Exam Preparation

Union Tuition London provides experienced tutors with strong academic records. They are carefully matched up with clients based on your goals and desired learning outcomes. Harry and Michael personally interview and hand-select their tutors. They look for individuals who have not only proved themselves in their own degrees and other qualifications, but also possess the necessary interpersonal skills and empathy to achieve results in private tuition. It is our standard practice for a student to be assessed in whichever area they are looking to improve, prior to lessons beginning. The tutor is then presented with a document outlining the areas a student finds difficult, so they are able to immediately make progress from the first session. We offer tutoring in all major academic subjects, as well as arts-based subjects such as photography, music and drama. Our company is based in London and this is where most of the tutoring takes place. However, our tutors also work out of London on request and outside of the U.K for longer residential placements. We have also created many of our own teaching resources, particularly for the 7+ and 11+ assessments. If you would like to use our papers and practice booklets, these can be purchased on request.

Early years exams

4+

What are we teaching?

Literacy
Maths/ Numeracy
Personal, social and emotional skills
Gross and fine motor control
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7+

What are we teaching?

English
Verbal Reasoning
Maths
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8+

What are we teaching?

English
Verbal Reasoning
Maths
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10+

What are we teaching?

Literacy
Maths/ Numeracy
Personal, social and emotional skills
Gross and fine motor control
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11+

What are we teaching?

English
Verbal Reasoning
Maths
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13+ and beyond

ISEB Common Entrance English exam

Common Entrance English is divided into two primary areas: reading and writing. The reading element requires candidates to consider both literary prose and poetry. The writing involves answering two questions, one of which is argumentative and the second is a creative, imaginary piece.

ISEB Common Entrance History Exam

Common Entrance history is a single paper divided into three time periods: Medieval Realms (1066-1485), The Making of the United Kingdom (1485 – 1750), Britain and Empire (1750 – 1914).

ISEB Common Entrance Geography Exam

Common Entrance Geography is divided into three sections: location knowledge, ordinance survey map work and thematic studies. The key topic areas within these sections are as follows: collection and recording, presentation, tectonic processes, meteorological processes, geomorphological processes, demographic processes, Transport and Industry and economic processes.

13+ Common Entrance Maths is divided into 3 levels, with each level divided into number, algebra, ratio, proportion and rates of change, geometry and measures, probability and statistics. The levels get progressively harder, with 1 being the easiest and 3 being the hardest. Most candidates will be entered for the level 2 paper.

ISEB Common Entrance Science exam

Common Entrance Science is divided into biology, chemistry and physics. The following topics make up the biology: cells and organisation, nutrition and digestion, gas exchange systems, reproduction in animals, reproduction in plants, health, material cycles and energy, cellular respiration, relationships in an ecosystem, variation, classification and inheritance.

ISEB Common Entrance Theology, Philosophy and Religion Exam

Common Entrance Theology, Philosophy and Religion focuses on Catholicism. It reflects the fact that the religious traditions of the United Kingdom are, in the main, Christian while taking into account other religious and non-religious traditions represented in the United Kingdom.

ISEB common entrance Classics exam

These classics exams are intended to meet the needs of those candidates who may have had only a limited exposure to Latin and/or Classical Greek as well as of those who have reached a more advanced stage

ISEB Common Entrance German Exam

Common Entrance German is divided into listening, speaking, reading and writing. All exercises in the listening and reading components can be completed without the use of past tenses and none of the questions will specifically target details in which the use of past tenses is vital.

ISEB Common Entrance French Exam

Common Entrance French is divided into listening, speaking, reading and writing. There are tiered papers: Level 1 and Level 2. Level 1 is aimed at candidates who have studied French for between 30 and 40 hours, or who find the language difficult.

ISEB Common Entrance Spanish Exam

Common Entrance Spanish is divided into listening, speaking, reading and writing. The key aspects that students should focus on are revision of topic areas and grammar.

The above information on GCSE, AS-Level and A-Level is based upon AQA ( Assessment and Qualifications Alliance ) examination board curriculums,
other examination boards do exist  in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland:

      CCEA (Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment)

      Pearson Edexcel

      OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Exams)

      WJEC (Welsh Joint Examinations Committee)