- Buckinghamshire · Year 3, 4 & 5
Online 11 Plus Tuition in High Barnet, Greater London
Adnan Khan Tutoring delivers live, one-to-one online 11 Plus support for Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 pupils across High Barnet, in the London Borough of Barnet, covering EN5, EN4, N20, NW7 and the surrounding postcode areas. Our programme builds the skills children need for the Secondary Transfer Entrance Tests set by Barnet’s selective Grammar Schools, which are assessed through GL Assessment papers in Maths, English comprehension and vocabulary, Verbal Reasoning, and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
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Adnan Khan Tutoring delivers live online 11 Plus lessons for children in Years 3 to 5 across EN5, EN4, N20 and NW7 in High Barnet. We work with families whose children are aiming for places at Queen Elizabeth’s School, The Henrietta Barnett School, or St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School.
Because every session is taught live online, there’s no commuting involved, your child gets focused, one-to-one teaching from home, and lessons can be timed around school commitments, after-school clubs and family life.
Why Families in High Barnet Choose 11 Plus Tuition
Plenty of parents in High Barnet only start looking into 11 Plus tutoring once they see firsthand how fierce competition has become for a place at one of Barnet’s Grammar Schools. A few situations tend to come up again and again:
Why 11 Plus Preparation Matters for High Barnet Families
High Barnet sits within one of London’s most sought-after grammar school catchments. Unlike in a county with one shared transfer test, families here apply directly through Barnet Council’s secondary school place process. In contrast, each of the area’s three grammar schools sets and publishes its own admissions outcomes.
Queen Elizabeth’s School has a Published Admission Number of 180 for Year 7, and its official admissions page shows the current waiting list for September 2026 entry has reached position 18. The Henrietta Barnett School’s official admissions page confirms a Published Admission Number of 120 for September 2027 entry.
Each school applies its own oversubscription criteria when applications exceed the number of places. Queen Elizabeth’s School, which has no catchment area, breaks ties by straight-line distance from home address to the school gate (official criteria). The Henrietta Barnett School gives priority first to looked-after children, then to a quota of Pupil Premium candidates ranked in the top 300, then to candidates living within three miles who complete both test rounds, before filling the remaining places in rank order (official admissions page).
Unlike a single county-wide qualifying score, each Barnet school sets its own standard. Queen Elizabeth’s School requires a combined, age-standardised score of 225 or above, as confirmed on its official entrance test FAQs.
This level of competition is exactly why so many High Barnet families begin structured preparation well ahead of Year 6.
Students We Support for the 11 Plus in High Barnet
We work with families throughout High Barnet and the wider EN5 postcode area, including Arkley, Hadley Green and Monken Hadley, as well as nearby New Barnet and East Barnet in EN4, Whetstone in N20, and Mill Hill in NW7. Many of our High Barnet students attend local primary schools such as Whitings Hill Primary School and Underhill School, among others across the area.
We also support families a little further afield, in New Barnet and Totteridge, through separate online 11 Plus preparation pathways tailored to their local schools and registration timelines.
Most of the children we tutor are in Years 3 to 5, working towards selective places at Queen Elizabeth’s School, The Henrietta Barnett School, and St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School.
For the September 2027 entry, Queen Elizabeth’s School registration closes at noon on 8 July 2026, with entrance tests on 16–17 September 2026 and provisional results due on 1 October 2026. The Henrietta Barnett School‘s application window for the same entry year closes on 1 July 2026 at 5 pm, ahead of its two-round test process held in September and October. St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School opens registration for Year 5 after the Easter holidays, with results issued before the end-of-October local authority deadline. Families should always check each school’s own admissions page for the exact dates, which the school reconfirms every year.
For High Barnet families whose children are aiming for a later move into grammar school, we also offer 12 Plus and 13 Plus tuition.
A High Barnet Student’s Journey to Better 11 Plus Results
One of our High Barnet students began lessons with us in Year 4, having shown strong natural ability in English but real hesitation with Non-Verbal Reasoning and timed Maths questions. Over roughly 18 months of weekly sessions, consistent mock practice and detailed feedback helped him develop the pace and accuracy needed to tackle GL Assessment-style papers with far greater confidence, putting him in a much stronger position heading into his exams at Barnet Grammar School.
11 Plus Maths
Our Maths teaching goes beyond repetition of past questions; we focus on building a genuine problem-solving instinct. Pupils work through numerical reasoning, algebra basics, geometry, and data-handling tasks in a structured way, while also picking up exam habits, laying out their working clearly and double-checking calculations — which stop silly slips from costing marks under time pressure.
11 Plus English
Barnet’s grammar schools expect strong comprehension, precise vocabulary and confident written expression, and that’s exactly what our online English lessons target. Pupils work on close-reading techniques, inference-based questions, spelling and punctuation accuracy, and how to structure a written response that earns full marks. We also build vocabulary steadily through work on synonyms and antonyms, prefixes and word roots, so children feel comfortable tackling unfamiliar words in the exam itself.
11 Plus Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning rewards pattern recognition and logical thinking, skills that need direct practice rather than classroom exposure. Our sessions take pupils through analogy questions, letter and number sequences, code-cracking exercises and word-relationship puzzles, with regular timed papers used to sharpen both accuracy and speed ahead of the real test.
11 Plus Non-Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning catches many children off guard simply because it doesn’t resemble anything they’ve met in school. We work through shape sequences, hidden-rule spotting, spatial transformations and matrix-style puzzles, gradually building familiarity with rotations, reflections, codes and pattern shifts until pupils approach this section with genuine confidence rather than guesswork.
How Our 11 Plus Tuition Plan Works for High Barnet Families
Solid 11 Plus preparation requires structure, time, and consistency across all relevant subjects. Here’s what families in High Barnet can expect from our programme:
Lessons are mapped directly to the GL Assessment format used by Barnet’s grammar schools, so your child is working on exactly the kind of questions they’ll meet on the day, right from the first session.
Why Families Choose Adnan Khan Tutoring
Adnan Khan Tutoring has been supporting families since 2000, under the guidance of Adnan Khan, a qualified teacher, senior university lecturer and teacher trainer. You can read more about our approach on the Why Choose Adnan Khan Tutoring page.
Our 11 Plus programme is built around the core areas tested by Barnet’s grammar schools: Maths, English vocabulary and comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, and Non-Verbal Reasoning, all aligned with the GL Assessment format used by these schools.
Adnan Khan’s continued academic work with Buckinghamshire New University reflects a broader commitment to effective teaching practice that runs through everything we do.
Parent feedback and student outcomes are independently reviewed on Trustpilot for Adnan Khan Tutoring, where families share their own experiences of working with us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who provides online 11 Plus tuition in High Barnet?
Adnan Khan Tutoring provides live, one-to-one online 11 Plus tuition for children in Years 3 to 5 in High Barnet and across the London Borough of Barnet, preparing students for entry to Barnet’s Grammar Schools.
What score does my child need to be considered for Barnet Grammar School?
It depends on the school. Queen Elizabeth’s School requires a combined, age-standardised score of 225 or above across its Maths and English papers. The Henrietta Barnett School and St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School rank candidates by combined performance across their own test rounds rather than publishing a single fixed pass mark.
How is the Barnet 11 Plus structured?
All three Barnet grammar schools use GL Assessment papers, though formats differ. Queen Elizabeth’s School sets two multiple-choice papers, in Maths and English, in a single sitting. St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School tests English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning, all on one day. The Henrietta Barnett School runs a two-round process, combining a GL Assessment first round with the school’s own second-round papers.
Does meeting the required score guarantee a place at Barnet Grammar School?
No. None of the three schools has a catchment area, and meeting the required standard does not guarantee admission. Places are allocated according to each school’s own admissions and oversubscription criteria, alongside the Barnet Council Common Application Form process.
When should my child start 11 Plus tuition in High Barnet?
We generally recommend beginning in Year 3 or Year 4, allowing enough time to thoroughly cover Maths, English, Verbal Reasoning, and Non-Verbal Reasoning before the Year 6 exams.
Is online 11 Plus tuition effective for Grammar School preparation?
Yes. Live, one-to-one online lessons with real-time feedback and screen-sharing work just as well as in-person tuition, and when paired with regular homework and timed practice, give children complete exam preparation without any travel time.
Do you run 11 Plus mock exams?
Yes. We provide full-length, timed mock exams styled on the GL Assessment format, helping students sharpen their exam technique, pacing and overall familiarity with real test conditions.
For more detailed answers, visit our full Adnan Khan Tutoring FAQ page.
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