Services
Welcome to Pakenham Education
Pakenham Education is a bespoke education service that facilitates school placements to the best private schools in the UK and inspires pupils to prepare successfully for their entrance tests and exams.
Pakenham Education serves parents who want to know that every part of their children’s education is receiving the detailed attention it deserves.
Pakenham Education sets itself apart by providing a single point of contact for a comprehensive range of educational services tailored to match the needs and specific requirements to pupils and their families. By joining us, clients know there is someone dedicated to your child and their education thus enabling your child to make the most of their experience in a top school best suited to them.
We will always work with your child’s school in your best interests. Furthermore, our uniquely nuanced understanding of the testing procedures adopted by senior independent schools assessing prep school applicants means we can maximise their chances of admission to the school that reflects your ambition and their potential.
Our first meeting will give you the opportunity to tell us exactly what your expectations are and what your child’s perceived strengths and weaknesses are. Critical to the process is an in depth interview with your child at this stage: to identify what they enjoy, how they learn best and to ensure they are included in the plans for their future. Your child will then take various tests to establish the precise programmme to meet the entry standards by schools.
As a Pakenham client, a long term commitment is assured and you can be certain that your child will be supported and motivated.
Tuition
Tuition for prep school children is more popular than ever these days for two main reasons. First, there are more students, many of them from overseas, seeking entry to the same number of schools. Second, many senior independent schools are testing children at 11 (pre-tests) now as well as at 13 (Common Entrance). Thus more tutors have been hired by parents who have realised that entry to senior independent schools has become increasingly competitive.
Pakenham Education relies on twenty years teaching experience to help its pupils meet the challenges of pre-tests and Common Entrance.
Pakenham Education tutors children to give them the best possible chance of admission to a top UK senior independent school. Success is achieved by building relationships with students based on trust, by promoting social as well as academic confidence and by clearly communicating the techniques best suited to the challenges posed by interviews, assessments and entrance examinations.
School Placements
Choosing the right prep and senior independent school for your child is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Knowing that you have someone with you to help answer them will give you the confidence to make the right choice for your child. Many of the answers to the questions you may have will depend to a large extent on your child’s character and your own beliefs.
Interview Support
Pakenham Education understands that schools, which interview 11 year olds as part of the assessment criteria, want the candidates to be themselves. Thus interview practice at Pakenham Education seeks to give its clients the confidence to answer questions honestly, cheerfully and without pre-conceived prepared mental answers. We use the lastest multi-media technology to achieve this goal and our tremendous experience of working with thousands of students down the years.
Scholarship, Common Entrance and Pre-Test Successes to:
| Ampleforth College | Hampton | Ipswich |
| Cheltenham Ladies’ College | The King’s School Canterbury | King’s Ely |
| Downside | Radley College | Oundle |
| Reading Blue Coats | Reeds | The Perse Upper School |
| Marlborough College | Stowe | Rugby |
| Bradfield College | Wellington College | Uppingham |
| Charterhouse | Winchester College | Harrow |
| Cranleigh | Worth | St George’s Weybridge |
| Dulwich College | Culford |