UK independent school admissions · 11+ · 13+ · 16+
Admissions advice and interview coaching for families applying to Britain's leading boarding and day schools. Guidance for parents in English or Russian, from someone who sat these interviews himself, recently.
Offers received by the founder
Five applications. Five offers.
How we work
Leading schools want to see how a child thinks: how they handle a question they did not expect, defend a view, and talk about something they have read. We rehearse exactly that, with mock interviews modelled on each school, until answers sound natural rather than learned.
No honest adviser can promise a place, and we never do. You get a realistic view of which schools suit your child, prices agreed before we start, and no commissions from schools or agencies.
Parents can work with us entirely in Russian or English. Children prepare in English, the language of the interview, with someone who knows what British schools listen for.
Services & fees
Interviews already booked
£650
12 to 18 months before entry · most families start here
£2,400
From shortlist to accepted offer
from£4,800
Interview practice, entrance-exam English and reasoning, or a second opinion on an application.
£85 per hour
Fees are per child, per admissions cycle. All sessions run online by video, at times that suit your time zone.
The admissions calendar
This is the usual pattern at leading schools. Each school sets its own dates, so we map yours school by school.
13+ · entry to Year 9
Year 5 · age 9 to 10
Visit schools and register. Some lists close early.
Year 6 · age 10 to 11
ISEB pre-test, school assessments and interviews. Conditional offers usually follow.
Years 7 and 8
Keep standards high and prepare for scholarships if relevant.
Year 8 · age 12 to 13
Common Entrance or the school's own exams confirm the place.
September
Start in Year 9.
16+ · entry to Sixth Form
Year 10 · age 14 to 15
Visit schools and build a shortlist.
Year 11 · autumn
Applications, entrance tests and interviews, often between October and December.
Year 11 · winter
Offers, usually conditional on GCSE or equivalent results.
September
Start in the Lower Sixth, Year 12.
The founder
I know what the interview feels like from the candidate's chair. Most advisers only know it from the other side.
Ivan is an Old Etonian, now reading Philosophy, Politics, Law and Economics at IE University in Madrid, which he chose for its focus on entrepreneurship and its international outlook. Form & Scholar is the first venture he has built alongside his degree. He is Russian and British, and works fluently in both languages.
As a candidate he sat the assessments and interviews for Eton, Westminster, St Paul's, City of London and King's College School, Wimbledon, and received offers from all five. He has since prepared younger pupils for school entrance, including one who went on to win a place at Haileybury.
Form & Scholar is built on that experience: helping children think clearly and speak with confidence when it matters, and giving parents an honest picture at every stage.
Questions parents ask
No. Anyone who guarantees a place at a leading school is overselling. We improve your child's chances and give you a realistic picture throughout.
Leading boarding schools across the UK and the major London day schools, at 11+, 13+ and 16+ entry.
Online by video, so it makes no difference where you live. We schedule sessions around your family's time zone, whether that is London, Dubai or Moscow.
Sessions with children are in English, the language of the interview. Everything with parents can be in Russian.
Get in touch
Tell us your child's age, current school and the schools you are considering. We reply within one working day.