Need an 11+ & entrance Maths tutor in Islington or online?
11+ entrance exams reward speed as much as accuracy — spotting the technique a question wants and applying it confidently within a tight time limit. Muhammad Ali, a Cambridge PhD physicist, works from your child’s own target schools and exam timetable, building the reasoning and problem-solving fluency behind every London 11+ and independent-school paper rather than drilling one fixed format.
Lessons start with a short diagnostic conversation to find out where your child is now: which topics are secure, where speed drops under time pressure, and how far off exam-ready they are. From there, lessons run one to one, two to one, or — where a group is running — online alongside other 11+ students on Monday evenings. Weeklong online bootcamps (Math-e-Magics, Scholarship and Exam Prep) add extra timed practice closer to exam season.
What’s covered
- Arithmetic and mental maths speed
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Ratio and proportion
- Algebra fundamentals
- Geometry, shape and measures
- Word problems and multi-step reasoning
- Time, money and real-world problem-solving
- Timed exam technique and paper practice
Students typically start anywhere from confident-but-slow to unsure where to begin, and work towards the paper fluency that timed exams reward: reading a question correctly under pressure, working quickly without losing accuracy, and staying calm when a question looks unfamiliar. Most families begin in Year 4 or 5, giving time to build this steadily rather than cram in the final months.
Muhammad’s weeklong online bootcamps — Math-e-Magics (his own well-established mental-maths course), Scholarship and Exam Prep — give extra timed practice in the run-up to exams, and there is an annual in-person summer bootcamp at Ambler Primary School. They sit alongside regular one-to-one, two-to-one or Monday group lessons.
