Headteacher-Led 11+ & ISEB Excellence in Kensington and Across London
The Strategic Pathway to London's Top Independent Schools
The same Strategic Pathway behind 2026 grammar offers at Chelmsford County High, KEGS, CRGS, Colchester County High and Southend, applied to London independent school admissions — ISEB Pre-tests, Quest Assessments, and the interview stages that decide most offers.
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London admissions move fast and the process is opaque if you haven't been through it before. I offer bespoke online tuition and school consultancy for families aiming at the capital's most competitive schools. Children I have prepared have gone on to receive offers for City of London, St Paul's, Charterhouse, Emanuel and Malvern College.
As a former prep school headteacher and Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, I know what these schools are looking for and where children lose marks. My work goes well beyond curriculum coverage: the reasoning and comprehension the Pre-test rewards, the pacing that catches able children out, and the interview practice that turns a nervous candidate into a confident one.
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Why Kensington families choose David Bell Education
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Admissions strategy. Help with both the exams themselves and building a realistic school shortlist around your child's strengths.
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Headteacher-led insight. Detailed knowledge of how London entrance papers and interviews are set and marked, delivered the way I work with every child: achievement without anxiety.
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A proven placement record. Every child who has completed my full 12-month Strategic Consultancy programme — 2024, 2025 and 2026 — has been offered a place at their target independent school.
