10 ways to guarantee failure in the Forest 4+ Assessment.

We have prepared hundreds of children for their 4+ at forest. We are experts when it comes to supporting our students to be very successful at gaining a place to study at this very popular school.

Do you want your child to go to Forest and start in Reception? Avoid all 10 of these.

10 ways to guarantee failure in the Forest 4+ Assessment.

1. Believe that you don’t need to specifically prepare your child for their 4+ Assessment at Forest.

2. Not teach your child the correct pencil grip.

3. Not support your child with their pencil control (accuracy and precision). This will have to be near perfect for this assessment.

4. Not support your child to be able to draw a variety of different pictures to a very high standard. If you don’t know what this means, arrange a call with me and I will tell you!

5. Not teach your child all of the colours (not just the basic ones).

6. Not teach your child all of their shapes.

7. Not support your child with knowing how to complete patterns.

8. Not support your child to know all of their phase 2 and phase 3 phonics (single sounds)

9. Not support your child to be able to read (decode and blend).

10. Not teach your child how to rhyme and to identify rhyming words.

The social and emotional aspect of the Forest Assessment is very important and is weighted quite heavily.

The percentage you are looking at for your child to safely pass their 4+ Assessment at Forest is 80%. Anyone who scores between 75%-80% is usually Waitlisted. They do have quite a large Waitlist as a lot of the children go to Chigwell (if they are successful to both that is!). Anything under 75% and your child will not be offered a place.

Stakes are high! Prepare your children well.

We have a brand new 3 month intensive preparation programme which will be perfect for you if you are preparing your child for the 4+ (2026 entry) Book your Sample Lesson and Sample Week today.