Olu Ademola
private tutor
Driven; preparation builds confidence
Entrance
Their daughter Amara is bright and anxious. The family must decide how hard to prepare for an entrance exam, what matters more than the result, and how to protect her younger brother from becoming an afterthought.
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Learning & education Family duty Ambition Competing advice Family home School or campus Tense Reflective
The premise
Their daughter Amara is bright and anxious. The family must decide how hard to prepare for an entrance exam, what matters more than the result, and how to protect her younger brother from becoming an afterthought.
The protagonist
Sana and Rob Achebe-Fuller — Parents weighing intensive tutoring for their daughter’s selective-school exam
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Dr Grace Ferrier
educational psychologist
Protective; pressure has costs
Margaret Hollins-Cole
primary head teacher
Balanced; childhood is not a test
How the story moves
One year to exam day; Amara’s anxiety peaks in Book 3, and the result matters less than how the family handles it.
What readers take away
- Common exam formats
- Verbal-reasoning practice
- Non-verbal-reasoning practice
- Maths and English preparation
- What evidence says about tutoring
- Wellbeing and exam pressure
- Choosing schools beyond results
- Admissions appeals
- Understand catchment and oversubscription criteria
- Use practice papers without over-drilling
- Support a child after disappointment
- Compare state and independent options
The books
- 1The decision Planned
- 2Preparation Planned
- 3The exam Planned
- 4Results Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.