Cara is a dedicated and creative education professional. She is experienced in 7+ exams and providing high quality education for assessment. Cara studied at the University of Leeds in History and Ancient History before completing a PGCE in Primary Education with Sheffield Hallam University. Now based in Wimbledon, Cara has taken on ambitious new challenges by educating children in preparation for 7+ London Day Schools Admission Tests in Year 2. Prior to this, she was based in Yorkshire where she quickly became History Lead at The Gleddings Preparatory School and educated children in preparation for the 11+, based as a class teacher in Year 4.
In only three years, Cara has quickly amassed a reputation for providing high quality nurture and care alongside high academic achievement through personalised 1-1 intervention. In the classroom, Cara works with individuals to bring out their very best by creating engaging and fun lessons which are tailored to the children's needs and interests whilst closing the gap in areas of weakness. Regular assessment is used to identify pupil strengths and weaknesses and responding to the needs of her pupils quickly, she adapts teaching to enable maximum pupil progress and performance.
Cara's availability
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School entrance experience
Cara has worked with children aiming to attend the following schools:
Cara has helped two students to achieve places at schools, passing the 7 + examinations recently after a few setbacks. One passed both examinations for Notting Hill Prep and Ibstock Place School within the first two months of her teaching him. Another pupil achieved a place at Alleyn’s.
Cara has supported pupils with preparing for the 8 + at King's and enabling them to develop the reasoning skills and problem solving strategies to conquer the challenge of the non-verbal and verbal reasoning which had been identified as a weaker area for them.
Personalised teaching strategies to support weaker areas identified from assessment are key. Cara uses closing the gap strategies in every area of her teaching and learning to maximise pupil progress.
Cara's qualifications
Cara qualified to teach Primary education in 2021, and holds a PGCE Primary Education (5-11) with QTS from Sheffield Hallam University .
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