11 plus Tutors
"Our strategy at the Holiday Learning Club is to help your child excel in the 11+ exams by creating a club which integrates personalised learning with fun physical activity. We use the BOFA system..." Holiday Learning Club
"...However, having used BOFA and compared it with a variety of other resources, the motivation of marks and progress measures were really what drove ... I'm more than happy to endorse it!" Cheltenham Tutoring
Here are a few common questions asked by tutors enquiring about using BOFA for the eleven plus.
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What are the main benefits of BOFA 11+ for tutors?
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What would be the ideal strategy to prepare for the 11 plus?
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What are the main benefits of BOFA 11+ for tutors?
Tutors and schools have found that BOFA 11 plus is a valuable tool to help children prepare for these stressful exams. The principle benefit is that it does the work for you of identifying the areas on which individual children would most benefit from extra, human help.
The tests can be sat by pupils either 'during school time' or at home, at their leisure. BOFA keeps you up-to-date with their progress.
Pupils seem to enjoy working through the BOFA process, particularly the sense of autonomy which it brings.
BOFA 11 plus:
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Saves time - it does the marking for you
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Reduces pupil stress – BOFA acts as the mediator between child and parent/tutor
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Is designed to promote not dent pupil confidence.
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Keeps you abreast of the pupils progress through email.
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Produces a report which lists the topics a tutor should focus on.
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Has an extension/Scholarship level programme available for the high fliers
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Has a Foundation level programme, used to help pupils who have quite a few topics which require work
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Has been written by experienced, qualified, specialist teachers
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Has been designed by an experienced 11 plus author who has sold over 1 million 11+ books.
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Is simple to sign up to and use.
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Has an efficient customer support system - we will get back to you straight away if you have any problems.
What would be the ideal strategy to prepare for the 11 plus?
- Firstly, set an exam paper similar to the real thing. Mark it as quickly as possible to reduce the stress on the child and avoid marking it in front of them, get them to relax and get some fresh air. Don’t forget they have just been sitting down, concentrating, for a prolonged period of time.
- Secondly, identify areas where they have gone wrong and explain what they should have done.
- Thirdly, practice more questions on these weaker areas so that they can see if they now understand it.
- Fourthly, create a new test similar to the first one so that they can have another go.
- Fifthly, mark these as quickly as possible.
- Hopefully you and your child should be able to see some confidence-boosting progress
