Better Tuition is offering more entrance exam services than ever before in 2020. Our services are open to everyone: you may choose to attend one practice entrance exam, for example, or one masterclass, or to attend summer school lessons over the long school break. You may like to download and print our entrance exam services schedule 2020.
Practice Entrance Exams
Our introductory entrance exam takes place on 1st March. This exam is suitable for Year 5 children studying for any Trafford entrance exam. Book our introductory entrance exam now:</h3>
Our further practice exam dates are as follows:
CEM-style (Urmston, Stretford, Sale Grammar and Altrincham Grammar School for Girls):
These exams will take place from 9.30 – 11.30 am on the following dates:
5th April
10th May
14th June
12th July
16th August
There will be two further dates, one around one week before the official examination and one during the summer holidays. Book your CEM-style examination here:</h3>
GL-style (Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Loreto and St Ambrose):
These exams will take place from 9.00 – 11.45 am on the following dates:
17th May
5th July
9th August
There will be one further examination which will take place on a Sunday at the beginning of September, date TBA. Book your GL-style examination here:</h3>
All practice exams cost £45, with a £5 discount for current customers. You can read more about our practice exams here.
Masterclasses
These cost £55 and will run on several dates during the Easter holidays and the long summer break on the following dates:
Masterclass |
Focus |
Date |
SUITABLE FOR |
| EXAM TECHNIQUE MASTERY | Timings, techniques and dealing with nerves | Thursday, 23rd July (am) & Thursday, 20th August (pm) |
CEM & GL |
| MATHS A | Core Skills – Add, Subtract, Divide and Multiply | Tuesday, 31st March (am) | CEM & GL |
| MATHS B | Number | Thursday, 23rd July (pm) | CEM & GL |
| MATHS C | Handling Data | Thursday, 6th August (am) | CEM & GL |
| MATHS D | Geometry | Thursday, 13th August (am) | CEM & GL |
| MATHS E | Algebra | Thursday, 20th August (am) | CEM & GL |
| NVR A | Core Skills – The Eight NVR Question Types | Monday, 30th March (am) | |
| NVR B | Reflection and Rotation | Thursday, 30th July (am) | CEM & GL |
| NVR C | Codes and Analogies | Thursday, 6th August (pm) | CEM & GL |
| VR A | Core Skills – Vocabulary and Comprehension, familiarisation with different question types. |
Monday, 30th March (pm) |
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| VR B | Comprehension and Cloze | Thursday, 30th July (pm) | CEM, Loreto & Ambrose |
| VR C | Vocabulary | Thursday, 13th August (pm) | CEM ONLY |
You can read more about our masterclasses here. Book your masterclass now:
Summer School 2020
Summer School will run on the following dates and times from Tuesday, 21st July until Tuesday, 1st September (inc):
Tuesdays, from 21st July Wednesdays, from 22nd July
Session 1: 10:00am – 11:15am Session 1: 10:00am – 11:15am Session 2: 11:30am – 12:45pm
Session 2: 4:00pm – 5:15pm Session 3: 4:00pm – 5:15pm
Session 3: 5:30pm – 6:45pm Session 4: 5:30pm – 6:45pm
We do not accept bookings for summer school before June. This ensures that those parents who work irregular hours are not disadvantaged.
Summer School lessons cost the usual £28.
