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Their assessments aren’t very accurate
Their assessments aren’t very accurate. Enrolled my daughter into their online programme at the start of her Year-5. She had one online class every week. The tutor was supportive and covered the concepts well. I had a 5 min session with the tutor at the end of each class so I could support her as and when needed. They did a reasonable job of covering the content. Unfortunately, my daughter wasn’t able to obtain the score needed for Grammar school. I think their online portal, practice material and assessments require a lot of improvement. Though she did lots of questions for practice, I wasn’t able to see how well she was doing on each topic. They do have some graphs and figures to show how a child is doing but I didn’t find those very useful (they mainly lacked detail). I think the mock tests and practice questions were a bit too easy compared to the real ones and not quite representative of the actual exam. The first time I realised this was when my daughter took a mock exam by another company. This was about two months before the actual exam. After this, I tried my best to assist her myself but she didn’t do too well on the exam. Her score on the actual exam was more closer to what she got on the 3rd party mock test. Although, preparing the for the 11+ exam has helped my daughter improve in year 6, it wasn’t helpful in passing the exam. I get the feeling that their system is designed to keep students into their system until the end. I understand they have a business to run and are in it for profit. However, as an educational business they also have a responsibility to have clear and transparent assessment methods in place so parents can make informed decisions to either step in earlier and help their kids or switch to other tutors if they feel that Explore Learning isn’t working for them.