11+ and GCSE Tutoring in Wakefield
School House Learning Centre started in Wakefield
The first students were local. Five years on the work has spread across the country, but the base is still here.
What 11+ means in Wakefield
There is a trap in the phrase itself. In counties like Buckinghamshire or Kent, the 11+ is a county wide state grammar test with published rules. Around Wakefield it usually means an independent school entrance assessment, set by that school, with its own format and its own pass mark.
That difference matters when you buy practice material. A workbook written for a county grammar test can spend chapters on question types your child's target school does not use, while skipping the written work that school does weight heavily.
The other Wakefield specific point is the second door. Several local independents assess again at 13+ and at sixth form. A child who misses at 11 has not run out of chances, which is worth knowing before anyone decides the whole thing rests on one morning in January.
Schools Wakefield families apply to
Most entrance work here is aimed at the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation schools, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Wakefield Girls' High School, along with Silcoates School. All are independent and all set their own assessments.
For families staying in the state system, the work is GCSE support at schools across the Wakefield district, and increasingly Maths resit preparation post 16.
Heckmondwike Grammar is the nearest selective state grammar and takes applications from Wakefield families every year. If that is the target rather than an independent place, the preparation is a different shape.
What we actually do
11+ entrance preparation
Entrance preparation aimed at the independent schools Wakefield families actually apply to, which means each school's own paper rather than a generic 11+ workbook.
GCSE Maths, English and Science
Weekly one to one or small group sessions built round the topics costing your child marks, not a march through the whole specification.
Self guided Maths Mastery Lessons
Interactive topic lessons that teach the method first, then test it. Answers are built in so you can check work quickly. Some lessons regenerate their questions so the same topic can be practised again.
Mock exam marking
Papers marked by an experienced teacher, returned with written feedback showing where the marks went and why.
Not sure where your child actually stands? A diagnostic assessment finds the gaps before you spend anything on lessons, and free past papers are on the exam resources page if you want to test that yourself first.
GCSE results these methods have produced
Real students, real timeframes. These are GCSE grade movements, including students already inside grammar and independent schools, where getting in was the easy half.
Groundwork started in Year 9 or Year 10 produces those numbers far more often than a panic started in Year 11. Nothing here is a promise attached to a booking.
On the entrance exam side, which is a separate job entirely, three students have won scholarship places at grammar or independent schools.
What it costs
One to one tuition starts from £40 per session, priced on level and exam focus.
Tutoring with Friends is the group option. Bring one or two friends and the price starts at £20 per student per session. Same lesson, same teacher, split cost.
Mock exam marking starts at £39.99 per paper, rising to £69.99 and £99.99 for faster turnaround and a one to one review. Bulk rates for schools on 20 papers or more.
Self guided lessons are the cheapest route in, priced per topic with no subscription.
If you are not sure which of those fits, a free consultation sorts it in fifteen minutes. Booking one does not commit you to anything.
How the online sessions run
Every session is live and one to one, or live with the friends your child brings. Nothing is pre recorded.
Sessions run with a shared interactive whiteboard, so your child works through questions while the teaching happens rather than watching someone else write. Work is saved and sent over afterwards, along with short targeted practice for the week.
Parents get progress updates rather than having to ask. If something is not landing, you hear it from me first.
Common questions
Do you still take Wakefield students?
Yes, and the honest caveat is capacity. Year 11 slots close early in the autumn most years. If you are reading this in the spring before exams, book the consultation now rather than in January.
Is the 11+ here the same as the one in Kent or Buckinghamshire?
No. Locally it usually means an independent school's own entrance assessment. Generic 11+ books written for county grammar tests only partly overlap with what your child will actually sit.
Can two children share a session?
Yes. The Tutoring with Friends option puts your child in with one or two friends at the same level, which brings the price down to £20 per student per session while keeping the same teacher and the same lesson.
Start with a conversation, not a contract
Tell me your child's year group, the school or exam you are aiming at, and where they are getting stuck. If I am not the right fit for Wakefield I will say so and point you somewhere better.
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