The pre- prep is 1% important. The level of prep is 99% important when it comes to the 4+.

Yet what do most of you do?

You fixate on choosing the ‘best’ nursery or pre-prep for your child.

It doesn’t exist.

You spend a small fortune sending your children to a ‘top pre- prep’ in the hope that they will do the job of preparing your child for their 4+ assessments at top, elite schools. Why should they?

Most of my clients are dissatisfied with the pre- preps or the nurseries they choose. Often they are deeply frustrated and often they don’t see their children making the progress that they believe they should be making.

Is this a fault of the nurseries or pre-preps?

No. Absolutely not!

And hear me carefully, I am not speaking negatively about these establishments. They just cannot provide the 1:1 attention that children need to have in order to truly be successful in their 4+ assessments at top, elite schools.

And if your child went to one of these ultra pricey nurseries or pre-schools and you did nothing with them at home and your child passed at the likes of Westminster, Notting Hill and Ealing, Habs or NLCS then you are the exception and not the rule. And I personally wouldn’t go around shouting about this either!

I personally worked at a ‘top pre-school’ for 3 years. They currently charge nearly 10k per term for the ‘privilege’ of sending your child there. The teachers are exhausted there. I would get to work at 7am and I wouldn’t leave until 7pm every single day. It was the lowest paid teaching job that I have ever had. To expect those teachers to be responsible for the success of each individual child is simply ludicrous.

Children who were successful from that school were the ones who had 1:1 support from home. And I know this as a fact. We are currently preparing 5 children who attend this particular pre-prep.

Do as you please. If you have 10k a term to spend - great! Do it! But be delighted with the pre-school or nursery you choose!

And invest in quality tuition and support alongside the thousands you’re spending on pre-school or nursery fees.

And don’t be so shocked, frustrated or annoyed if your child is not offered a place at the school or schools you desire. Remember that this is a competition. And it certainly is not a fair one!

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