Brighton College School Entrance Guide

Sobia is well organised, personable and inspires confidence (and justifiably so). We engaged Sobia to provide orientation on 16+ entrance exams to our daughter who is bright and confident academically but hadn't sat for either 11+ or 13+ entrance exams so didn't know what to expect. Sobia was always well prepared, engaging and positive - our daughter really enjoyed the sessions with her and was offered a sixth form place with an academic scholarship at Brighton College. Highly recommended.

Holly is a wonderful warm tutor, always in good spirit. She is really helping my kids. Her teaching methods are excellent. She is approachable, flexible and kind. Most importantly she considers my suggestions and want to achieve goals set for the children. Other English tutors we have experienced in the past do not like to listen to the parents or consider any idea from the bill payer.

Holly is a very good tutor. She is very cheerful and makes the lessons enjoyable. My daughter is beginning to build confidence in English as Holly teaches her with praise and encouragement to attempt task helping her to feel free to express herself and contribute in class. My two children she teaches are doing well in school.

Michael has a very calm demeanour and the creative writing course he prepared for our son was well organised and goal focused. Our son was highly motivated by Michael’s teaching and his creative writing improved significantly in a short time. We would highly recommend Michael to others.

We can’t recommend Maud highly enough. Not only did she help our son get into his first choice of school she also helped him increase his predicted GCSE English/Literature grades from 7’s to 9’s. And even though maths and the sciences are his favourite subjects he thoroughly enjoyed working with Maud and completely trusted in her methods as to how best tackle exam questions. We can’t thank Maud enough for all her support.

As a result of a late decision to return to the UK from abroad we enlisted the support of Michael to support our daughter in preparing for 13+ style exams in English in order to gain entry to our choice schools. As a result of having been in the international education system for the past five years her ability to respond to more advanced English Comprehension questions was lacking and this was identified very early into our sessions. Michael was incredibly supportive particularly at introducing her to the concept of analyzing a piece of literature in order to interpret the writers intentions as well as identifying literary devices through quotes which are key parts of any English Exam. Michael was always encouraging and kind yet insistent when it came to ensuring she had truly understood the question and provided an appropriate response to merit the number of marks available. He set relevant homework and past paper practice at each session and always followed up on this in the following session to ensure continuity of effort. We as parents found him very professional and focused as well as being a pleasure to deal with.

Thanks ever so much Finnian. You have been an absolute star and I know that working with you has made a massive difference to our son's confidence. We really appreciate your flexibility, patience and all the help you have given so far. We feel the time with you has been extremely worthwhile and are very grateful for your help.

Hi Finn - I hope you are well! Our son asked me to let you know he has offers from all the schools he applied for (just waiting to hear back from Brighton!). He is of course delighted, as are we, and thank you for all your help! Best wishes

Sobia was a great tutor and our daughter really enjoyed her lessons with her.

Thank you very much - Sobia was a perfect tutor for my daughter. My daughter was concerned about the college requirements and verbal reasoning tests. With Sobia's thorough, professional and friendly support, she went to the exams confident and feeling well-prepared. And, she got the interview! Many thanks indeed.

Sobia is a wonderful teacher to have! She helps my son with English, Biology, Critical Thinking and General Paper, etc. for his 16+ exam to top UK boarding schools. She has very broad knowledge and could do many subjects. I am usually skeptical about tutoring, but Sobia changed it! She always goes the extra mile to help, which is really helpful and takes lots of pressure off me! My son really enjoys the online class and is confident about exams. We are so lucky to have Sobia!