7+ Mock Exam and Mock Interview
Our 7+ Mock Exams are now live. These exams help prepare your child in exam conditions, to build confidence and resilience as they sit their exams. The exams are administered under strict...
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Preparation workshops for children sitting their 4+ Assessments
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+ Parent Workshops: Strategies to Support and Guide Your Child Through the 4+ Assessment Process
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, Principal 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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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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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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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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