discuss your child’s academic goals.