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Principal Tutors provides experienced and qualified 11+ tutors in south Manchester including Altrincham (Trafford) and Stockport. We manage a carefully selected team of enthusiastic and experienced 11+ tutors to ensure your child secures a place at their chosen independent or grammar school.
All our 11+ tutors are first and foremost UK qualified school teachers, with additional experience in helping pupils prepare for 11+ entrance exams for Manchester grammar and independent schools.
Whilst we do have a premium home tuition service for 11+ tuition in south Manchester, we also provide a more cost effective online 11+ tuition service for families looking to help prepare their child for 11+ exams in Manchester and Trafford.
Passing the highly competitive 11+ exams for Manchester and Trafford grammar schools requires a deep understanding of specific test providers (like GL Assessment). Limiting your search to a tutor who happens to live within a 20-minute drive of your home severely narrows your options. By delivering our 11+ preparation entirely online, we strip away travel restrictions. This allows us to match your child with the absolute best UK-qualified school teacher and 11+ exam specialist, regardless of where they live. Your child gets elite, targeted preparation, and you save hours of commute time.
We have 11+ tutors experienced with helping pupils to gain entry to the independent and grammar schools around Altrincham, Trafford, Stockport, Didsbury and Manchester, namely:
We help pupils at all levels of the education system to achieve their true potential and academic goals.
We only work with Qualified teachers who have significant classroom experience teaching the UK National Curriculum.
Simply tell us about your requirements and we will introduce you to the right 11+ tutor for your child. If you are not happy, we will allocate you an alternative tutor at any time.
With years of experience in the education field, we can provide you with a personal touch to customer service, so that you can contact us to discuss any aspect of your child’s education any time.
Complete the short tutor request form and to let us know the type of support required. You can tell us whether your child needs help catching up, preparing for the 11+ exams, building confidence or aiming for a specific school.
After you submit the Request a Tutor form, one of our Education Consultants will call you to discuss your specific requirements and learn more about your child’s needs.
We’ll ask about the subject, level, goals, learning style, confidence and any particular areas where support is needed. We then use this information to carefully match your child with a suitable online tutor.
The majority of our 11+ lessons take place online using an interactive learning space with audio, video and digital whiteboard tools. Tutors can upload resources, explain concepts visually and work through problems with your child in real time.
After lessons, parents receive written feedback so they can see what has been covered and what the tutor recommends next.
Our virtual online classrooms use digital whiteboards with integrated audio and video capability. The entire whiteboard contents can be downloaded after each lesson for your notes. Both tutor and student can write on the whiteboard and learning material can be uploaded to the learning space.
This means a highly effective and efficient one to one tutoring session can take place, without the pupil having to spend any time making notes.
Most families begin preparing for the 11+ at least 12 months before the entrance examination. For many children, this means starting tuition during Year 4 or at the beginning of Year 5. Some pupils benefit from an earlier introduction in Year 3, particularly if they need to strengthen core English and mathematics skills before moving on to school-specific 11+ preparation.
The right preparation strategy depends on the schools your child is applying to, as entrance requirements vary across Greater Manchester and Trafford.
Five Trafford grammar schools share a common entrance test through the Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium:
These schools use a shared GL Assessment entrance test. Preparation typically focuses on mathematics, verbal ability and non-verbal reasoning skills.
Loreto Grammar School and St Ambrose College are selective Catholic grammar schools in Trafford, but they operate outside the main Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium.
Both schools have their own admissions arrangements and entrance assessment requirements, so preparation should be tailored carefully to the latest information published by each school. These assessments may include English, mathematics and reasoning elements, depending on the school and year of entry.
Selective independent schools in and around Manchester, such as The Manchester Grammar School, Withington Girls’ School, Manchester High School for Girls and Cheadle Hulme School, set their own entrance assessments.
These assessments often include a combination of English, mathematics, reasoning, writing tasks and interviews, but the exact format varies by school. For this reason, independent school preparation should be tailored to each target school rather than based on a generic 11+ programme.
Our specialist 11+ tutors have experience preparing pupils for grammar and independent school entrance assessments across Manchester and Trafford.
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Yes. Unlike standard tuition agencies that hire university students or unqualified teachers, Principal Tutors strictly only engages qualified school teachers with significant classroom experience. Every tutor is fully vetted, expert in the National Curriculum for England, and holds an enhanced DBS certificate for your complete peace of mind.
We provide online tuition in most school subjects, including Maths, English, Science, 11+, History, Geography, Spanish, French, German, Business, Sociology, Psychology and Economics at GCSE and A-level. Availability may depend on the subject, level and timetable required.
We provide comprehensive one-to-one online tuition across all major academic milestones in the Greater Manchester area. This includes targeted support for Primary (KS1 & KS2 SATS), 11+ Grammar School Entrance Exams, GCSE subjects, and A-Levels. Because we match students with qualified teachers, we cover all major UK exam boards including AQA, Edexcel, and OCR.
No. We match your child with a suitable 11+ tutor for you. Our education consultants take time to understand your child’s needs before recommending a tutor.
Lessons take place online using audio, video and an interactive whiteboard. Tutors can explain concepts, upload resources, work through questions and support your child in real time.
Yes, we can provide premium private home tutoring across Greater Manchester and South Manchester for select subjects and levels.
However, the majority of our tutors teach using our advanced online learning platform, and most parents prefer our interactive more cost effective online tuition. Traditional home tutoring restricts your choices to educators who happen to live within a 20-minute drive of your house. By utilising our premium online space, we remove these geographical limits entirely. This allows us to match your child with the absolute best UK-qualified school teacher and exam board specialist for their exact needs, regardless of their postcode. Your child gets top-tier academic support, and your family avoids the disruption of travel and home visits.
Yes. Parents receive written feedback after lessons so they can understand what has been covered and how their child is progressing.
Yes. We have a team of fully qualified primary school teachers available for private one-to-one online tuition for pupils, including KS1, KS2, Maths, English and 11+ preparation.
No, Principal Tutors offers simple pay-as-you-go pricing, making it flexible for families.
