If your child doesn't have a strong stamina for writing, they will not pass their 7+ at Highgate.

The three papers are short (40 minutes each) but the children will be expected to demonstrate a very strong stamina for writing. What I mean is that in the English paper there have been times that two comprehensions have come up + the story writing. The comprehensions have been lengthy with a 8-10 questions each. If your child does not have a strong stamina for writing by the time that they have to sit their Highgate 7+ Assessment, they will not stand a chance.

The same goes for the maths and the Non Verbal Reasoning papers that they will need to complete. The children must keep up with the pace of this incredibly challenging 7+ Assessment. Not only must they answer the questions to the best of their ability and be able meet the threshold for passing the Assessments but they must also be able to complete the Assessments.

It is my belief that Highgate invite most children back to their second round assessment so if your child does pass, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they have scored as highly as they needed to. The result will then be a combination of the first and second round results.

Stamina is key in this 7+ Assessment.

We prepare our students to go into their Highgate 7+ Assessments and have the highest chances for success. We support them with developing their stamina in every single lesson. We do this by ensuring that they are exposed to hundreds of comprehension texts before they go into their Assessments. We do this by ensuring that they have a vast and broad vocabulary. We expose them to all of the genres of writing. We ensure that they know exactly how to write a story with a clear beginning, middle and ending and that will have the elements to it that will enable them to score as highly as possible. We cover all of the Year 2 maths curriculum at greater depth. We ensure that our students are very strong with their Non-Verbal Reasoning.

This is everything that is needed to ensure that our students have the best possible chances for success in their Highgate 7+ Assessment.

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