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Qualified teachers providing high quality educational support to 5 - 18 year olds

1:1 tuition.

• Qualified Teachers
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• Maths, English and 11+ Prep
• Creative Writing
• Comprehension
• 11+ Interview Preparation
• Creative Writing Clubs
• 11+ Resources
• CPD Training for Teachers

From the Founders

We are two school teachers and have been supporting children in their education for more than 15 years. Several years ago, after having our own children, we set up Bright Light Education. We are proud to run successful courses, produce high quality educational resources and offer a network of qualified teachers for 1:1 tuition.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Charlotte and Dani

Creative Writing Taster Lesson

Would you like your child to try out one of our creative writing lessons?

Upcoming Courses

Creative Writing: Core Skills and Story Writing

11+ Interview Preparation Course

Years 4-6 Comprehension Course

Years 2-3 Creative Writing Club: Smashing Story Skills

Years 2-3 Creative Writing Club: Aspiring Authors

Creative Writing: Writing for Different Purposes

Creative Writing: Taster Lesson

Creative Writing: Amazing Amazon Adventure (Years 4-6)

Creative Writing: Desert Island Discovery (Years 2-3)

Years 4-6 Creative Writing Tasks (11+)

Years 2-3 Creative Writing: Imaginative Ideas

Years 2-3 Creative Writing: Superhero Storytellers

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“Safe hands for your primary school aged child, especially when it comes to 11+ tutoring and KS2 English courses.”

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Get In Touch

Telephone: +44 208 088 4514

Email: [email protected]

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Our mission is simple: to publish the best exam preparation materials for UK students, with a special focus on the 11+ test for grammar and independent schools.

Whether for 8+, 11+, 13+ or GCSE, our award-winning resources make learning more fun while demystifying the assessment process. They teach children to understand how a marker thinks.

Explore the options below to find out which product or service is the best match for your child’s needs.

Click here if you’re looking for online 11+ tuition , focused on practical exam skills.

Click here if you need interactive online courses for multiple-choice 11+ exams – especially the GL grammar school test .

Click here if you’re preparing for independent school 11+ exams or for mixed-format grammar school exams (e.g. the Essex CSSE test), or if you need all-round 11+ support , covering all skills and subjects.

Click here if you need books of practice papers for specific exam styles at 8+, 11+, 13+ or GCSE, with example answers and detailed solutions.

Click here if you need free feedback on your child’s creative/essay writing or comprehension (free try-out of the 11 Plus Lifeline marking service).

Click here if you need popular home-study resources for creative writing.

Click here if you’d like to join the RSL mailing list and receive free sample materials with example answers and explanations.

From Bright to Brilliant

Introducing Clare Lloyd - a leading UK private English tutor

Give your child a competitive edge

Qualified teacher with 14+ years of experience

Helped students gain admission to top grammar and independent schools

A unique teaching style: The perfect blend of compassion and challenge

Achieve academic success for a bright and brilliant future

Help your child ace 11 Plus English

Clare taught at Thomas’s London Day School in Fulham for 7 years and other top schools in south-west London. She’s helped countless children ace exams for top schools. 

As a result of Clare’s English tuition, children have gained places at schools including: King’s College Wimbledon, Emanuel, Wimbledon High, Francis Holland, Putney High, Alleyn’s School, The Latymer, Tiffin, Dame Alice Owen’s, Sutton Grammars, Devonport High, Latymer Upper, Whitgift, Winchester, St. Paul’s, Brighton College and Dulwich College.

Clare knows that you want your child to feel confident to excel and to avoid feeling pressured – it’s all about finding the right balance.

Core English skills are essential life skills

Don’t gamble your child’s future, equip them to develop the confidence and skills to excel in exams, university, their first job and life. It’s entirely possible and it can happen without the overwhelm.

My Final Word

Clare is here to help your child shine, to ensure that all their hard work pays off. If you’re ready to see how Clare’s English tuition can help your child, book a free call – get your questions answered and see how she can help.

Supporting your child’s natural ability to succeed

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What I can offer

Laying the foundations for exam success

11+ Story Writing Workshop

What do Parents think?

Here are some kind words from the children’s parents

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Choosing a Private Tutor for Your Child

So, you’ve decided you definitely want to hire a private tutor to help your child prepare for the 11-Plus English exam. But where do you start? And how do you know you’ve found the best one for your child? 

11-Plus English: How to ace your Exam

Does my child need a tutor?  Whether you decide to prepare your child for the 11+ or engage a tutor is a personal choice. Smart parents decide what they want to do early on and commit to their chosen process.  

How Iris grew her confidence for academic success

Iris was in Year 3 when she came to me for weekly one to one tuition to increase her confidence and understanding of key writing skills. 

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YOU CAN SLEEP EASILY AT NIGHT WHEN YOUR CHILD IS IN ONE OF OUR TUTOR CLUBS

Academic competition for top schools is tougher than ever. But with proper preparation your child can secure a place at their first-choice grammar school or independent school—and we can help.

Kent Test 11+ and ISEB Common Pre-test tutoring, in-person and online

Preparing children for their upcoming 11+ exams is all we do.

We specialise in Kent Test 11+ and ISEB Common Pre-Test exam preparation.

In our tutor clubs , your child will be taught by an expert teacher in a small, friendly club of 6 children.

We also run  live online writing clubs teaching how to create high-scoring writing pieces even if your child doesn’t like writing.

“It turns out all her classmates have been tutored for years.”

Ignore everything you hear from the other parents at the playground.

They’re buying workbook after workbook and subscribing to generic online platforms.

Their children are working all hours of the day on practice sheet after practice sheet.

It seems like they’ve got it all together. You wonder if you should be doing the same.

But more does not mean better. Those are the actions of a panicking parent (and we’ve been that parent too).

When it comes to their 11+ exam preparation, what your child doesn’t need is another workbook.

tightly targeted, manageable tasks

an expert tutor who has hand-held hundreds of pupils through this process before

a curriculum designed to have the maximum impact on their confidence and test scores with minimal time away from their real lives

So that your child can just be a child, with their well-being placed at the heart of everything we do.

And so you can relax, confident you’re following a proven path to 11+ success and that you’re giving your child the best possible chance of a place at their first-choice school.

Find out which of our teaching clubs directly addresses your child’s academic requirements

The Griffin Teaching curriculum includes

Handwriting

Reading comprehension

Non-verbal reasoning (NVR)

Spatial reasoning

Verbal reasoning

General exam techniques

Strategies for individual papers

“I had become increasingly concerned about his schooling and I desperately needed high-quality, focused tutoring to supplement his schoolwork.”

Dear Parent

Since 2011 more than 1,100 students have been taught in our friendly tutor clubs. Last year alone 702 of our Kent Test mock exams were taken by 11+ students.

We’ve taught thousands of children and each child, each family has unique needs.

I’m hugely keen for you to book in a chat with me. Tell me about YOUR child. Bring plenty of questions, too. Here are some questions parents often ask me:

• Should we start preparing in year 4 or year 5?
• Is tutoring for younger children even worth it?
• Is an academic school right for my child?
• What books should my child be reading?
• Isn’t school enough?
• How is the Kent Test different from other 11+ tests?
• What preparation should I be doing before my child starts tutoring?
• Which are the best workbooks and online platforms for my child’s particular test?
• What’s the secret to doing 11+ prep without the parent-child struggle?

If we don’t think your child will thrive at a grammar school we will explain why and discuss your options.

Your child’s particular needs are at the heart of everything we do (and all our advice is based on decades of experience).

I’m very much looking forward to meeting you,

Hayley Hobbs

Turn your child into a writer

Transform your child’s writing in 8 weeks, just by attending one short pen-to-paper writing lesson each week.

Each week, we teach a quick, focused 20-minute writing lesson (the lesson is live-taught 3 times per week online, but you can also catch it on the replay)

Your child will complete their writing assignment during the lesson, snap a picture of it, and send it to their tutor

At the end of the week, your child will receive a positive, personal feedback video—made just for them (watch an example)

With this kind of attention to their specific writing needs, your child’s handwriting and composition skills will just take off.

And you can check 11+ creative writing practice off your to-do list.

“I’m so so thrilled with what the writing club is doing for my two boys.

It is a very clever, efficient system., they get more attention than they would in class in a fraction of the time it would usually take. brilliant.”, meet the griffin teaching team, our energy is contagious.

“I must say, you certainly have a hold in what you’re doing, your business model is extremely well organised and efficient, furthermore the children seem to really be enjoying it.

So clearly you and your team are getting it right, as this is no easy feat. Well done!”

“Xanthe was tearful yesterday when she realised she won’t see her wonderful Griffin teacher, Charlotte, again.

We are so very grateful for all her hard work, keeping her engaged and making this an enjoyable, fun learning experience. Not once has she said she doesn’t want to go along to the club.”

A peek into our inbox on Results Day and School Allocation Day

“I wanted to thank you for the kindness you showed our daughter in August and your expertise at getting her across the line and into the Kent Test exam despite her anxiety.

She did exceptionally well, scoring 417, which has left us quite astounded. We would not have got this far without Griffin and your additional counselling.”

“Just wanted to let you know my son absolutely whomped his Kent test. He passed with a score of 397! He spent two days after beaming from ear to ear. Thank you for your help.”

“We received an offer for our daughter for Kew House yesterday. As you can imagine she (and we!) are absolutely over the moon.

She is a complete star and we are so proud of her.

Thank you so much for your wonderful help and support, and for keeping me sane too last term, taking the pressure off.”

“Max has just had the most amazing parents evening. He’s flying!!!!

Since he has been seeing you, his grades and confidence have increased. He is doing so well and genuinely loves his English with you.”

“Just wanted to say a huge thank you for helping our son in the Sevenoaks group.

He came out of the test full of joy , recounting the essay he’d written as an adapted one you’d helped him prepare during the lessons,   and reciting the marks for each comprehension question.

Without your input, I have no doubt the essay and comprehension would have been a shot in the dark.”

“Following his interview our son has been awarded an academic scholarship from Collegiate School. We are grateful for all your help in getting him to this point. Bless him, I can’t quite believe how well he has done!”

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Free consultation, tell me about your child.

I’ve been through this THREE times now with my own children. Every time was stressful.

Frankly, I can completely relate to the conflicting pressures of:

1) Managing your child’s time in a reasonable way (being the parent you want to be) alongside…

2) Pushing them to complete worksheets like everyone else’s children seem to be doing (as being that tiger parent just isn’t you.)

The good news is that you don’t have to do it alone—you can lean on us.

Book in a chat with me. Tell me about your child. You’ll feel a load lift from your shoulders…