Expert Insights
Advice and support for parents and students
Category: Exams
GCSE exams return this summer: what can parents do to help?
Exams return this summer for the first time in two years, with all their attendant anxieties. In this Expert Insight, we...
A Level exams return this summer: what can parents do to help?
Exams return this summer for the first time in two years, with all their attendant anxieties. In this Expert Insight, we...
5 key considerations when applying to US universities
There are a number of key differences to bear in mind when applying to university in the US as opposed to the UK. We hav...
Consistency in an Age of Uncertainty: How to best Prepare for GCSEs, A Levels, and the IB
A few months ago, we wrote about what the 2021 lockdown meant for GCSE, A-level and IB students. Now that the picture is...
What the 2021 lockdown means for GCSE and A-Level students: Expert Insight with Camilla Smiley
As England enters another national lockdown and with summer exams for GCSE and A-Level students cancelled, we thought it...
Should I enter a fifth choice? Advice for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine university applicants
Continuing our recent theme of offering specific and timely university admissions advice - thanks to the input of our wo...
SEN and Extenuating Circumstances in University Applications
As more and more students will be putting together UCAS applications for university, we approached our brilliant univers...
UKiset- UK Independent Schools' Entry Test
The UKiset is an assessment international students take when applying to independent schools in the UK. This assessment ...
What is the ISEB Common Pre-Test?
ISEB Common Pre-Tests As many schools shift to the ISEB Common Pre-test rather than the 11+ examination, we've put toge...
Entrance Exam Preparation – Dos and Dont's
Entrance Exam Preparation – pitfalls and pointers As we enter entrance exam season for students applying for schools at ...
Entrance Exam Specialist Teachers
How can parents and students keep up with the changing world of school entrance exams, especially at a time like this? H...
Talking Exam Results with Camilla Smiley
What Can We Do Right Now That Will Make a Difference? We recently caught up with Camilla Smiley to talk about the implic...
Next Steps for your Next Schools, by Charlotte Faber
As the school year approaches, our educational consultant Charlotte Faber, former headmistress of Garden House Upper Gir...
Fun Times: why learning should be fun, with a little help from Sharky & George
This summer, Ivy Education will be co-hosting a summer camp with Sharky & George, specialists in finding the fun in ...
7+, 8+ & 11+ entrance exams and lockdown, by Charlotte Faber
So your child was entering the important phase of gearing up to 11+, or perhaps 7/8+ and now you are concerned about ho...
Education Advisors
Meet our top Education Advisors Our education advisory team has over 100 years of combined education experience, rangin...
Gear up for success with the end of year school exams
Despite current disruptions to the academic term, end-of-year school exams are fast approaching. In this latest blog we...
The 11+, 13+, and your child’s happiness
With school entrance exams still reported to be going ahead in the autumn, now is a good moment to reflect on the 11+ a...
