Structured preparation for Victoria's selective entry high schools exam, building the reading, mathematics, reasoning and writing it assesses.
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Preparation for Victoria's selective entry high schools exam, building the reading, mathematics, reasoning and writing it assesses.
Focused preparation
Sessions cover the skills the exam assesses, with practice in the exam format and tutors on hand to help when your child gets stuck.
Reasoning and problem-solving
Practice with reasoning questions in words and in numbers, and with maths problems that go beyond the classroom.
Reading and writing
Fast, accurate comprehension and clear, well-structured writing under time limits.
Exam-day confidence
Timed practice in the exam format, so the real thing feels familiar and manageable.
Victoria's four selective entry high schools, Melbourne High School, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Nossal High School and Suzanne Cory High School, take academically high-achieving students from Year 9. Students apply in Year 8 and sit one entrance exam in June, which the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) runs for the Department of Education.
The exam assesses reasoning, problem-solving, comprehension and creative thinking. The knowledge it needs goes no further than the Year 8 curriculum: what it tests is how well students use it.
Students in Years 7 and 8 aiming for a place at one of Victoria's selective entry high schools. Preparation works best when it starts well before the exam, so skills have time to grow.
Starting from where your child is, the sessions build the skills the exam measures, alongside their regular maths and English. Tutors focus on the question types your child finds hardest and add timed practice as the exam gets closer.
Skills, not tricks. The exam rewards strong reasoning and reading built over time, which our program develops steadily.
Targeted practice. Tutors focus on exactly where your child needs it.
A balanced approach. We build confidence as well as skills, so preparation stays positive.
Our tutors get to know your child's current work: the strengths to build on and the gaps to close.
Sessions target the content, skills and question types your child will be assessed on, with practice in the format they'll sit.
You’ll see how your child is tracking through regular updates drawn from assessments, tutor observations and student feedback.
Tutors check in throughout each session, so when something is tricky your child gets extra help on the spot.
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Questions about preparing for Victoria's selective entry exam? Here are the ones families ask most. For anything else, your local centre is happy to help.
Students sit the exam in June of Year 8, for entry to Year 9 the following year. Check the Victorian Department of Education's website for this year's dates and application deadlines.
One exam is used for all four of Victoria's selective entry high schools: Melbourne High School, The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Nossal High School and Suzanne Cory High School.
Many families start in Year 7. A steady year of preparation builds real skills; a few weeks of cramming rarely does. If the exam is close, we focus on the areas that will help most.
No preparation can guarantee a selective entry high school place, and we will never promise one. What we can do is build the skills the exam assesses and help your child walk in calm, prepared and able to show what they know.
We meet your child where they are. Rather than building a separate personalised program, our tutors work with your child on the skills and question types the test covers, with practice under test conditions, so they walk in prepared and confident.
Membership is billed weekly with no lock-in contracts. You can cancel with just 2 weeks notice and pause at any time.
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