Latest News

With most students starting their Christmas break next week, now is a great time to catch up on some reading. To help students choose their holiday read, our lead English tutor Milda has recommended a variety of books suitable for students of different ages. Bearing in mind that the Christmas break is a time to be shared with family, all the recommended books are ones that have also been turned into films - which means that the whole family can enjoy them this Christmas!

As parents of primary school students begin to look into secondary school options, we would like to share with you an article prepared by the Good Schools Guide which offers guidance on the scholarships and bursaries that may be available to you.

To read the article, please follow the link below:

Trefoil Tutors are also featured in the Tutoring section of the Good Schools Guide - do visit our profile here:

On the 8th of December, we hosted our second Professional Development Seminar as part of our Professional Development Programme for tutors. In the seminar, our senior tutor, Vivek Gathani, discussed our Code of Conduct with the tutors and analysed potential situations that may arise when working with children.

At Trefoil Tutors, tutor development and child protection are two cornerstones of the professionalism that we bring to tutoring and we were delighted that so many of our team were able to join us!

We are delighted to inform you that have recently uploaded a broad selection of 11+ resources, including past papers, to the Resources section of our website. We have labelled some of these as "holiday work" which our current students may find useful for their practice in the weeks leading up to the 11+ examinations this January.

You can find the resources here:

We would like to remind everyone that this is the final week of group lessons this half-term. After the Christmas holidays, group lessons will resume on Monday 7th of January, 2019. We would like to wish all students and parents a restful break; have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

"My girls absolutely love coming to Trefoil, they don't like to miss the lessons. They love doing the homework and making sure that it's perfect. It's been a very good experience and I wouldn't change it for anything."

With our Year 6 students having received their grammar school 11+ entrance results, we carried out some analysis and made comparisons between these and the results students achieved in the mock independent school papers (completed at Trefoil). Our senior tutor Vivek Gathani shares his conclusions and comments on comparing the students' results across both papers as well as providing some useful tips for the Year 5 students preparing for their examinations in 2019.

To watch the video, please visit our Facebook page:

Our next video will be posted on our Facebook page on Friday, the 14th of December – do follow us in order to receive notifications about when each new video is released. If you would like to submit a question for the upcoming video, please do share it with us on our social media:

We are currently registering students for the final places in our IGCSE Mathematics mock examinations tailored specifically to students sitting their exam early, in January 2019. Modelled on new specification IGCSE papers, the mock examinations are written by Vivek Gathani, our lead Mathematics tutor who is a qualified teacher with four years of experience teaching at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and will take place during the Christmas holidays at our premises in Elstree (5 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, WD6 4RN).

Places are limited and booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

To book your place, please email us at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call 0203 565 0539.

The students will have the opportunity to sit a different Mathematics mock paper each day.

As many sixth form students finalise their UCAS applications, we would like to share with you the University League Tables 2019 published by The Guardian. Ranking top universities by individual subjects, geographical areas and their overall score, we hope this Guide will provide useful insights and help students choose the right next step in their academic career.

To read the article, please follow the link below:

We are currently registering students for the final places in our English and Mathematics mock examinations which will take place during the Christmas holidays at our premises in Elstree (5 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, WD6 4RN). Places are limited and booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

To book your place, please email us at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call 0203 565 0539.

We would like to remind you that the 11+ mock examinations are open to all Year 6 students sitting independent exams, so students who have not previously attended our lessons are welcome to attend.

We would like to remind parents of our current students that priority registration for Set 3 of lessons is now open and that your place in the lessons is reserved until the 16th of December - please do make sure to book your child's place before this date! Any places that are not booked after this date will be offered to students on the waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis.

We are delighted that so many of our students' parents have been able to share their thoughts about their experience of using our services. Here are the impressions of one of our students' parent about attending Mathematics group lessons with our lead Mathematics tutor Vivek:

We are delighted to share with you our November newsletter!

Inside, you will find information on the final remaining places in our group lessons as well as the dates for our upcoming IGCSE and 11+ mock examinations. This newsletter also includes recent updates in the company including a video on making the most of parents' evenings and the new Economics lessons that will be launched in January.

Happy Reading!

As many parents consider secondary school choices for their children, you may find it useful to read some advice published by the Good Schools Guide on the factors to consider when applying to secondary schools. To read the article, please follow the link below:

With over 200 students attending our small group lessons, we are delighted to share an exciting opportunity to join our team of tutors in this week's video!

We are looking for a Mathematics tutor and an Economics tutor to run small group lessons at our office in Elstree. The ideal candidate will be a qualified teacher or have extensive teaching experience in a school environment.

With a fixed, term-time only timetable, access to high quality resources and a full-time admin support team, the role is focused on delivering specialised classroom teaching to small groups of up to six students in a tailored classroom space.

To watch the video, please visit our Facebook page:

For more information about the opportunity, please see the leaflet below or call us on 0203 565 0539. To apply, please express your interest to office@trefoiltutors.co.uk by the 9th of December - we look forward to hearing from you!

Our next video about 11+ entrance to grammar schools will be posted on our Facebook page on Friday the 30th of November – do follow us in order to receive notifications about when each new video is released.

Following enquiries from a number of parents, we are delighted to inform you that during the Christmas holidays, we will be running Mathematics mock examinations for pupils who are preparing to sit their IGCSE Mathematics examinations in January 2019.

The mock examinations are modelled on new specification IGCSE papers. The Mathematics mock examination papers are written by Vivek Gathani, our lead Mathematics tutor who is a qualified teacher with four years of experience teaching at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School.

New research has shown that early school starts affect students' health as well as concentration levels. When entering early adulthood, students' ideal wake and sleep times gradually become later. Early school starts often means that students lose between 2-2.7 hours of sleep a day, which affects brain development and has been linked to the activation of genes associated with mental illness.

To read the full article, please follow the link below:

With the 11+ independent school examinations fast approaching, we would like to remind you of the English and Mathematics mock examinations we are running during the Christmas holidays at our premises in Elstree (5 Theobald Court, Theobald Street, WD6 4RN). Places are limited and booked on a first-come, first-served basis. To book your place, please email us at office@trefoiltutors.co.uk or call 0203 565 0539.