Kendrick School 11+ Tuition for Girls in Reading
Brainbox Learning provides bespoke, one-to-one tuition at home for girls preparing for the Kendrick School entrance exam.
Every girl’s tuition is shaped session by session around her academic strengths, areas for development, interests, personality, confidence and stage of preparation. Her tutor focuses on exactly what she needs across English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Face-to-Face
& One-to-One
Taught by Experienced
Teachers & Tutors
Tailor-Made Kendrick
School 11+ Tuition
Free Mocks in
Years 4 & 5
Face-to-face introductory session and tutor matching
Every girl begins with a one-hour introductory tuition session in your home with one of Brainbox Learning’s senior 11+ tutors.
This is a full tuition session, while also giving the senior 11+ tutor time to understand your daughter’s academic ability, confidence, interests, hobbies, personality, learning style and previous preparation. The session also includes time to speak with parents and understand the family’s availability, practical requirements and any concerns.
How the matching process works
Parents speak with the Brainbox Learning team about their daughter and the family’s requirements.
One of our senior 11+ tutors leads the introductory session face-to-face in your home.
After meeting and teaching the student, the senior 11+ tutor proposes the Brainbox Learning tutor they believe will provide the strongest academic and personal match, and a weekly tuition slot is offered.
Your daughter’s tutor receives a full handover from the introductory session before weekly tuition begins.
We always aim to get girls up and running as soon as possible, but the proposed match is largely informed by meeting and teaching your daughter, rather than simply by an initial telephone conversation.
Preparation designed specifically for Kendrick School
Our tuition develops the knowledge, accuracy, exam technique and confidence needed across all four subject areas tested in the Kendrick School entrance exams (English, Verbal Reasoning, Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning). Each girl’s preparation reflects both Kendrick School’s published entrance exam format and her own strengths, areas for development and stage of preparation.
English
Depending on your daughter’s needs, English tuition may include:
- reading comprehension
- vocabulary development
- grammar and punctuation
- spelling
- inference and deduction
- meaning in context
- recognising tone and purpose
- comparing possible answers
- working accurately through longer passages
Our tutors help girls strengthen their comprehension and language skills so they can approach unfamiliar texts with greater confidence and accuracy.
Maths
Depending on your daughter’s needs, Maths tuition may include:
- number and place value
- arithmetic
- fractions, decimals and percentages
- measurement
- geometry
- statistics
- multi-step problems
- mathematical reasoning
- applying familiar knowledge in unfamiliar contexts
- accuracy and checking
Our tutors strengthen underlying understanding, address gaps and help girls apply their Maths confidently across increasingly demanding and unfamiliar problems.
Verbal Reasoning
Depending on your daughter’s needs, Verbal Reasoning tuition may include:
- vocabulary relationships
- word patterns
- codes
- sequences
- logical deduction
- identifying similarities and differences
- systematic approaches to unfamiliar question types
Tuition develops vocabulary, logical thinking and reliable methods for approaching unfamiliar Verbal Reasoning questions.
Non-Verbal Reasoning
Depending on your daughter’s needs, Non-Verbal Reasoning tuition may include:
- visual sequences
- analogies
- rotations
- reflections
- matrices
- nets and three-dimensional shapes
- odd-one-out questions
- changes in position, number, direction and shading
Our tutors help girls develop accurate, systematic methods for identifying visual relationships, patterns and changes.
Local entrance-exam expertiseLocal tutors with local entrance-exam expertise
Reading-based tutors with expertise in the local entrance exams
Brainbox Learning is based in Reading. We specialise in preparing children for their selective-school entrance exams, and have years of experience successfully guiding girls and boys through their Kendrick School and Reading School preparation.
Our tutors are supported extensively with Brainbox Learning’s bespoke school-specific resources, a wide range of physical and digital content, and realistic examiner-written mock exam materials. This allows tuition to specifically reflect the Kendrick School 11+ format at all times.
Local tutors with local entrance-exam expertise
All Brainbox Learning tutors are based in Reading or the surrounding area.
We interview every tutor face-to-face and carry out detailed reference and qualification checks.
Every tutor holds an up-to-date enhanced DBS check.
Our team includes tutors with varied backgrounds, personalities, interests and areas of expertise.
Our tutors include current and former teachers with more than 20 years of in-school experience, as well as recent Master’s and PhD graduates with strong, up-to-date curriculum, subject and exam-preparation knowledge.
This range helps our senior 11+ tutors match each girl with the Brainbox Learning tutor whose expertise, personality and approach will best suit her individual needs.
How tuition is tailored each week
Every girl preparing for the Kendrick School entrance exam needs very different support.
Each session is planned individually
All Brainbox Learning tutors are supported by our wider tuition team and have access to materials from many different sources, including our bespoke Kendrick School preparation resources.
Session length and frequency
Sessions usually last for one hour. Most girls are tutored once or twice each week, although the frequency can always be increased or reduced according to your daughter’s needs and other commitments.
Homework
Homework preferences are always discussed with parents first. Homework is usually provided but remains entirely optional. The amount and type are adjusted to support your daughter’s preparation without becoming unmanageable alongside school and other commitments.
Tuition focus can be adapted in response to:
- schoolwork your daughter needs extra help with or a topic she would like to revisit
- findings from her introductory tuition session or patterns noticed by her tutor
- feedback from parents, school reports or parents’ evenings
- homework or mock exam performance
- progress made during previous sessions
Personalisation is not something that happens only at the beginning – it continues throughout your daughter’s time with Brainbox Learning.
Friendly, flexible tuition built around family life
A positive relationship with a regular tutor
Working one-to-one with the same regular tutor allows a genuine rapport to build. Parents often tell us that Brainbox Learning feels very different from group tuition, and girls usually look forward to their sessions.
Parent communication and support
Tutors usually speak briefly with parents after each session, so feedback remains informal and ongoing. Parents can hear how tuition is progressing, share anything their daughter has found difficult and suggest areas for future sessions to focus on.
Parents are, of course, always welcome to share schoolwork, homework or other materials they would like tutors to revisit or include in a future session.
Flexible arrangements
Girls have a regular weekly slot, providing consistency for the student, tutor and family. We always aim to be as accommodating as possible when school events, clubs, holidays or other commitments affect the usual schedule.
Shared folder
Each student has a dedicated shared folder where she, her parents and tutor can access homework, tuition materials, schoolwork, reports, mock exam progress and examiner reports.
Support beyond the weekly session
The wider Brainbox Learning team are always available to help with practical arrangements and discuss any changes to tuition that may be needed.
Considering Kendrick School tuition for your daughter?
We’re always happy to answer questions and talk through what might suit her.
Regular mock exams and progress tracking
Our regular mock exams give girls opportunities to apply their skills under timed conditions and allow tutors to further tailor preparation around the areas that require the most attention.
Progress that can be followed over time
Mock exam results show how your daughter performed across English, Verbal Reasoning, Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning, as well as across the two papers overall. Her results are presented alongside average scores for her year group and progress tables for all mocks sat so far.
Shaping priorities for upcoming sessions
Tutors use our detailed mock Examiner Reports to further guide tuition. This may include revisiting particular topics, practising a specific question type, developing a more consistent approach to time management or working through mistakes in greater depth.
Six Unique Paper Sets
Girls can sit up to six Brainbox Learning mocks with no repeated questions.
Mock-exam benefits for regular tuition students
Brainbox Learning tuition students receive one complimentary mock exam place in each academic year. Additional mock exams take place regularly and are available at a discounted tutee rate.
All tutee bookings are upgraded free of charge to include the Full Examiner Report package, and girls then work through the feedback with their regular tutor.
What parents say about our Kendrick School 11+ tuition
Feedback from families who used Brainbox Learning’s tuition and mock exams during their children’s Kendrick School 11+ preparation.
“Our daughter scored 126 in this year’s Kendrick School exam. As we live in P1, this means she is almost guaranteed to be offered a place for 2025. I can’t thank her tutor and the rest of the Brainbox Learning team enough for their support throughout 2024. Our daughter had weekly sessions between January and June, and then two sessions a week in the run-up to the exam. She also sat the mock in August and found this experience useful, even more so since she suffers from anxiety. Thank you once again for all your support and kindness.”
“Thank you to her tutor and the rest of the Brainbox Learning team – we were successful with the Kendrick exam. What an amazing turnaround over the summer.”
“Our daughter’s 11+ tuition has been wonderful, and she recently attended the June Kendrick mock, which was run very well.”
“Her tutor has been so wonderful and we adore her visits each week. Our daughter lets us know that she learns well from her.”
“It has been an absolute pleasure seeing you work with our child. The change has been remarkable, and we are so grateful for all the kindness and warmth shown.”
Student and parent names have been redacted for privacy, but reviews are available to read in full via Google or the Kendrick School 11+ mock exam page.
Frequently asked questions
Who are your teachers and tutors?
All of our tutors are based locally in and around Reading. We interview all tutors face-to-face, and carry out detailed reference and qualification checks, as well as ensuring they have up to date enhanced DBS checks. Our team includes tutors from a mix of backgrounds, with different personalities, interests and areas of expertise.
In terms of experience, our tutors range from experienced teachers with 20 or more years of in-school experience, to recent Masters and Phd graduates with a wealth of recent subject-specific and exam preparation experience.
How do your assessments work and how do you match students with the right tutor?
Your child's first session with Brainbox Learning will always be with our senior tutor responsible for his or her age group. This allows us to do two things. Firstly, it gives you as parents or carers an opportunity to discuss any preferences regarding your child's tuition in greater detail, asking any questions you may have at the same time.
Secondly, over the course of this first session, our senior age-group tutor will be able to assess your son or daughter, in terms of areas of strength and weakness and learning styles, and will be able to determine the most appropriate tutor for you going forward. Interests and personality of both student and tutor are also taken into account. We will be in touch to introduce your child's tutor and propose a schedule for regular weekly tuition.
What days and times do you offer tuition?
Tuition is available throughout the day. We have tutors operating between 9AM and 9PM, 7 days per week.
Where does tuition take place?
Tuition takes place face-to-face, in your home. Our tutors are also happy to meet in other locations, such as coffee shops, however a responsible adult would still need to be present. We also offer online tuition where requested, but we always recommend face-to-face sessions where possible.
How much does tuition cost and how is payment made?
Our rates start at £34 per hour. You can access our price list here. Invoices are sent out via email at the end of each month, covering all completed sessions for that month. These can be paid by debit or credit card, Apple Pay or bank transfer.
What measures do you take to guarantee the safety of children?
As corporate members of The Tutors' Association, we adhere to strict safeguarding procedures. All tuition sessions and mock exam days are fully insured. We interview all of our tutors and teachers face-to-face, as well as meticulously checking references and qualifications, and ensuring that all tutors have up to date, valid enhanced DBS checks.
Are you a local Reading company?
Yes! We are based in Reading, including all tutors and staff. This gives us a great level of knowledge when it comes to local schools and local exams. You can also check out our local community and charity page here.
Ready to get your daughter’s Kendrick School preparation underway?
Book a free consultation with one of our senior 11+ tutors. We’ll discuss your daughter’s current preparation, answer any questions and talk through how our one-to-one tuition works.