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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mums In the Wood will be running the group mock assessment workshops for 2018 at a private residence for children going in for their 4+ assessments over the next few months. These will be...
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I’ve decided to write this piece because I have recently noticed the worrying re-emergence of racial taunting in schools across our local areas. What is most worrying is that I have had...
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Few words inspire such dread in mums of boys than the words pre-test. I say ‘mums of boys’ because for the most part, girls taking the 11+ avoid the additional hurdle of...
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