4+ Workshop Week October Half Term 2025
It is a fact that when children feel secure and capable, they are more likely to show their true potential during assessments. This not only reduces anxiety but also nurtures resilience —...
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Play Group and Individual Sessions August 2021
We will be hosting 1 hr group and individual play sessions for children over the month of August in preparation for the forthcoming 4+ and 5+ assessments. The sessions will cover all...
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Exclusive Interview with Mrs Victoria Bingham, Headmistress of South Hampstead High School
Mums in the Wood interviewed Mrs Victoria Bingham, Headmistress of South Hampstead High School on 06th May, 2021. Mrs Bingham is clearly enormously passionate and enthusiastic about her job....
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An exclusive interview with Mr Adam Pettitt, Head of Highgate School
Mums In The Wood interviewed the incredibly articulate and incisive Head of Highgate School, Mr Adam Pettitt on 20 January 2021. After graduating from Oxford, Mr Pettitt took the helm at...
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PEAK PREP, online preparation for the ISEB Common Pre-Tests by Fiona Rugg
Mums In The Wood is pleased to announce it is now collaborating with Peak Prep. Below, is a guest article written by the Peak Prep creator, Fiona Rugg. Peak Prep is designed...
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11 + Preparation – Tips and Hints on how to prepare by Ranulph Tees, Founder, Cavendish Milton
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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Mums In The Wood and Exam Papers Plus Collaboration
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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Booking Assessments and Interviews
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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Assessment Options
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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4+ Assessment Preparation by Alison Fisher
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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Pre-tests, What You Need to Know by Victoria Smith
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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4+? or 7+? An editorial comment on how to choose between the two routes.
Many parents often write in to ask how to know which route would better suit their child, the 4+ or the 7+. The short answer is of course that it simply depends...
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Revision Techniques and Managing Exam Stress a 6 session course by Dr. Jemma Levy
Dr Jemma Levy is an Educational and Child Psychologist who completed her doctoral degree programme at University College London (UCL). She works with children and young people aged 0 to 25 years...
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Assessing the 4+ Assessment Process: A Mums In The Wood Editorial Comment
Mums in the Wood founder Rajni Jayasekera gives us her comments: “Parents have always had widely differing views on how the academic progression of their children should be managed. Some believe that...
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4+ Assessment Preparation Talk by Mrs Alison Fisher
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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Exclusive interview with Raxita Kantaria, Manager, First Class Learning in St John’s Wood
Mums In The Wood had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing, Raxita Kantaria the very successful manager of First Class Learning in St John’s Wood on 14th January 2018. Raxita is an...
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…And Breathe…Advice on preparation for the 4+ assessments over Christmas by Mrs Alison Fisher
It’s that time of year again……….! The time of year that shakes the tranquillity of North West London, when normally sensible and calm parents are turned into stressed and anxiety-ridden wrecks! And...
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