11+ February Half Term Course (Year 4)

16th – 20th February 2026

The February Half-Term Course is the perfect early starting point for Year 4 students beginning their 11+ journey. Positioned midway through the spring term, it helps students establish strong foundations before the pace of preparation accelerates later in the year.

This introductory programme focuses on core skills, fundamental techniques, and key curriculum areas that repeatedly surface in 11+ examinations. Lessons are structured to strengthen essential literacy and numeracy skills, introduce students to the style of 11+ tasks, and build steady confidence without overwhelming them.

By joining our February Half-Term Course, your child gains a valuable head start at a stage when early intervention makes a noticeable difference to long-term progress.

We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your child as they take their first confident steps into the 11+ pathway.

Information about the course 

Face-to-Face Course

Location: Blagdon Centre (New Malden)

Times: Classes between 9am and 3pm

Price: £140 per subject for the week

Online Course

Accessed via our Online Learning Platform

Times: Classes between 9am and 3pm

Price: £115 per subject for the week

Subjects

English

Our Year 4 English Course helps children become stronger readers and more confident writers. Through enjoyable text exploration, tutors show students how authors use words to create meaning, and children learn to use these techniques in their own writing. They build a wider vocabulary, write clearer sentences, and improve accuracy in spelling and punctuation. By the end of the course, students read with a deeper understanding, express their ideas more clearly, and feel more confident tackling English tasks.

Maths

Our Year 4 Maths Course strengthens children’s understanding of key topics and boosts their confidence with the trickier areas that often cause difficulty in the 11+ exams. Tutors break down challenging ideas and guide students through carefully chosen worded problems, helping them understand what a question is really asking and how to tackle it step by step. Children learn to work accurately, explain their thinking clearly, and apply their knowledge to new situations — skills that make a real difference as they move towards more advanced 11+ preparation.

Homework and Marking

Face-to-face course

Students will be given a homework booklet or revision task each day for each subject. Homework consists of 3 pages of tasks reflecting the topics covered during the day’s lesson. Students must submit their homework at the start of the following day. These booklets will be marked and returned to you with the tutor’s comments, providing feedback on students’ progress and highlighting their strengths and areas for improvement.

In case you’d like to review any of the work with your child after the course itself, mark schemes will be made available to view on the online portal until the end of the year, in December.

Online course

Students will be given a homework booklet or test to complete each day for each subject. Homework consists of 3 pages of tasks reflecting the topics covered during the day’s lesson. Students must submit their homework at the start of the following day. These booklets will be marked and returned to you with the tutor’s comments, providing feedback on students’ progress and highlighting their strengths and areas for improvement.

In case you’d like to review any of the work with your child after the course itself, mark schemes will be made available to view on the online portal until the end of the year, in December.

Discounts

5% Sibling Discount on the total Course price available when booking siblings for the Full Duration of the course.

We offer a £60 referral credit for all customers who refer a new customer to our February Half Term Course. Both referring and referred customers are eligible for this £60 credit, which will be applied to your Tuition fees for regular term classes.

Testimonials

Refer a friend to OxBridge

Get £60 credit for each friend you refer to OxBridge Centre

Earn £60 Credit

Receive a £60 credit when a family you refer continues lessons beyond their initial 4-week period.

Eligibility:

  • The referrer must have completed at least 4 weeks of lessons with us before referring.
  • The referred family must be new to OxBridge Centre (not currently enrolled or returning).

How to Qualify:

  • The referral must be confirmed at the time of enrolment to be eligible for the reward.

Just ask your friend to type your child’s name when they enrol.

FAQs

Face-to-face Course

Yes, you would need to take the full duration of the course.

We advise taking the full course (all subjects) in order to maximise the benefits of the short 5-day course, especially as the subjects complement and support one another. However, we understand that this is not possible for everybody, so we do allow each student to select the subjects they wish to take in order to tailor the learning to their individual requirements.

Please note that priority will be given to those who book the full course (all subjects).

Please complete your booking form with your desired subjects.

To reserve a spot on the course, you will need to make a minimum payment of a £100 Non-Refundable Deposit. Once full payment is processed on our end, a member of our team will review your booking and dispatch a ‘Booking Confirmation’ email as confirmation of your space on the course.

Please note that spaces are offered on a first-come, first-served basis based on the order of deposit payment received, and priority is given to those who make bookings for ‘All Subjects’.

Your space in the course is not fully confirmed until full payment is received, so we advise you to make the payment as soon as possible! Our final deadline for payments is 23:59 on the 11th January 2026. If we have not received the payment by this date, sadly, we will not be able to offer you a place on the course.

We understand that circumstances can change, and you may need to withdraw from the course.

We offer a 100% refund (minus the £100 Non-Refundable Deposit) before the 11th January 2026.

Unfortunately, after 11th January, we are unable to offer any refunds.

Blagdon Centre, 118 Blagdon Road, New Malden, KT3 4AE.

The course will be running from 9am-3pm, Monday-Friday. Each class is 60 minutes in duration. There will be a 15-minute break between each class.

The full timetable will be released by 6th February 2026. Your specific schedule will depend on which subjects you have selected, but your times will fall between 9am and 3pm.

Students will need to complete the booklet at home to be brought in the following day for marking. The full booklet will be marked by our tutors. If any work is unfinished during the course, this can be completed at a later date and marked at home using the mark scheme on the online portal, which will be accessible until the end of the year.

Please note that there is no set homework on Friday.

Our students will require basic stationery (pen, pencil, rubber, ruler etc), water bottle, and enthusiasm to learn!

Please notify us if your child has any severe allergies, medical conditions, or any regular medications that we should be aware of prior to the start of the course so that necessary arrangements can be made.

Yes, our regular weekly evening classes will continue during the February Half Term Course. Week 23 will take place as scheduled in the week commencing 16th February 2026.

If you would like your evening classes to be removed from your invoice during the February Half Term course, please notify us at least four weeks in advance.

Please respect our neighbours and refrain from blocking drive ways on drop off and pick up.

Unfortunately, there is no on-site parking available at our centre, but we have listed the nearby parking facilities below:

  • Malden Centre Car Park (3 minute walk away)
  • Limited off-street parking on Alverstone Road / Egerton Road (1 minute walk), but please be respectful to our neighbours and traffic restrictions in the area.

We ask that you continue to be respectful and considerate towards our neighbours when picking up and dropping off. Please ensure that you do not block driveways at any time, and ensure to switch off your engine when you are waiting in your car.

If your child is absent, we will not be able to reschedule the lesson. You will be able to collect the workbooks to complete from home, and return to be marked.
Please ensure to let us know as soon as possible and we will do our best to support you.

There is a 5% Sibling discount for siblings simultanously taking the course.

Online Course

Yes, you would need to take the full duration of the course.

We advise taking the full course (all subjects) in order to maximise the benefits of the short 5-day course, especially as the subjects complement and support one another. However, we understand that this is not possible for everybody, so we do allow each student to select the subjects they wish to take in order to tailor the learning to their individual requirements.

Please note that priority will be given to ‘All Subject’ bookings.

Please complete your booking form with your desired subjects.

To reserve a spot on the course, you will need to make a minimum payment of a £100 Non-Refundable Deposit. Once full payment is processed on our end, a member of our team will review your booking and dispatch a ‘Booking Confirmation’ email as confirmation of your space on the course.

Please note that spaces are offered on a first-come, first-served basis based on the order of deposit payment received, and priority is given to those who make bookings for ‘All Subjects’

Your space in the course is not guaranteed until full payment is received, so we advise you to make the payment as soon as possible! Our final deadline for payments will be 23:59 on the 11th January 2026. If we have not received the payment by this date, sadly, we will not be able to offer you a place on the course.

We understand that circumstances can change, and you may need to withdraw from the course.

We offer a 100% refund (minus the £100 Non-Refundable Deposit) before the 11th January 2026.

Unfortunately, after 11th January, we are unable to offer any refunds.

The online classes will utilise the same platform as our regular course. We use a platform called BigBlueButton which has many interactive features.

The course will be running from 9am – 3pm, Monday-Friday. Each class is 60 minutes in duration. There will be a 15-minute break between each class.

The full timetable will be released by 6th February 2026. Your specific schedule will depend on which subjects you have selected, but your times will fall between 9am and 3pm.

We will be sending out the workbooks for the course, and you should receive these by the 2nd of February. If you have not received your workbooks by this date, please let us know, and we will ensure these are sent out to you as soon as possible.

We recommend that our online students have a computer or laptop device with access to Google Chrome for the best experience.

Please ensure your child has access to the correct workbook for the correct day and all necessary stationery (pencil, rubber, ruler). Calculators are not necessary for this course.

There is designated daily homework for each subject that will need completing and uploading to the online portal homework submission page. Please ensure you upload only the designated homework page(s) for marking as the remainder of the workbook is to be completed and marked in your child’s own time using the mark scheme. The mark scheme will be uploaded to the online portal and will be accessible until the end of the year.

Please note that there is no set homework on Friday.

Yes, our regular weekly evening classes will continue during the February Half Term Course. Week 23 will take place as scheduled in the week commencing 16th February 2026.

If you would like your evening classes to be removed from your invoice during the February Half Term course, please notify us at least four weeks in advance.

There is a 5% Sibling discount for siblings simultanously taking the course.