Start by understanding the difficulty
A child may struggle to begin, organise ideas, construct sentences, use punctuation accurately, spell confidently or develop enough detail. The initial assessment reviews an independent piece of writing alongside the child's age, school stage and confidence.
The outcome is a practical learning plan and parent feedback explaining strengths, priority areas and sensible next steps. It is an educational assessment of writing skills, not a medical or diagnostic assessment.
- Ideas and planning
- Sentence construction
- Spelling, punctuation and grammar
- Vocabulary and word choice
- Paragraphs and sequencing
- Description and reader engagement
- Writing confidence
Personalised online creative-writing lessons
Lessons use modelling, shared planning, short focused exercises and independent writing. Feedback is specific enough for the pupil to understand what to improve without making writing feel overwhelming.
Support can strengthen general literacy and school writing, while also developing transferable skills that may be useful for selective-school assessments. Exact entrance-test requirements vary, so preparation is matched to the child's target schools rather than presented as one universal FSCE format.