KS2 foundations

English and Maths for Years 3 to 6 that build the fluency the 11+ will later demand, while the stakes are still low and learning can still be a pleasure.

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The quiet years decide the loud ones

Most 11+ outcomes are settled before formal preparation begins. The children who cope in Year 6 are the ones who arrived with fast, accurate number work, a wide reading habit, and the vocabulary to understand what a question is actually asking. Those things cannot be crammed; they compound, slowly, from Year 3.

KS2 Foundations builds exactly that base: unhurried, personalised, and honest with you about where your child stands against national expectations.

Number sense first

Times tables, mental methods and place value made automatic, so later problem-solving spends effort on thinking rather than arithmetic.

7 × 8 without blinking

Reading with appetite

Comprehension built through books children actually want to talk about, with vocabulary gathered and used, not just listed.

what's another word for "said"?

Writing without fear

Sentence craft and early composition taught gently, so the blank page becomes an invitation rather than a threat.

every writer starts somewhere ⭐

Confidence is on the curriculum

Children at this age decide, quickly and quietly, whether they are "good at" maths or writing. That belief then drives everything that follows. Every lesson at The Learnery is planned around where the child actually is, moves at their pace, and makes progress visible to them, because a child who can see themselves improving works harder than one who is told to.

And when you're ready

For families with grammar school ambitions, KS2 Foundations flows naturally into the entry programme, and by then the groundwork is already done. For families who simply want a confident, capable child at secondary transfer, it stands complete on its own.

See the grammar school entry programme

Start them well

A free introductory call with Labdhi: where your child is now, what the next two years could build, and whether The Learnery is the right fit.

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