4+ Preparation Courses
Given how well our individual and group preparation classes have progressed this year, we have decided to offer children further opportunities to meet, work and play with different adults and children and...
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4+ Assessment Parent Workshops
We are pleased to announce that we will be running webinar workshops for parents in the evenings over July and August on how to help their children consolidate their learning in preparation...
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Exclusive Interview with Ms Philippa Studd, Headmistress of Highgate Junior School
It was with the greatest pleasure that I retraced my steps to Highgate Junior School on the 18th of June 2025 to meet the dignified, yet warm and very able, Ms Phlippa...
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7+ Workshops and Mock Exams
At Mumsinthewood, we understand how important the 7+ entrance exam is for families aiming for selective independent schools. We also know how much pressure and anxiety the 7+ journey can put...
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Support your child with considered and careful play based preparation as they move towards their 3+, 4+ and 5+ assessments.
From the moment they’re born, children are soaking up the world around them—and play is their most powerful tool for learning. Between birth and age five, a child’s brain is buzzing with...
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3+ 4+ and 5+ Assessment 2024
Mums In the Wood will be running the group mock assessment workshops for 2024 at a private residence for children going in for their 3+ 4+ and 5+ assessments over the next few months....
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Exclusive Interview with Mrs Sophie Banks, headmistress of Pembridge Hall School
Introduction: It was a great pleasure to meet Mrs Sophie Banks who was appointed as the new Headmistress in 2022. She did the tour herself and whilst strolling around with her, I...
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Exclusive interview with Ms Sally Hancock, Principal of Highgate Pre-Prep School
Introduction It was with the greatest pleasure that we interviewed Ms Sally Hancock, principle of Highgate Pre-Prep School on the 15th Of May 2023. Her warm, kind and gentle personality when you...
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Exclusive interview with Ms Eleanor Dixon, Headmistress of Falkner House Boys School
Introduction It was a great pleasure to meet Eleanor Dixon who once upon a time attended the Falkner House Girls’ School as a pupil, along with her three sisters. Her youngest...
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3+, 4+ and 5+ Assessments 2023
Mums In the Wood will be running the group mock assessment workshops for 2021 at a private residence for children going in for their 4+ and 5+ assessments over the next few months. As...
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Exclusive Interview with Mrs Clare Wagner, Henrietta Barnett School
INTRODUCTION: It was a great pleasure to meet with Clare Wagner whose bright smile was warm and welcoming as she showed us around what is one of the most popular state schools...
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Preparation Classes
In response to many requests from parents over the years, we will be launching preparation classes for children sitting the 4+ assessments, 7+ – 10+ assessments and 11+ and 13+ assessments in...
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Exclusive Interview with Mr Joe Silvester, Head of Wetherby Senior School
INTRODUCTION: Mums in the Wood had the lovely opportunity to sit with Mr Joe Silvester-the new head of Wetherby Senior school-in his airy office on 9...
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Exclusive Interview with Mrs Michel Capobianco, Head of Maria Montessori Institute
INTRODUCTION: It was a great pleasure to meet the fascinating Mrs Michel Capobianco for an enlightening talk on the 28 June 2022. The Maria Montessori Institute is located in the middle of...
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Exclusive Interview with Alan Bird, Head of City of London School
Introduction Mums in the Wood got to sit down with Mr. Bird, the clever, thoughtful and popular Head of City of London School, on the 13th of June 2022. As Head of...
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Exclusive Interview with Mrs Lindsey Hughes, Headmistress of Channing.
INTRODUCTION: From the outside, Channing School feels like a proper British school for girls. Nestled just off the road, it’s conveniently opposite to the Channing Junior School. Its grand exterior is...
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Exclusive Interview with Mr Nick Baker, Headmaster of Wetherby Prep School,
Introduction It was a great pleasure to speak with Wetherby Prep’s outgoing head, Mr Nick Baker, behind the red door of the school in Bryanston Square on 11 May 2020....
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Exclusive Interview with Mr Steven Winters, Headmaster of Maida Vale School
Introduction: The entrance to this two year old, unique, co-educational secondary school makes quite an impression. A welcoming bright yellow door sits beneath shiny new signage, spelling out, ‘ Maida Vale...
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