Jan Stringer has been teaching 11+ since 2000. She is a qualified teacher (with a BA QTS from Warwick University) and has taught both as a class teacher and a music teacher in a number of schools including international schools in Copenhagen and a range of primary schools in Wiltshire. Jan started tutoring for 11+ around her kitchen table about 22 years ago and her lessons grew so much that she has needed help from 6 other tutors.
Her teaching style is fun but firm. She likes a joke, but also makes students work hard. She can be a nag-bag when it comes to getting pupils to write things down and to be thorough with their work. Somehow though, the students still seem to like her!
Her teaching style is fun but firm. She likes a joke, but also makes students work hard. She can be a nag-bag when it comes to getting pupils to write things down and to be thorough with their work. Somehow though, the students still seem to like her!
Alison Gale joined SalisburyElevenPlus in 2016, following a rigorous selection process and beating a host of excellent candidates, and since that time has tutored a range of 11+ classes. Alison also understands the 11+ process (/agony) as a parent, having supported her eldest two children through the 11+ and into BWS.
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Janette Diomede (B.Ed Sussex University) has taught in Wiltshire primary schools over a long (many years!) and varied teaching career. She has two grown-up children and now enjoys spending more time with her growing brood of grandchildren.
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Mike Gale is a qualified Maths teacher and currently teaches just over the border in Hampshire. Mike has been tutoring the 11+ with SEP since 2018. When not teaching, he can generally be found programming PCs, walking the dog or out on his bike.
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Natalie Drummond is a qualified primary school teacher who has taught in a variety of schools in Bristol, London and, most recently, Forres Sandle Manor. In recent years, she has also prepared students for 11+, Common Entrance and SATS. In her spare time she enjoys cooking and entertaining and going for long walks with friends and her son.
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John Stringer studied maths at Cambridge and then went into a career in IT, primarily in data visualisation. He has been assisting Jan since the beginning and became a full-time tutor in 2012. He is not a qualified teacher, but understands the 11+ process brilliantly and children enjoy his lessons. He is great at teaching maths in many different styles. He is not strict and children have a lot of fun, but if your child wants quiet classrooms and calmness, it might be best to choose a different tutor.
A traumatic brain injury whilst playing football with some 11+ students in 2020 led to a coma, a long spell in hospital and means his short-term memory is not brilliant - so if you give him an important message, it is a good idea to either follow it with an email or watch him write the message down! It also means that a 5 minute break in the lesson to play mad-style football has been stopped. Sorry about that.
A traumatic brain injury whilst playing football with some 11+ students in 2020 led to a coma, a long spell in hospital and means his short-term memory is not brilliant - so if you give him an important message, it is a good idea to either follow it with an email or watch him write the message down! It also means that a 5 minute break in the lesson to play mad-style football has been stopped. Sorry about that.
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Jonas Stringer has been working with SEP for several years, initially cutting his teeth with one to one tuition. Once the young boy who features in John's picture (see above), he is now a fully-fledged tutor with a great understanding of the skills needed to pass the 11+.
He is our most recent tutor to pass the 11+ (in 2014) and has been at Bishops ever since, where he has just finished his A levels. Both at Bishops and with SEP, Jonas fine-tuned his leadership skills and is used to dealing with large groups of 11+ aged children and keeping classes of up to 32 engaged and informed. Much like his brain, his teaching style combines the best of both his parents' differing styles making his classes both fun (Dad) and productive (Mum)! |
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Hugh Vivian kindly stepped in to hold the fort when John had a traumatic brain injury in 2020. He took to the job so well and his style was so enjoyed by students that we persuaded him to carry on even when John returned to work. He has an MA in HR Development and now has a company that helps adults with performance development. He has a real passion in 'getting the best out of people'.