Entrance Exam Symposium 2024

Entrance Exam Symposium


The inaugural Entrance Exam Symposium, a specialised event tailored for the entrance exam community, was a massive success!

Here’s what you can catch up on with the recording:

  • Hear from leading experts on innovative strategies to increase revenue beyond traditional one-on-one tuition including navigating the complex rules around hiring additional tutors, expanding to consulting services, and broadening the exam services you offer.
  • Explore how specialising within the market can broaden, not restrict, your business prospects. Listen to real life case studies of success! 
  • Discover how you can enter the burgeoning international daytime tutoring market from an expert with extensive experience.
  • Learn effective techniques for managing parent expectations in this high-stakes, high-pressure field.
  • Participate in workshops aimed at enhancing teaching methods across various exam topics, including pivotal concepts in mathematics and English for students needing extra support.

Meet the speakers from 2024:

Ilana King – Become An Entrance Exam Tutor

With over 13 years experience as an entrance exam tutor, Ilana is the go-to in this niche market! Ilana helps other educators make an intentional choice to become entrance exam specialists and gives them the skills they need to stand out in a crowded market. 


Jane Bilham – Vireo Academy

As an experienced teacher and tutor, Jane successfully navigated the transition from UK to international tuition herself. Jane now supports other tutors to do the same.


Sarah Logan – Next Steps Education

Sarah is the director of a thriving tuition business working with students across the South West. As a primary teacher of 20 years, she’s passionate about unpicking maths development and tutors maths from 11+ to GCSE using the CPA approach.


Charlotte Watson – Wonderlearn Tuition

Charlotte is a professional tutor specialising in preparing students for the 11+ and GCSE English exams. She teaches 230 students per week in 14 group classes. Her work involves not only managing the academic demands these exams bring but supporting the wellbeing of both students and parents.


John Nichols – The Tutors’ Association

John has been the elected president of The Tutors Association for more than 4 years and is an expert in the highly complex area of compliance in hiring tutors.


Adam D’Souza – Commons Education

Adam D’Souza is a teacher and global educational consultant. He has taught English, history and philosophy, and held leadership roles in some of London’s most distinctive schools. He is a specialist in school entrance preparation for leading academically selective schools, especially at 11+ and 13+ levels.