A tutor who knows exactly which paper your child is sitting.

The Learnery is a small, focused tutoring practice for the 11+ and grammar school entry: English, Maths, VR and NVR for children in Years 3 to 8.

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Two ways in

Where your child starts depends on where they are. Both routes end the same way: a confident child walking into an exam hall knowing the paper in front of them.

Marked work, not multiple guess

Every lesson is taught directly by a tutor, and preparation is built around the schools you're actually targeting: their formats, their timings, their quirks.

Lessons run in person and as live online sessions, so families anywhere in the country get the same tutor, the same personalised curriculum and the same standard.

How we teach

Creative writing that scores

Structured teaching for the writing tasks that separate candidates at the most selective schools.

openings, endings, redrafting — the lot

Worded problems, untangled

A step-by-step method that turns wordy, multi-stage maths questions into calm, solvable arithmetic.

read → extract → solve → check

Confidence, built early

A personalised curriculum that meets each child where they are, so belief grows alongside ability.

good work! ⭐
Labdhi Bafna, founder and lead tutor of The Learnery Labdhi ⭐

Led by Labdhi Bafna

Labdhi came to teaching after fifteen years in people development. Since 2020 her pupils have won places at Tiffin Girls', the Slough grammars and Mill Hill County High. Her approach is simple: a personalised curriculum for every child, and confidence taught as deliberately as content.

More about Labdhi

  • Tiffin Girls' School English & Maths
  • Tiffin School (Boys) English & Maths
  • The Henrietta Barnett School Two-stage entry
  • Sutton grammar schools SET
  • Slough consortium grammars CEM-style

Try us before you even call

We've written a full 100-question mock paper, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, English and Maths, with an answer booklet that explains the method behind every single question. Download it free and judge our teaching for yourself.

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Mock Paper 1

25 VR · 25 NVR · 25 English · 25 Maths, with full worked answers showing how we teach problem-solving.

marked with the method, not just the answer ⭐
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Start with a conversation

A free introductory call with Labdhi: where your child is now, which schools you're considering, and whether The Learnery is the right fit. No obligation, and we'll tell you honestly if we're not.

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