Sarah Beswick 11+ Tuition and Mock Exams
2026 11+ Exam
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Timetable for the next few months:
Second half of the summer term: last classes 15th & 16th July
September term weekly Classes
Real 11+ Exam
Cake and craft, an after-exam decompression week
More information on the website or their leatherboard books.
Updated June 2025
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls has Maths, English and Verbal Reasoning in their exam. They use the GL (Granada Learning) exam board.
Since the 2023 11+, Bishop Wordsworth's School also uses the GL exam board. Their test will consist of two papers: a Maths & Non-Verbal Reasoning test, and a Verbal Skills test.
I teach Non-Verbal Reasoning in Holiday Workshops.
During term time I teach mixed classes of boys and girls Maths, English and Verbal Reasoning.
In Salisbury, only the boys' grammar school (Bishop Wordsworth's School) has a Non-Verbal Reasoning element in the 11+ exam.
I teach more hours of Non-Verbal Reasoning than any other single subject. It is fun to teach and quick to learn.
If you can’t come to the holiday workshops, do use the 60 free Non-Verbal Reasoning videos we have on YouTube.
When Non-Verbal Reasoning was introduced some years ago, I thought long and hard about splitting the girls and boys for classes. Then I looked at what I could remove from the English, Maths and Verbal Reasoning to make room for the Non-Verbal Reasoning in the boys’ classes. I couldn’t, in all conscience, leave the boys less well prepared than the girls. so I teach Non-Verbal Reasoning in holiday workshops, which cost about half the price per hour. It was the fairest system I could think of.
Some girls need to learn Non-Verbal Reasoning for exams elsewhere. They are welcome to attend the workshops.
Weekly classes during term time
Holiday workshops including (combined) Maths, English and Verbal Reasoning and (single subjects): Non-Verbal Reasoning, Exam Technique, Comprehension, Spatial Awareness, Vocabulary, Maths and English
Work Books Shared plastic work folders or bought paper ones (some with video support)
Daily maths sheet (with answers) free to all, online
Mock Exams in a hall, with detailed paper reports (about half an inch thick) and hours of videos to correct mistakes
Nervous mock exam to do at home, with detailed emailed reports and hours of videos to correct mistakes
Pre-recorded classes for absences and remote learning
Videos; more than 1000 free videos
A handbook detailing all you need to know
Term time classes: Terms differ in length; prices as below, paid half-termly in advance via PayPal button on my website
Mock Exams: £62.50 for a full report, £52 for a basic
Nervous Mock Exams £62.50 for a full report, £52 for a basic
Holiday Workshops: £62.50 for 4 hours
Wednesdays: The Sea Scout Hut, St Marks Avenue, SP1 3DD
Wednesday class times at St Marks 4:00, 5:15 and 6:30, all for an hour.
Thursdays: Laverstock Village Hall, SP1 1RQ
Thursday class times at Laverstock 4:15 and 5:30 both for an hour
1. The Daily Maths Sheet (click here for questions) and (click here for answers).
2. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel (over 850 videos) (link to our YouTube home page).
3. Listen to audiobooks together and discuss the possible outcomes (try the "Just William" series).
4. Read - anything. It doesn't have to be classic novels. The Guinness Book of Records, the back of cereal packets, Jeremy Clarkson will do just fine.
5. Try the free worksheets and download the first free Scholar's Book here. (Link to answer videos here)
6. Practise following instructions e.g. cooking and craft activities.
7. Make things out of paper and card. Undo boxes for the cardboard recycling - 3D shapes constantly cause trouble.
8. Find our “What to do in year 4” button.
About half the pupils on my books in any year don’t do weekly classes. They mix and match the different things we offer to suit their own needs. They might do The Scholar’s Course booklets and videos and come in for mock exams and holiday workshops. Anxious children like to do the pre-recorded classes and nervous mock exams before they venture into live classes. Younger children need Mrs Sock. Children for whom English is a second language tend to prefer the videos because they can re-listen to them.