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We had John as tutor for our son who has just passed the 11plus.First of all I must say they were honest in saying children who do better, are the ones whose parents are actively involved! We took this advice seriously and it payed off!

We found the the whole tutoring process brilliant, the gentle introduction into the exam style,all the work covered, the mocks were a great way to get my son to know how to manage himself on the day of the actual exam!

Our son found the summer classes very interesting, he never complained when he had to go because it was not only work but fun as well!

Our son thought John was brilliant at explaining maths and I must say his teachers were amazed by the progress he made last year (he moved up 5 sub levels) and it showed in the real exam even though he complained it was hard.

Last but not the least, communication was brilliant, at times I felt John even slept with the computer on his lap, as soon as you sent an email, your reply was already there!

One little negative thing:there were some mistakes in the answers at times but I was very pleased to notice that our son spotted some of them. We thought, they tried to do a lot last academic year and could not put up with the workload at a certain point.

Overall brilliant, will recommend to any parent but it is fundamental to follow up your child and make sure they do their work.That is the challenging bit. Thank you Jan and John and well done.

My son took one mock exam with Jan Stringer, and two with another local 11+ coach. The split between two providers was due to us needing to find suitable times for our son to do the exams and to ensure our son was put in an unfamiliar situation with people he didn't know, just as he would be on the day. He already knew Jan Stringer, having had some coaching from her (also of very good quality). Having paid for comparable levels of exam feedback from both providers (there are different levels available at different cost from both providers), I recommend Jan Stringer's offering above the alternative.

Jan's feedback told us what percentage of children had got each question correct (showing us if our son was losing points on something that should have been easy). Crucially, where answers were incorrect, we were given the full question text for those questions which most children had got correct. e.g. our son had a question wrong which 74% of children sitting that exam had got correct, so you expect him to also give a correct answer. We could then look at that question with our son and see if he didn't read it properly/doesn't understand it/doesn't have the knowledge to answer it. This was the most useful part of the report given to us and wasn't provided by the other mock exam provider.

We have been so impressed, that when our nest child comes to sit the exam, we'll be doing more than one mock with Jan.

My two children took a set of exams with the stringers and are now in years 8 and 10 at Bishops. the exams were at the standard or more difficult than the 11+ and as such were a unique way to see if your child was fast and clever enough and could concentrate for the duration of all of the exams to do the real thing.

We also found the analysis very useful of which questions has goen wrong and why. We will be booking the exams again for our next child in 2014.

Jan Stringer's 11+ Mock Exams have been a great experience for two of my children. They offer a realistic dry run to the real 11+ with an exam agenda the same as the real day and test papers that contain the same question types and difficulty as the GL Assessment Papers.

The mock exam was an incredibly useful tool, particularly as we undertook the D_I_Y (as opposed to tutor) route to the 11+.

It gave my daughter a new confidence and now, having sat the 11+, my daughter reports that it was very similar in standard to the actual exam and overall very representative. As far as we were concerned, it was a very useful benchmark against other 11+ candidates. I was hugely impressed by the detailed reports, which highlights particular question areas where there is a weakness and provides further examples. The observation reports were also interesting. I would recommend that the whole package is taken - it is such, such good value. The Stringer team work hard to get it right and I believe they have succeeded.

My daughter sat 2 mock exams prior to the 11+ at South Wilts. It was an ideal opportunity for her to learn about exam techniques, timings and also to make those silly mistakes that you make only once. When she sat the proper exam, she sais she felt much calm and less daunted and that she often thought she was just in another mock ! It held no surprises for her. we got a detailed report with the first exam which highlighted several areas to work on. The simple report which came with her second exam still propvided plenty of information. we had a query about one of the papers and the Stringers rapidly responded and explained the situation fully. Would recommend this to anyone who is planning to have their children sit exams of this kind. Well worth it.

Invaluable experience for both the practicalities of exam conditions (timing and what to do) and type of questions to expect. My daughter sat two mock exams and when she came to the real exam felt much more confident and familiar with what was expected. I found the detailed report very useful and correlated with my daughter's own report on her exam experience. It was useful for me to know how she reacted during the mock.

Both of my children went to all three of the 11+ mock exams and they found them very helpful, informative, and it trained them for exam conditions. We also found when our children took the mock exam, it helped enormously with confidence building for when they entered the final exam. I would definitely recommend it to a friend.

Would most definitely recommend these mock exams for any child working towards the 11+. They gave my son a taste of what the exams would be like. We found the detailed reports really useful in helping him focus on questions that he was less secure on and they were also a real confidence booster for him, showing him which areas he had done well in. It's a tricky time helping a child prepare for the 11+ exams and we (my son, and us, his parents) found these mocks invaluable.

We are so thankful that we were lucky enough to find the Stringers. Our son sat 3 Mock examinations and we found that very necessary, as the first mock showed that he was not use to sitting and concentrating for the required length of time. By the time he took the third mock he was much more comfortable with the routine and knew what to expect, hence his results improved.

We valued the well presented and concise results from each mock exam as it showed clearly the knowledge areas that our son needed help in developing. The result of this exercise was that by the time our son took the actual 11+ examination he was far more confident than would otherwise have been. On exiting the examination room he proudly declared, "It was just like being at Mrs. Stringers!"

We would certainly recommend the Stringers excellent service and value for money to everyone with children about to enter the 11+ examinations.