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by Mums In The Wood · Published February 20, 2020
11+ and Pre-Test Preparation: A succinct guide with hints & tips for success Every January, roughly 20% of the country’s brightest pupils in Year 6 will sit a round of examinations called...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published February 15, 2020 · Last modified February 10, 2021
Mumsinthewood had our first interview for 2020 with Ms Victoria Savage, the vibrant and enthusiastic new headmistress of Sarum Hall, on 14th January 2020. Ms Savage has a passionate interest in...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published February 9, 2020 · Last modified March 29, 2020
Mums in The Wood had the pleasure of meeting with Mr Alastair Gloag, the new headmaster of Saint Christina’s Prep School, on 3rd December 2019. He first got into teaching while studying...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published February 9, 2020 · Last modified February 13, 2020
Mums in the wood interviewed the new head of South Hampstead Junior School, Ms, Caroline Spencer on 2nd December 2019. Ms Spencer hails from a family of teachers and her father was...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published January 16, 2020 · Last modified January 23, 2020
Mums In The Wood met with Mr Mark Beard, headmaster of University College School (UCS) on 6th June 2018. Sat in his beautiful wood panelled study, it was easy to see why...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published January 2, 2020 · Last modified August 12, 2022
Mums In The Wood is pleased to announce it is now collaborating with Atom Learning. Below, is an interview with one of the founding partners, Alex Hatvany. He set up Atom with...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published December 13, 2019 · Last modified February 13, 2020
As the founder of Cavendish Milton, Ranulph Tees, (previously an investment banker), has built London’s leading provider of specialist 11+ support and has helped...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published November 18, 2019 · Last modified March 21, 2020
We have compiled lists of Independent schools around London and divided them into Girls, Boys and Co-Educational schools. We have also compiled a list of international schools around London. These lists comprise...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published November 8, 2019 · Last modified December 18, 2022
Mums In the Wood is pleased to announce that, in addition to the assessments we offer for ages 3 years – 13 years, we will now be collaborating with Exam Papers Plus...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published November 6, 2019
It is being called the fourth Industrial Revolution, with our children at the frontier of this exciting new age. Within this developing environment, where robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality will be...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published October 27, 2019
Mums In The Wood are now licensed to administer Cognitive Tests, Progress Assessments and Ability tests. We are one of the very few organisations (other than schools) that are licensed and accredited...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published October 27, 2019 · Last modified March 9, 2022
Mums In The Wood will, in addition to the group and individual mock assessments that have been running successfully for the last 8 years, be adding on progress, potential and ability assessments...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published September 2, 2019 · Last modified November 29, 2019
Mums In the Wood will be running the group mock assessment workshops for 2019 at a private residence for children going in for their 4+ assessments over the next few months. These will be...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published June 25, 2019 · Last modified September 10, 2019
With well over 20 years of experience, Mrs Fisher has a passion for teaching and excellence in education. Her desire is to seek the very best for young people whatever their starting points...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published November 6, 2018
According to Sir Al Aynsley-Green (the former children’s commissioner for England), childhood is being ruined in the UK. He just released a book titled “The British Betrayal of Childhood” in which in...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published October 23, 2018 · Last modified February 12, 2019
Mums in the Wood are pleased to offer a number of play-based workshops to support children going through the assessment process at 4+. These are not weekly sessions nor do they form...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published October 9, 2018
Over the last few months, a number of parents have sent in queries relating to the 7+ exams, mainly about preparation. We will shortly be organising a talk but we thought it...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published October 6, 2018 · Last modified October 9, 2018
With well over 20 years of experience, Mrs Fisher has a passion for teaching and excellence in education. Her desire is to seek the very best for young people whatever their starting points...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published September 23, 2018 · Last modified October 17, 2018
If you’re looking for a school in Paris for your child and don’t know where to look, this is an overview of Parisian primary and secondary schools that teach languages within the...
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by Mums In The Wood · Published September 3, 2018 · Last modified September 13, 2018
As all children head back to school this week and parents start ticking off lists, frantically whatsapping other parents about everything from school uniform requirements to opening/closing times on the first day...
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