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KS2 Non-Verbal Reasoning tutors

5 UK tutors who teach Non-Verbal Reasoning at KS2.

Non-Verbal Reasoning is the visual-pattern half of 11+ and 13+ entrance papers: shape sequences, rotations, reflections, odd-one-out, matrix completion, paper-folding. Like Verbal Reasoning it isn't taught in schools, which is why most parents start it as part of dedicated 11+ prep. Question types are finite and recognisable; tutoring helps most with classifying the type quickly under exam time and with the visual-spatial fluency that's harder to grow in older candidates. CAT4 adds a spatial-reasoning element beyond the standard NVR; CSSE Essex omits NVR entirely. Confirm the format of the actual test before choosing a tutor. Material designed for GL Assessment isn't a clean substitute for Kent- or Bucks-format papers.

Key Stage 2 covers Years 3 to 6 (ages 7-11), ending with the Year 6 SATs in maths, reading, and grammar/punctuation/spelling (SPaG). It's where most primary-to-secondary academic gaps are formed and where tutoring demand peaks at primary level. Year 6 SATs aren't life-or-death but they affect set placement at secondary in many schools, and the reading paper specifically (fast comprehension under time pressure) is where most students lose ground. Tutoring helps most with timed reading practice, with the SPaG technicalities (which are taught explicitly and reward precise terminology), and with the maths reasoning papers. 11+ prep overlaps Year 5 and Year 6.

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