Dukes Tutoring’s Academic Assessment

Why Take an Academic Assessment

At Dukes Tutoring we assess children individually from Year 1 (6 years) up to Year 8 (12 years), working with the children on a one to one basis. We are one of the very few consultancies and tutoring agencies that test potential.  Our assessments allow us to test a child’s ability against the rest of their cohort nationally.

Our assessments are created specifically to help parents:

• Understand the academic level a child is currently reaching at school and how they are doing compared to others nationally.
• Identify their child’s academic potential and determine if they are currently reaching it, and if not then why not?
• Identify their child’s suitability for the range of entrance exams for selective schools at 7+, 8+, 9+, 10+, 11+ and 13+.

Our assessments allow you to track your child’s progress at school, helping you to make key decisions about secondary schools and your child’s academic future. Our tests can provide a first step alert for specific learning difficulties and concerns. In addition, they measure your child’s suitability for specific entrance exams for selective secondary schools and will give you an indication of your child’s likely chances of success.

All parents want their children to go to the right school – where they will be happy and thrive. For some, this will be a competitive secondary school and for others, it will be somewhere more caring and nurturing. We will help you identify the right setting for your individual child.

We often find that while children receive good feedback at school and appear to be doing well, they are still some way off from reaching their potential.  Our assessments provide clear recommendations on how to move your child forward based on real data, to achieve their potential.

How Dukes Tutoring Assessments Work

Your child will sit a range of tests; depending on their age, this can take from 1.5 hours up to 3 hours.  These tests provide us with a clear indication of the level your child is working at and key information about your child’s strengths and weaknesses. It also gives us a guide to their potential ability and whether they are currently achieving it.

Our assessments are marked by (and the feedback given by) senior teachers at deputy head or senior school leader level; our findings are written up in a detailed and bespoke formal report, which includes teaching recommendations and advice with suggested secondary schools. We spend an hour feeding back the findings in a face to face meeting with parents, providing opportunities to discuss the assessment in detail, ask questions about your child’s academic progress and the implications.

Once your child has completed the academic assessment, you will receive detailed feedback. We will then discuss how we can best support their preparation for the secondary school transition, ensuring they have clear guidance and tailored recommendations for their next steps.

We do not believe in tutoring children to get into a school that is not suitable for them. We tutor children to empower them to show their best in the exams, to go in with confidence and to have a positive experience.

It is vital that a child goes to an appropriate school. It can be as damaging for a child to go to a school which is below their academic level as it is to go to one which is beyond their ability. In both cases it is a difficult and challenging experience for a child. That’s why we always assess our selective entrance exam students before recommending the way forward.

For information please call: 020 3488 0754, or contact us.