Being 'flaky' and the 4+ Assessments.

The summer holidays are fast approaching and believe me when I say that it is not the time to start being ‘flaky’ as you prepare your child for their 4+ Assessments. These next few months are crucial if you truly want to have success in your child’s 4+ Assessments.

This is what I hear from parents sending their child for a 4+ Asseesment for 2026 entry and what really will never lead to anything positive.

‘We will just take a few months off and restart in September!’

‘We are going on holiday and I’m just going to let him/her rest’

‘We have parties every week for the next two months so we will just take a break.’

Listen up, you want to take a ‘break’, that’s up to you. Myself and my teachers will definitely not be taking 3 months off. Myself and my clients who are serious about getting their children into their schools of choice will not be taking 3 months off. These next 3 months are so important to any assessment preparation.

These are the months however, when parents are the most ‘flaky’ with their tuition. They cancel lessons and don’t reschedule them. They go on holiday and don’t want to do lessons whilst they are away.

What message is this sending your children?

It’s saying this.

'You need to take a break from learning.’

And trust me, they don’t need to take a break from learning.

So for you those parents who want to be ‘flaky’ and ‘enjoy’ your summer break, we are not the tutoring company for you.

We are not interested in working with stressed out parents from September. We are not interested in our students losing all of the progress that they’ve made so far just because their parents ‘need a break’. We are not interested in parents '‘blaming us’ for their children not passing their 4+ Assessments because they decided to have a much needed summer holiday.

Take a break and commit to 30 minutes of learning every single day anyway. And if you don’t, understand that you will be playing catch up from September and this doesn’t lead to anything positive for you or for your child.

Join me on Saturday 5th of July @6pm for my FREE Webinar - The BEST way to prepare your child for their 4+ Assessment for 2026 entry.