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In less than 12 weeks, thousands of children across the Midlands will sit one of the most important exams of their school journey.

Around this time every year, parents start asking the same questions.

Is my child ready?

Are they practising the right type of questions?

Will they cope with the time pressure of the real exam?

The truth is, confidence does not come from guessing.

It comes from preparation.

We have been working on something designed specifically for Midlands grammar school families to help answer those questions.

👀 Launching Friday.

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The 11+ exam is getting closer.
And around this time every year, parents start asking the same questions.

Is my child doing enough?
Are we practising the right things?
What if the real exam feels harder than expected?

The truth is, confidence does not come from hoping everything will be okay.

It comes from preparation.

We have been working on something that we hope will help families preparing for Midlands grammar school exams.

We will be sharing more on Friday 7pm.

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Your child aced primary school. So why are they struggling in Year 7?
Your child worked hard in primary school.
Good marks.
Positive reports.
You felt confident going into secondary.

Then Year 7 started. Suddenly the work is harder. The pace is faster. There are more teachers, more subjects, and more expected — all at once. And your child, who was doing so well, starts going quiet about school.

This is not a confidence problem. It is a preparation gap. The jump from Year 6 to Year 7 is the single biggest academic leap in a child’s school life.

The curriculum does not just get slightly harder — it gets fundamentally different.

Topics your child has never seen before appear in the first half term.
The way English is marked changes completely. Maths introduces algebra, equations, and geometry at a pace that leaves unprepared students behind before Christmas.

We see this every single year without fail. The families who navigate this transition well are not the ones with the brightest children.

They are the ones who understood what was coming — and prepared for it over the summer before it arrived.

If your child is moving into Year 7 in September — the summer is not a break from learning. It is the most important preparation window you have.

Comment “YEAR 7” below and we will tell you exactly what your child needs to focus on before September.

The mock exam finished.

But for us, that’s only the start.

Many parents think a mock exam is simply about getting a score.

It isn’t.

A score tells you where your child is today.

The real value comes from understanding why.

Which topics caused difficulty?
Which question types slowed them down?
Were marks lost through knowledge gaps or exam technique?

That’s why every mock exam should lead to a plan.

Because students don’t improve by simply sitting more papers.

They improve by understanding what happened and working on the right areas.

Comment “MOCK” if you’d like to hear about our future mock exam dates and how our feedback process works.

Most children look at a grid like this and do not know where to start.

That is not a sign they are struggling — it is a sign they have not been shown how.

Non-Verbal Reasoning Figure Matrices is one of the most frequently tested question types in the 11+.

It asks your child to study how shapes change across each row and down each column — then identify which option correctly fills the missing cell.

It is not about being clever. It is about knowing how to look. And that is a skill that can be taught.

This is Question 8 from our GL Mock Paper 3 — NVR Figure Matrices. Difficulty level: challenging. Suggested time: 30 seconds.

Pause the video and try it with your child before the answer is revealed.

Comment your answer below — A, B, C, D, or E 👇
The 11+ is in September. If your child has not yet experienced questions like this under timed conditions — our next mock exam is 13th June. That is your opportunity.

Comment “MOCK” for our next available date. Spaces are limited.

Most children see a question like this and freeze.

That is completely normal — and completely fixable.
Non-Verbal Reasoning Coding is one of the most challenging question types in the 11+. It asks your child to identify a hidden pattern across four coded boxes — then apply that logic to find the answer for a fifth.

It is not about knowledge. It is about pattern recognition under time pressure. And that is a skill that has to be practised.

This is Question 7 from our GL Mock Paper 3 — NVR Coding. Difficulty level: challenging. Suggested time: 45 seconds.

Pause the video and try it with your child before the answer is revealed.

Comment your answer below — A, B, C, D, or E 👇

The 11+ is in September. That is 14 weeks away. If your child has not sat a full mock exam under real conditions yet — now is the time.

Comment “MOCK” for our next available date on 13th June. Spaces are limited.

Most 11+ students have never seen a question like this before walking into the exam.

Non-Verbal Reasoning is one of the most commonly tested areas in the 11+ — and one of the least prepared for. It is not taught in primary school.
Most children encounter it for the first time in a mock exam or in the real thing.

That is too late.

This is Question 7 from our GL Mock Paper 3 — Non-Verbal Reasoning Analogy.

Difficulty level: challenging.

Suggested time: 30 seconds.

Pause the video and try it with your child before the answer is revealed.

Comment your answer below — A, B, C, D, or E 👇

And if you want your child sitting papers like this under real exam conditions before September — comment “MOCK” for our next available date on 13th June.

Spaces are limited.