7+ Assessment Preparation WILL cause you problems if you do this ONE thing.
/We are preparing several children for their 7+ Assessments this year.
7+ Assessment preparation isn’t for the faint of heart. 7+ Assessment preparation is hard work for all involved. The parents, the students and the teachers.
We are the best of the best when it comes to 7+ assessment preparation. The accelerated curriculum that we provide our students is the best of the best. We know these 7+ top schools like the back of our hands - we’ve been doing it for over 20+ years now. We know the level needed to even be in with a chance of passing. We know the assessments and what has come up historically. We have an exceptional programme of study which has been carefully created by our Company Director.
The CMT 7+ Curriculum Acceleration Programme is a 2 year programme.
Many of our students are currently completing the full two year programme and are currently in Year 1. That means that they started at the beginning of Reception.
This year, we have students who started way before they even set foot in a Reception classroom - which is fabulous and shows that parents are starting to understand the process better.
This ONE thing WILL cause you problems if you are preparing your child for their 7+ Assessments.
Starting when your child is in Year 1.
There is a reason my programme is a 2 year programme.
I will hear things like…
‘But he/she goes to an amaaaazing prep school!’
Ok fine, so keep them there and don’t bother me. If you are so convinced that your child’s prep school is the Holy Grail when it comes to 7+ assessment preparation, just do that. Send them to school every day, cross your fingers and hope for the best. If that is your strategy - cool.
That is not the way I think about 7+ assessment preparation. And it’s not the way I personally think about anything when it comes to my own child. His success (or lack of success) is fully my responsibility and not the responsibility of anyone else.
See the school as a base. Don’t see it as the be all and end all. And this is not me being dismissive of schools at all. I just know their limitations. I did work in them as a qualified teacher and member of SLT for nearly 20 years.
Keep in mind that we work with students who are currently preparing for the 7+ who go to all sorts of different schools. Some go to state schools and some go to top private schools like Glendower, Falkner House and even Westminster.
So why are they seeking the support of a private teacher when they already go to these schools?
Because working 1:1 with an expert really doesn’t compare to being 1:16/1:20/1:22/1:30+.
Really doesn’t matter how amazing the school is. It does not compare.
So if you are preparing for the 7+ and you would like to truly take the process seriously and see where your child can be academically and emotionally in the next 24 months, your time to apply to join the CMT Waiting List is now. We are only ever going to have 30-40 clients on our books from now on so we are becoming so much more exclusive. It will be harder and harder to get a space to work with us.
