Welcome to our Army Careers Guidance for Graduates. Army Careers Guidance for Graduates A career in the armed forces provides opportunities to individuals interested in becoming defenders of the free. The three branches of armed forces that graduates can join in the UK are the Army Officer training, Royal Air Force (RAF Officer training), and the…
International Baccalaureate Results Day 2019 5th July — International Baccalaureate (IB) Results Day. A very exciting and inspiring day. Passing your IB Diploma is a fantastic achievement, one you should be immensely proud of, but what actually happens on Results Day itself and what options do you have? IB results are issued on 5 July…
The focus of this page is What are the new GCSE pass marks? Introduction to the new GCSE pass marks? You may be used to the GCSE pass grade being a ‘C’. However, the new GCSE pass grade is a GCSE Grade 4. Thus, GCSE Grade 7 approximates to the ‘old school’ GCSE grade ‘A’. The…
Welcome to our specialist info on London’s Top Independent Schools’ A-Level results. London’s Top Independent Schools’ A-Level results The percentage of A Level entries with A / A* grades is the basis for our Table’s A-Level rankings. The day fees for the same year as the A-Levels (2018) are shown in the last column. Enjoy…
Our latest Pupil Pulpit guest blog comes from Eve, aged 14, who relates her recent personal experiences of selecting her GCSE Options. PUPIL PULPIT – Eve’s GCSE Options Recently I made my options decision for GCSE. The choices or amount of freedom varies from school to school but I had to choose between history and geography,…
Game based learning Game based learning is a speciality of School Entrance Tests. Since 2017 we have been leading the psychometric test design input to the MindX design team for their game based learning assessment (GBA) tools. This has continued since the HireVue takeover of the MindX company in May 2018. The digital assessment supplier…
You can find details of our 11 Plus Practice Tests below: Our top 11 plus practice tests We also offer our own more advanced 11 plus practice test bundles. Our first 11 plus practice test bundle contains the following 11 plus practice tests: 11 Plus English Test One || 11 Plus Maths Test One ||…
What Are Montessori Schools? If you’ve been searching for a nursery for your child, you may have come across the term Montessori School. But what does that mean, exactly? These schools follow an educational movement developed by the Italian doctor and educator, Maria Montessori, in the early twentieth century. Dr Montessori’s educational philosophy is based…
STEM Careers Guidance STEM and Careers Guidance The term ‘STEM’ originated in government as a useful acronym for a group of closely related subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Subjects which, it is argued, are of significant importance to the UK economy. Across a range of STEM industries, including life sciences, chemical sciences, engineering…
Our focus here is on providing you with the most useful Literacy practice tips. We pride ourselves on offering free practice test resources, including literacy test tips. Hope that you find these literacy test tips useful! Literacy practice tips We are focusing on one of the key communication skills in professional life. That’s why literacy…
Here are some useful 11 Plus English Comprension tips. 11 Plus English Comprehension tips 11 Plus English Comprehension tip 1 – Key words Watch out for certain key words and phrases in either the passage or question (or both!). These key words often act as the link between different pieces of information. In many cases…
Welcome to our free aptitude test practice/tips resources. All of our psychometric test practice resources are free! This page focuses on aptitude test tips. Free Practice Tests Online Register at Passed Papers to take a free verbal reasoning test. Practising this online test will help you to become familiar with taking online verbal reasoning tests. All free of…
In my 20+ years experience, I know that these can be the stuff of nightmares. For a parent, as well as their kids! The key learning point is to take this on-board as simply a new skill to master, like any other. Learning to drive typically takes a few months with some regular weekly time devoted…
Here are our University application tips. What can you do to ensure your application process goes well. Our University application tips It’s estimated that over 500,000 Sixth Formers are applying to University this year. That means many more individual University applications. In theory, it’s now possible to start University in January. It’s certainly another option…
Cyber-security threats to children When kids use technology there’s always a potential threat. Whether if it was their personal information. Or the account information of their parents. Kids and technology should always have enhanced protection. Whether they are surfing the web. Or just playing games. Kids should not be exposed to the evils of what…
Everything you need to know – here are our 11 Plus application tips. 11 Plus Application Tips Plus, the differences in your grammar school application are detailed below. Grammar schools are state secondary schools which select their pupils by means of an examination taken by children at age 10 or 11. This is known as…
In this post, we will look at ideas for encouraging children’learning. Words of encouragement for kids motivation comes from being acknowledged. Words of encouragement for kids motivation In this post, we will share some nice sayings and positive words on how to encourage children. They will help them feel inspired and motivated. Praise is needed…