11+ Summer School
Our sell-out 11+ summer schools are tailored to your child’s individual needs and goals.
With an 11+ syllabus based on years of experience and student feedback on exams, only we provide interactive and hands-on classes that keep children motivated throughout the summer.
our results
In 2023, we continued our 11-year run of 11+ success
Despite an incredibly difficult year, we achieved a 100% 11+ pass rate with our 2020 students, helping them to achieving success in the super-selective Kent tests and sail through the Newstead and Bexley exams.
In 2021, we sent dozens of students off to top schools like City of London, St. Olave’s, Newstead Wood, Dartford Grammar, TOGS, Chis & Sid, and Judd.
In 2022, an incredible 9 of our students reached the Top 180 in the Bexley exam, placing them in the top 3% of applicants. Students also achieved stellar scores in 11+ exams like Sutton, Newstead Wood, St. Olave’s and Kent.
For the last 5 years, Summer School places have sold out months before the summer. Parents were thrilled with our guidance, intensive classes and the fact that their children couldn’t wait to come back to us.
You can see what they said about us here.
Our summer courses combine all of the materials and activities we have used over the years to take our students to 11+ success. Without the right approach and support, many children can tire during the summer and become unmotivated. We use a variety of methods to ensure that students enjoy learning and can recall the information they’ve learnt long after the course has finished.
Testimonials
Find out what parents and children had to say about us:
Thank you for another wonderful week of topics and exercises at the summer school. O says she has learnt some new tricks and she is feeling more and more confident in her abilities, which is a lovely thing to see.
ParentOnline Summer School 2020
David has really enjoyed the summer school and has been filled with confidence with the new skills he has picked up and by those that have been reinforced.
OlaSummer School 2018
I found Kin Learning extremely useful. Both my sons attended and everyday learnt new things, which was very relevant. Their vocabulary increased and I felt a real weight lifted from me knowing that someone was teaching them what they needed. Kamilah is very knowledgeable about what is in each exam and she guided me very well. Her feedback from mocks is very detailed. I thoroughly recommend Kin Learning.
SandraParent
I wanted to say thank you even for 1 week , V. found it so useful and helpful to boost his 11 plus preparation. He passed Bexley and Kent test.
ParentSummer School 2023
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course details
Suitable for:
Year 5 students sitting the 2026 St. Olave’s, Kent, Bexley and Newstead exams.
Year 4s that will be sitting the 11+ in 2027.
Dates:
Each day runs from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.
- Monday to Thursday – 27th July to 30th July 2026
- Tuesday to Friday – 4th August to 7th August 2026
- Monday to Thursday – 17th August to 20th August 2026
Where:
Bishop Justus School, Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ
Course Structure
Children will receive a personalised schedule of different classes for each day of the course. Their schedule will be decided based on the schools they are applying for and their individual strengths and weaknesses.
Each day will run from 9.30am to 1pm with a 30-minute mid-morning break.
Students will be able to take home course materials and will be provided with additional work that they can complete at home.
pricing:
- One Week – £319
- Two Weeks – £599
- Three Weeks – £869
A Typical Day At Our 11+ Holiday Courses:
9:30 AM
Our days start off with a short quiz with a couple of questions on each of the 11+ subjects – English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. Once we’ve reviewed children’s answers, we move on to one of our main tasks of the day.
9:50 AM
Activity 1 – Maths or Reasoning
The children will be split into groups to work on a specific maths or reasoning topic. The children will be split into groups based on the pre-assessment that they’ve completed. Groups will change throughout the day to ensure that children are working on their own areas of personal weakness.
After working with one of our tutors to review our central maths or reasoning topic, children will be provided with a range of specially-written problems. Often, these problems will be based on questions that have recently been featured in the local 11+ exams. We keep a stock of problem-solving pages at different levels, meaning children can work at their own pace.
Our experienced team monitors children’s working closely during this session so that we can intervene to improve their method and their exam technique as necessary.
10:50 AM
Activity 2
This short, hands-on activity will feature a completely different subject from Activity 1. This is often an interactive vocabulary activity with words that relate to the comprehension task of the day, or it may be a revision activity that relates to work from the previous day. By completing an interactive task at this point, we’re able to hold our students’ concentration even as the morning goes on.
11:15 AM
Break
Children will have the opportunity to have a snack and play one of the many educational games that we provide. These games are selected for their ability to build verbal, spatial and memory skills.
11:40 AM
Brain-teaser
Our short brain-teaser activities give children the chance to start thinking outside the box – a great skill to have when they encounter any unexpected 11+ questions! For many children, this is their favourite part of the day.
11:50 AM
Activity 3 – English
Our English work builds comprehension as well as vocabulary and general knowledge, making it suitable for the Newstead students that join our courses. All of our English passages are written specially for our courses, meaning your child won’t have studied these passages previously. We tend to focus on passages from classic literature as children find these works more challenging.
12:50 PM
Activity 4
The work at our holiday courses continues right up until the last minute. If we’ve managed to finish Activity 3 on time, we’ll fit in some timed reasoning practice before the day comes to a close.
Topics Covered Include:
- English Comprehension
- Vocabulary
- Cloze Tests
- Grammar and Punctuation
- Maths (with particular emphasis on problem-solving)
- Verbal Reasoning
- Non-Verbal Reasoning
- Spatial Reasoning