Why has my child not passed their 4+ assessment?

For certain schools I really cannot answer this questions. Some schools are more political than anything else and that’s a fact. Some schools at 4+ it really has very little to do with how well your child has done and more to do with other criteria that the head teacher is looking for. That does way above my pay grade and I cannot help you with those schools to be honest!

But for most of the other 4+ schools I can answer this question very easily.

I have had many calls from heart broken parents. Angry parents. Annoyed parents. Parents who don’t seem to understand. Their precious child didn’t pass their 4+ assessments at their target schools and they are completely shocked. But they shouldn’t be.

It really is very simple.

If your child has not passed their 4+ assessments at your target schools it is because they were not ready. Simple.

Parents will then ask me this question…

“Ok, so what do you have to do now? What is the one thing that we need to do to get them into Habs, NLCS, Highgate etc.’

Listen up very carefully. There is no one single thing that you can do. You need to continue to work on all 7 areas of the EYFS curriculum and ensure that your child is able to demonstrate all 7 areas to a very high standard.

If they can’t, they will not pass.

This is a highly competitive process. Your child is up against children who have been prepared to the highest of standards. Your child is up against children who know exactly what they need to show the assessors in order to be offered a place. Your child is up against children who are a dream to teach. These are the children that they want. These are the children that they are looking for.

So if you have 4+ assessments coming up for 2027 entry and beyond, learn from these experience. Don’t let it shock you like it seems to be shocking many parents that I am currently speaking with.

Prepare your child and prepare them well.

Otherwise what really is the point?

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