A Merchant Taylors 3+ True story.

Reyna contacted me mid August. She was desperate for support with her son’s 3+ Assessment. ‘I’ve heard that you are the best of the best' she told me in our initial phone call. ‘I’ve heard you’ve supported many boys to be successful in their 3+ at MT’s’.

Yes, this is true.

With the 3+ at MT’s being early November however, I told her very clearly and very honestly - she had left it too late.

Reyna assured me that her son was good! He went to nursery full time. And it was a Montessori Nursery.

Highly irrelevant.

Reyna was furious at me for saying this. ‘I’ve spent a small fortune on his amazing nursery.’

Highly irrelevant. It’s safe to say that Reyna really didn’t like me even before she started working with me!

At 3+, MT’s are looking for:

1) Signs that children will take direction from one of the teachers and respond to them.

2) Signs of sociability.

3) Language development.

Very clear, very concise and very transparent.

Her son, Shil met with me on our first lesson. Reyna hadn’t followed any of my instructions prior to the lesson beginning. I had asked her to have a clear, empty area for Shil. I had asked her to join on a laptop. I had asked her to be in a quiet area of the house. I had asked her to explain to her son what would be happening.

Shil joined the lesson with Reyna and she had joined on her phone! I don’t need to say any more about that! Shil joined the lesson and was playing lego on the floor. Of course, he had no desire to stop his precious lego play to come and speak with me. Reyna had a meltdown in the lesson. She started saying things like…

‘Online doesn’t work for Shil!’

‘I knew it!’

‘You get him to listen to you, isn’t that what I’ve paid for.’

She was so angry that at one point, I actually had to tell her to calm down and invite her son to go to another room.

Reyna is a classic example of a parent who doesn’t want to put in the work herself. A classic example of a parent who just wants to send her child to a ‘top’ nursery and for them to do the work.

It does not work like that.

Shil is not ready for his 3+ and I told her as much. He will not pass and I told her as much.

He was unable to demonstrate to me in any of our 5 lessons that he could follow instructions. engage in a story and listen well. Reyna handed in her notice after the first lesson.

I feel nothing but love and compassion for her. All she wants is to support her son to get into the best school according to her. He won’t. And she needs to put in the work - not her son’s nursery.

If you are ready to go all in and support your son to pass his 3+ Assessment at MT’s. Join our brand new 3 month Intensive Programme today.

PS. All children (that I know) are waitlisted at 3+ after their assessment. I’ve never known of any to be offered places after being on the waitlist.

PPS. We are not interested in children not passing their 3+ Assessment, what we want is success! That is what truly drives our business. What we want is parents to be raving about us and not moaning about us! What we want is to support thousands of children each year to be wildly successful in all of their assessments and go to the best of the best schools for them.