Ilana is an excellent tutor. She makes learning sessions so enjoyable that my daughter wants to continue lessons with her even after a fabulous 7+ result. She understood my daughter’s learning style and tailored her lessons accordingly. She is very approachable, gives constructive feedback and has successful techniques to help children learn. I would highly recommend Ilana.
Parent
With her fun positive approach, Ilana challenged, encouraged and over time built up our daughter’s confidence in her own ability, reigniting a love for both reading and writing for which both we and our daughter will be forever grateful. It is rare to find teacher’s who have both great ability but also genuine care – Ilana is one amongst them.
Parent
Ilana has an incredible talent for teaching and a great understanding of children and their needs in relation to exam preparation. She could perfectly tune in with my son and motivate him to go that extra step.
Parent
We were quickly won over by Ilana’s deep knowledge of what would be required to pass the 7+ exam and her ability to quickly identify the areas we needed to work on. We found the assessment report incisive, well-observed and full of practical suggestions. And most importantly, our daughter had fun.
Parent
We were really impressed with how quickly and accurately Ilana got a sense of our son’s personality, strengths and areas for improvement. Her assessment captured him perfectly.
Parent
Ilana is absolutely brilliant when it comes to 1-1 tuition for London school assessments. With fun ways to teach, she can easily dial up OR down the content based on the level of the child. Not once did Ilana let my daughter feel down in any way and she always came out happy and confident after 7+ prep sessions with her, I’d recommend her 1-1 sessions for all London school assessments.
Parent
Ilana’s endless patience, creativity and empathy, made learning feel like fun instead of ‘more work’. Instead of a ‘tutorial’, our daughter felt as if she was just having an engaging weekly chat! This approach really maximised her engagement and, as a result, her progress.
Parent
Ilana had an excellent understanding of our daughter’s learning style and intuitively knew when to push her and when to step back. She was excellent at honing in on very specific areas for our daughter’s improvement. And as we edged closer to the assessment dates, Ilana was a steady, unflappable presence, always willing to offer her honest advice.
Parent
The 7+ process has undoubtedly been stressful but Ilana’s guidance and her ability to understand and engage our daughter has been fantastic. We are so pleased with the outcome and I would unreservedly recommend her.
Parent
Ilana was a total godsend for my daughter preparing for her 7+ entrance exams. I was initially unsure that online tuition would be suitable for her but I could not be more wrong! Ilana was effective, super organised and her experience with bringing out the best in children came through every single week’s lesson. What she achieved in 30 mins was more than I could in 2 hours!
Parent
Ilana was not only a tutor for my daughter but also for me. She supported a very nervous and doubtful parent who was going through the entrance exam for the first time. She was always willing to go the extra mile, with clear feedback on what has been taught and what is next on the teaching plan. She always responded to my middle of the night emails when I had doubts or questions about any part of the learning. My only regret was not finding her earlier!
Parent
Ilana has been such an integral part of building my daughter’s confidence. She has gone from not feeling that she is able, to walking into assessments knowing that she was ready and well prepared. I could not be more grateful to Ilana for instilling this and other techniques and knowledge that will only continue to serve her beyond the entrance exams.
Parent
I am immensely grateful for Ilana’s assessment for the 7+ exam. She is very reassuring, upbeat and encouraging. After speaking with Ilana, my daughter felt more confident, and wanted to continue playing the games she learned during the session.
Ilana provided a very detailed report of my daughter’s current abilities and made specific suggestions for improvement. She gave creative recommendations to improve her writing and communication skills. Ilana clearly has a wealth of knowledge about the 7+ admission process, and also how children with different abilities and personalities can approach it. She made the process a lot more clear to me.
Parent
Ilana has a wealth of experience with 7+ exams and helped to guide both our children successfully through the process. She brings enormous energy and enthusiasm to each session, ensuring that her time with each child is engaging, challenging and, for much of the time, fun. We could not recommend Ilana highly enough.
Parent
My son didn’t have the whole year to prepare for 7+ exams and coming from a state school my hopes weren’t very high. However, it was incredible to get see how quickly my son progressed. She kept both of us focused!
My son looked forward to all Ilana’s lessons.
We have just received amazing news from UCS and Highgate! He got into both schools! I can’t thank Ilana enough for all the support we had throughout the process.
Parent
I can highly recommend Ilana for your child’s 7+ prep. With her extensive experience and personalised approach she helped our daughter not only to excel in her academic achievements and get offered a place at our school of choice but also to enjoy and look forward to her tutoring sessions. Ilana quickly understood how to motivate our daughter and made each session feel like a fun chat. She also provided much appreciated support for us parents and we were a good child-tutor-parent team with a successful outcome. Thank you Ilana!
Parent
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