English Tuition For 11+ with Robert Lomax

My online 11-Plus English classes focus on practical exam skills for comprehension and creative writing. They are fun, uplifting and highly interactive. Children learn not only by talking about their own work, but by considering other people’s ideas.

To sign up for any class, just click on it in the calendar or lesson list below, then follow the instructions.

Booking is open for classes up to the 8th of June. More times for June and July will be added in due course. If you want to know when new classes are made available, join my mailing list at this link.

Not sure whether my classes are right for your child? Try one and see! Above all else, I aim to make every lesson fun and engaging. If you’d like a free trial lesson, send me an email.

My teaching will help your child to feel well supported and positive about their abilities. By meeting other children and discussing each other’s work in an encouraging environment, they will discover that they aren’t alone in the challenges that they face.

My online 11-Plus English classes focus on practical exam skills for comprehension and creative writing. They are fun, uplifting and highly interactive. Children learn not only by talking about their own work, but by considering other people’s ideas.

To sign up for any class, just click on it in the calendar or lesson list below, then follow the instructions.

Booking is open for classes up to the 8th of June. More times for June and July will be added in due course. If you want to know when new classes are made available, join my mailing list at this link.

Not sure whether my classes are right for your child? Try one and see! Above all else, I aim to make every lesson fun and engaging. If you’d like a free trial lesson, send me an email.

My teaching will help your child to feel well supported and positive about their abilities. By meeting other children and discussing each other’s work in an encouraging environment, they will discover that they aren’t alone in the challenges that they face.

Book as many lessons as you like by clicking on the calendar below. You can save money with the following discount packages. Click the buttons to view payment information:

There’s more information about my discount packages in the Frequently Asked Questions section below.

Scroll down beneath the lesson calendar to learn more about my classes.

My exam-level written comprehension lessons (blue in the calendar) are for children in Years 4 to 6 (Year 4 students should be working at a fairly strong level before joining these classes). These teach children to read a text well and to understand what the examiner is looking for: how to respond to each question accurately, in an effective and time-efficient manner.

Core comprehension skills: these lessons (orange in the calendar) are ideal for children in Years 4 and 5 who want to build a solid foundation before they move on to exam-level work. How do you work out what a question is asking you to do? How do you explain your ideas, and how do you use quotations to support them? When a question asks you to use your own words, how should you plan and structure your answer?

• • Many children lie between the standard of my exam-level and core skills comprehension classes. These students are likely to benefit from both formats, but should probably concentrate more on the core skills lessons until they feel confident with these. If you are unsure which class is more appropriate for your child, have a look at the lesson worksheets linked in the calendar above.

Creative and descriptive writing lessons (green in the calendar) are particularly fun, full of imagination. Children share their writing about all manner of scenes and situations. How do you start a story, and how should it end? How should you plan your work in an exam? What is the difference between a description and a story? What goes into a letter, and how do you write a convincing essay? These classes are less age-specific than my comprehension lessons, and are for students across Years 4, 5 and 6: everybody – including me – has something to learn, and something to teach.

My reading skills lessons (violet in the calendar; ideal for Years 5 and 6, but advanced Year 4 students are also welcome) see us discuss a range of texts. We look at how to interpret meaning and how to read between the lines. How does the writer influence our thoughts and feelings – and how can we learn to do similar things in our own writing? What techniques do they use, and why? These reading skills classes are an important foundation for all comprehension and writing work at 11+.

My multiple-choice comprehension classes (red in the calendar; usually for Years 4 to 6) are ideal for grammar school candidates taking GL or CEM exams, for independent school candidates sitting multiple-choice tests, and also for students preparing for online assessments such as the ISEB Pretest and CEM Select. Multiple-choice work involves its own techniques, and a solid grasp of them can make a crucial difference.

Pre-lesson homework will be sent to you by email as soon as you book. Set aside about 45 minutes for your child to complete it. Your confirmation email will explain how to send it back to me. (This is so that it can be discussed in the lesson; if you want homework to be marked in full, please see 11 Plus Lifeline.) Sending your child’s work to me is optional – you are free not to – but it will help them to benefit more from the lesson.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can cancel your booking up to 24 hours before the lesson start time. Email me to request a refund. After that, your fee is not refundable.

If for some reason I need to cancel a lesson, I will refund your payment.

Discount packages are refundable up to 24 hours before the start of the first lesson you have booked with your discount code. No refund is possible after that point.

Your child’s work may be presented and discussed during the lesson. This will always be handled sensitively and supportively.