Achieving Excellence in the 11+

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Welcome to SDE! We specialise in 11+ preparation, offering 11+ Tuition Courses, 11+ Mock Exams and published 11+ Books and Test Packs. We apply a technique-focused approach to preparing your child for the 11+.

SUSAN DAUGHTREY EDUCATION

What We Do

At SDE, we prioritise your child's success by offering a wide range of 11+ Courses and 11+ Mock Exams specifically designed for students preparing for the 11+ exam.

Our 11+ Courses cater to students in Year 4 and Year 5 at school, providing tailored preparation to suit their individual needs and age.

For students attending the SDE Year 5 11+ Course, we also offer 11+ Refresher Courses to help reinforce key concepts, targeted 11+ Workshops to address your child's weakest 11+ subject and a range of area and school-specific 11+ Mock Exams to build confidence and familiarity with the 11+ exam format.

In addition, we provide a variety of materials, available for use in class and for purchase through our Online Shop, ensuring that your child has access to the best resources for their 11+ preparation.

With SDE, you can be confident that your child is receiving the most comprehensive 11+ tuition available. We teach students the most efficient and effective method for approaching each 11+ question using techniques that have been carefully developed by Susan Daughtrey MEd. Our full Year 5 11+ Course curriculum covers all subject areas meticulously including English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning, ensuring your child is thoroughly and effectively prepared.

We ensure that our highly qualified teachers are experienced subject area tutors by selecting only the very best who pass our rigorous selection process. Since 1987, we have crafted our own 11+ Course structure, lesson plans and materials that are of the highest possible standard. Our 11+ Mock Exams are regarded as market-leading and have an excellent reputation for being the closest in terms of content, timing, format, administration and level of difficulty compared to the real 11+ tests.

Furthermore, we utilise fully interactive Hybrid Classroom technology (remote attendance and interactive participation in classes through advanced audio-visual systems and classroom Smartboards) and, on all our term-time 11+ Courses, we offer weekly pre-recorded video tutorials that you can access from home covering all aspects of the lesson to ensure your child has the best chance of achieving excellence in the 11+ and beyond.

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11+ courses

11+ Courses

SDE's Year 4 11+ Foundation Courses (offered as 17, 30 or 36 weeks) which are followed by the Year 5 11+ Course (typically 34 weeks) are designed to thoroughly prepare your child for all aspects of the 11+ exam(s) they are studying for.

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11+ Mock Exams

SDE's 11+ Mock Exams take place throughout the spring and summer. They are held in Exam Halls and are designed to emulate, as far as reasonably practicable, all aspects of the 11+ exam your child is preparing for, including the test style, format, content, level of difficulty, timing and administration.

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11+ Shop

Discover Susan's published Verbal Reasoning and English books and test paper packs.

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SUSAN DAUGTHREY EDUCATION

Why Choose Us?

Parents are drawn to SDE tutoring largely through positive word of mouth, here's why:

ellipse Technique-Based Approach

With over 37 years of experience in 11+ tutoring, we have mastered our own, proven techniques that will teach your child how to correctly and speedily approach 11+ English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non Verbal Reasoning questions.

ellipse Unrivalled 11+ Course Quality and Materials

We have spent many thousands of hours writing and refining the 11+ Course structure, lesson plans and materials taking into account all known requirements of the 11+ tests. All the material written for the SDE 11+ Course is unpublished and is therefore only available to students attending SDE classes. We also sell Susan's 11+ Verbal Reasoning and English books in our Online Shop. These materials are supplemented by a careful selection of other published 11+ textbooks that complement the SDE 11+ Courses and are provided as part of the SDE 11+ Course "package".

ellipse Individual Attention and Feedback

We prioritise individual attention by adopting a small group tuition format. Additionally, each Tutor is aided by a trained SDE Tuition Centre Assistant to help them with administrative matters, allowing the tutor to fully devote their attention to teaching your child. In Year 5, we also offer subject-centric 11+ Workshops to suit the specific needs of your child, focusing on their weakest 11+ subject.

ellipse Ofsted Registered

SDE (Tuition) LLP is registered with Ofsted with Unique Reference Number (URN) 2515284.

SDE (Tuition) LLP's 11+ Tuition Centres in Amersham, Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross and Langley are registered childcare settings.

Everyone at SDE has been subjected to an Enhanced DBS checks, there will always be two members of SDE staff on site when children attend the SDE 11+ Tuition Centres, all of our Tutors and Mock Exam Managers are First Aid trained and we have comprehensive Child Safety and Welfare Policies including a written Child Safeguarding Policy in place.

Ofsted registration also means we can accept Childcare Vouchers and Tax-Free Childcare payments for SDE 11+ Course fees at the above locations.

ellipse Trusted Family Partnership in Learning

We are a stable, family-focused partnership and strive to make our teachers feel valued and integral to the SDE tuition business. Nearly all of our teachers are members (partners) in SDE (Tuition) LLP which gives them the opportunity to influence management decisions, invest their own money as capital in SDE and be rewarded with reference to SDE (Tuition) LLP's financial performance (rather than a fixed remuneration by way of salary or wages).

The Teacher Members are fundamental to SDE's success and have become a part of the 'SDE family' for the very long term. These arrangements enable us to work hand-in-hand with the tutors and, by extension, to provide your child with a stable and consistent environment during their time preparing for the 11+ at SDE.

ellipse Quality of 11+ Tutors

At SDE, we hold ourselves to the highest standards when it comes to teacher recruitment. We handpick only the most experienced, exceptional teachers, who not only possess the highest qualifications to teach but who are also specialist subject area 11+ tutors.

We are able to offer prospective teachers excellent career opportunities, which includes, subject to strong performance in their role, partnership in SDE (Tuition) LLP. These arrangements have helped us to recruit, retain and motivate the very best tutors. To meet our tutors click here.

ellipse Dedicated SDE 11+ Tuition Centre facilities

Susan Daughtrey Education has made significant investments in our own self-managed SDE 11+ Tuition Centres that are conveniently located in the centres of Amersham, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross.

These facilities have all been developed by SDE to create bespoke 11+ Tuition Centre environments that are dedicated to our 11+ pupils and include the following features and advantages:

  • A safe, secure and attractive environment for your child to prepare for their 11+ exam.
  • A single-purpose location that your child can associate with their important 11+ studies, rather than a shared venue that may have been visited by them previously for another, potentially non-academic, purpose (such as a leisure centre, community centre or their school).
  • An educational establishment to which the SDE tutors and support staff can be proud to welcome pupils and parents, where we can foster a unique identity and culture and which ultimately helps us to attract, retain and motivate the best professional staff.
  • Bespoke 11+ Tuition Centre facilities developed by SDE especially for our pupils including:
    • small classrooms designed for groups of up to 12 students, a teacher and tuition centre assistant;
    • toilet facilities close to the classrooms;
    • climate control, which can be particularly important during the final 11+ preparation which often coincides with hot summer weather;
    • In Beaconsfield and Amersham, the ability to amalgamate two classrooms together by opening a sound-proof retractable wall to create a realistic exam hall setting (typically accommodating up to 30 exam candidates) for the SDE 11+ Mock Exams.
  • Premium locations (all within 200m of the Railway Station) allowing you to make use of other nearby Town Centre facilities while your child attends their 11+ tuition or mock exam.
  • On-site or nearby public parking facilities.
  • Environmental conscious buildings (all achieving EPC Ratings A-C), with our new facility in Amersham achieving the highest possible EPC "A" rating due to investments in an 8.1KW Solar PV rooftop array and a Ground Source Heat Pump.

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Additional Features

In addition to our core services, SDE (Tuition) LLP offers a range of additional features to further support and enrich the educational journey of our students

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Prerecorded Video Tutorials

All of the teaching content from the SDE 11+ Course (Year 5) and SDE 11+ Foundation Course (Year 4) is now available as pre-recorded video tutorials which have been devised and narrated by Susan Daughtrey M.Ed.

The pre-recorded video tutorials are released weekly through the Course and can be accessed via your online SDE Account.

The video tutorials form a full record of the SDE lesson content and offer the following benefits:

  • As a parent, this allows you to see exactly what was taught in class and the teaching methods deployed.
  • Any missed lessons that were not attended in person or via the Hybrid Classroom facilities can be caught up using the pre-recorded video tutorials.
  • The video tutorials are also invaluable if your child needs to recap on any of the lesson content or for revision purposes later in the Course.

The video tutorials are designed to complement the in-person classroom lessons and are only available to students who are enrolled on an SDE 11+ Course.

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Hybrid Classroom

The three SDE 11+ classrooms at SDE Beaconsfield are equipped with Hybrid Classroom video technology. First installed to help support students during Covid-19, if your child is unable to attend their class in person (for example, if you are travelling or your child has an infectious illness), by pre-arrangement with the SDE Office, it is possible to reserve a lesson via the Hybrid Classroom.

During a Hybrid Classroom lesson your child will be able to see the classroom, hear the class and view the content which is displayed on the SmartBoard (which outputs to your home computer via a secondary feed). Your child will also be present on two large screens in the classroom and can be heard (when not on Mute) through a classroom speaker which allows them to fully interact with the lesson as if they were physically present. This system is accessed from home through Zoom.

N.B We are unable to accept Childcare Vouchers or Tax Free Childcare payments for lessons that are attended via the Hybrid Classroom - this is because we must be providing in-person childcare for you to make use of these schemes.

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Subject-centric 11+ Workshops

In January and March of Year 5 students attending the term-time SDE 11+ Course complete two “11+ Mini Mocks”: Mini Mock 1 and Mini Mock 2.

The 11+ Mini Mocks are progress tests which are completed in Exam Halls (not in the regular classroom), in the multiple-choice format and using audio administration. However they are called “11+ Mini Mocks” because they only test the subjects and topics taught on the SDE 11+ Course up to the date of testing.

Based on your child's combined 11+ Mini Mock data, shortly after the release of the Mini Mock 2 test results, we will recommend the most beneficial 11+ Workshop for your child to attend.

The Workshops are subject-centric intensive revision (reteaching) courses designed to give your child additional support in their weakest 11+ subject, be that English, Maths, VR or NVR. You can add a Workshop to your child's 11+ Course booking at the time of registration or by contacting the SDE Office at any time during the Course, subject to availability.

The 11+ Mini Mocks and 11+ Workshops are only available to students attending the full Year 5 SDE 11+ Course.

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11+ Refresher Courses

Refresher Course classes take place during the final two weeks of the School Summer Holiday and there is usually a choice of times and dates, subject to availability. The Refresher Course is a final revision Course and is fundamentally different to the 11+ Workshops, where we re-teach the basics to help your child address their personal 'weakest 11+ subject'.

The Refresher Course classes are exclusively for students who have attended the main term-time SDE 11+ Course for Year 5 students.

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Summer Course

For students who have not attended the Year 5 SDE 11+ Course throughout the year, we offer a 20 hour intensive 'Revision and Testing' Course over 5 days during the summer holidays.

This Course is aimed at those students who have been preparing for the 11+ during Year 5 and who will benefit from additional revision and test paper practice, exposure to some of SDE's unpublished Course materials and a professional finish to their 11+ preparation.

The Summer Revision and Testing Course is not suited to students who have attended the term-time Year 5 SDE 11+ Course - these students should opt for the 11+ Refresher Course.

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Testimonials

We attribute the majority of our 11+ Course and 11+ Mock Exam bookings to referrals, which is a testament to the positive reputation we strive to maintain. Please find below a selection of testimonials that reflect our commitment to excellence.

My son was so happy to have his 11+ tutorial in SDE in last two years and finally passed the 11+exam. The tutors at SDE have much experience for the 11+, and the staff in SDE have always provided a nice service for the parents and students.

– Dori Liu

My daughter enjoyed the lessons and SDE catered to her needs well. Resources were quite useful and I would highly recommend parents to join SDE for preparing their children for 11+ exam.

– Sneha Shah

Latest news

We keep busy at SDE always improving our offering and facilities, helping various charities and supporting our community. Keep up with the latest here and on our social media channels.

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Stage sponsorship at Beaconsfield Festival of Lights 2024
Tuesday 17 Dec 2024
SDE was delighted to be a main sponsor of the Beaconsfield Festival of Lights 2024. We were pleased to sponsor the stage at the end of Gregories Road, where a range of fantastic performances entertain...
SDE's New Gerrards Cross Tuition Centre
Tuesday 20 Aug 2024
The new SDE 11+ Tuition Centre at SDE House, Gerrards Cross has been converted especially for small-group 11+ Course tuition classes and 11+ Mock Exams. There are two spacious classrooms over two floo...
SDE's New Amersham Tuition Centre at SDE House, 150 Station Road, Amersham
Tuesday 20 Aug 2024
The new SDE 11+ Tuition Centre at SDE House, Amersham has been designed especially for small-group 11+ Course tuition classes and 11+ Mock Exams. There are three bespoke classrooms, an exam hall and a...