We wholeheartedly recommend Petra as a tutor. She is highly experienced and adapts her teaching methods to meet the individual needs of her students. We were particularly impressed by Petra’s thorough approach and willingness to work with us to support our daughter.
Her patient, methodical approach and gentle encouragement create a supportive and motivating learning environment.
We have been delighted with the quality of Petra’s teaching and her professionalism, and would confidently recommend her to anyone seeking a dedicated and caring tutor.
Joanna & Philip
Tutor response
Dear Joanna and Philip, thank you very much for your thoughtful recommendation. It was truly a pleasure to see your daughter growing throughout the course and come to know her beautiful, focused and inquisitive nature. Your daughter is no doubt a really smart girl and you all together made such a great team. You achieved a tremendous progress in a short amount of time. Wishing all of you all the best. Petra.
Choosing Petra was one of the best decisions we made for our son.
Petra doesn’t just teach the 11+. She prepares the whole child. She showed our son exactly what to focus on and how to study smarter, not just harder. She also thought about the things most tutors never mention: getting enough sleep, keeping a calm routine, and even what to eat on exam day. Nothing was left to chance.
What really sets her apart is how she brings parents into the process. After every session we received clear, thoughtful feedback on what he had covered, where he was strong and what to work on next. She gave us practical ways to support him at home, so we always knew how to help without adding pressure.
The change in our son was remarkable. He became more confident, more organised and genuinely motivated, and he walked into his exam calm and ready.
Petra is warm, patient, organised and truly invested in every child she teaches. If you want a tutor who cares as much about your child as you do, choose Petra. Thank you, Petra, from all of us.
Tutor response
Dear Bharani, thank you very much for your heart-warming feedback. It has been a great pleasure to teach your son and come to know his inquisitive and extremely positive nature. He showed a great deal of determination, hard work, resilience and courage. He has got such a great mind full of ideas.
I am confident he will do very well in his academic studies. Additionally, I always believe in holistic approach during the 11+ journey. You, as parents, know your child the best and your feedback helps me to tailor next lessons. You are a great team and I wish you all the best.
Petra was an exceptionally patient, organised, and methodical tutor who provided excellent support to our son throughout his 11+ preparation. She structured each lesson carefully and ensured that he had sufficient material and practice to reinforce every topic covered in class.
She set clear weekly workloads, which helped him stay focused and consistent with his preparation. Her approach enabled him to develop a strong understanding of each topic and, importantly, retain and apply what he had learned.
We were extremely pleased with his results and are very grateful for Petra’s dedication and support. We would highly recommend Petra to any parent looking for a committed, knowledgeable, and effective tutor.
Tutor response
Dear Sasha, thank you very much for your insightful feedback. I am really pleased that your son got the admission to the school you all desired. It means a lot me. He pleasantly surprised me with his level of maturity, independence and organisation at his young age. It was a pleasure to teach him and to work with you as a team. I wish your son and your family all the best.
Petra has been such an amazing tutor for my daughter’s 11 plus
She is knowledge, plan and prepare lessons and homework in advance, my daughter has made a great progress due to Petra’s excellent work
Highly recommended
Tutor response
Dear Sara, thank you very much for your reference and recommendation. It means a lot to me; I really appreciate it. It was a pleasure to see your daughter progress over nearly two years and I wholeheartedly wish her all the best in her studies.
Put simply, having Petra as my daughter’s tutor was the best decision we made with regards to our 11+ preparation. Although my daughter was having weekly tutoring at an 11+ centre, the concepts were not being taught in a clear and coherent way. I looked around and spoke to many, many tutors but none of them felt right. Realised I needed to get the decision right and thankfully, I rather luckily, stumbled on Petra’s profile. After speaking to Petra for literally 2 minutes in our initial chat, I knew that I would have zero hesitation in committing for the entire year. Petra brings a calm, razor focus and a simple but clear way of learning that my daughter loved. Any difficult concepts that we encountered during the week was marked down for Petra, who taught them seamlessly and clearly. As well as the above, I really do think having Petra as my daughters tutor was a complete game changer for an additional three reasons:
1) Whilst the 11+ centre was effective for repetition and continuous learning, they simply don’t have the same level of teaching quality and an ability to ‘explain the concepts’ as someone like Petra. If you want your child to ‘actually’ understand those teething issues you need a brilliant tutor like Petra who can do exactly that.
2) The 11+ journey is both hard and worthy, in equally measure. In that journey you need to have a seasoned and trusted individual who has ‘been there and done it’. Petra is that person, hands down.
3) My daughter loved being taught by Petra. In every single lesson, the difficulties around certain concepts were removed. It was actually delightful to experience.
For any prospective parent thinking about an 11+ tutor please don’t waste your time. Engage with Petra and guaranteed that you will not regret it. Good luck in your journey.
Tutor response
Dear Saif, Thank you very much for your detailed, structured and insightful feedback – it means a lot to me. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching your daughter who was always fully engaged in the lessons, inquisitive and highly motivated to comprehend any challenging concept. It has been a pleasure to be a part of her 11+ journey. I wish your daughter and your family all the best.
