Your child is unlike any other. They have insights, ideas and interests which are unique to them. School interviews are a time when this should shine forth! The worst advice I hear is that students should memorise answers for interviews. The best interview is a conversation. Even if a child is an Oscar-level actor, interviewers…
read moreWe’ll be posting a new series of top tips for school interviews starting with the classic question; what are you reading now? This question has come up in interviews for school as diverse as Wellington College, Beneden and Harrow School. In this video, Dr Jessica shares a few ideas… and a few things to avoid!…
read moreIf your child is going into year 6 and you are applying to UK selective schools, you will be heading into interview season! Remember these stages: 1: Create your timetable. The first step is going to be taking the ISEB Pre-test (Winchester, Eton, Westminster, St Paul’s, Tonbridge) and you need to be ready for…
read moreIf your child has just taken the ISEB Pre-test as part of their Eton, Winchester, Tonbridge, Charterhouse, Wellington, Cranleigh, St Paul’s (continue ad infinitum, see the list here!) then you may well be surrounded by a fog of panic and misinformation. So here we go, the top myths… 1: There is a pass mark…
read moreYou get through the ISEB Pre-test, fly through the interviews… only to get a waiting list offer. Don’t despair! A waiting list place is NOT a rejection. You are still in the picture. In 2020, five of my boys moved from reserve to general places at Winchester. One of my boys moved from the Eton waiting list…
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