The TRUTH about the Merchant Taylors' 4+ Assessment.

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First of all, it is very important that you know that at this school only 4-6 boys will pass the 4+ Assessment (2027 entry). I’m yet to hear how many will pass this year and once I do I will confirm this with you. Typically MTS will confirm this at their open days when they know exactly how many places they have on offer for their potential new boys.

Here is what the school says about their 4+ Assessment process:

Candidates are invited to school in groups of 10-15 boys for a session that lasts about an hour.

  • The assessments are informal and are based on the Early Learning Goals of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. 

  • All assessment activities will be very similar to activities that children carry out in their current nursery.

  • We contact nurseries to provide written reports for all candidates.

  • We are looking for teachability and sociability in our 4+ assessments. We are not looking to find out what the children know but whether they have the potential to flourish in our learning environment.

MTS are therefore looking for a very specific type of boy who will ‘flourish’ at their school.

Most of our boys who sat Assessment at this school made it to the Waitlist. They were all offered a place! Many of our clients will choose Habs over MT if offered both so places on the Waiting List often become available. I’m not boasting at all but basically if there were only 4 places available last year, 3 were offered to the students prepared by us!

If you are preparing for this school, I would highly encourage you to focus on the ‘teachability’ and ‘sociability’ aspect when preparing your son for Assessment at this school.

So supporting your son to go in and show how ‘teachable’ he is … eg. excellent listening, amazing focus, superb manners etc and then obviously to demonstrate that he is highly academic.

Sociability will be your son going in and showing that he is able to interact to a very high level and standard with both the teachers and the other children in the assessment. 

Book your Assessment Consultation Discovery Call today and find out how we can support you every step of the way to have tremendous success in this 4+ assessment.