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Set your child on the path to top schools. As dedicated 11+ specialists, established in 2009, we’ve coached thousands of pupils to secure coveted places at leading grammar and independent schools. Year after year, results day proves our method works.
Trust the people who write test questions. We’re one of the UK’s largest producers of 11+ test papers, mirroring the exact style and difficulty used in real grammar and independent school exams, so your child always trains with the gold standard material.
Experience exam day, before it counts. Our mock exam service is exceptional, and every sitting comes with exclusive video solutions for every question, turning feedback into a masterclass and confidence into second nature.
Meet the Examberry team
Nav Johal
Director
Nav Johal is a founder director of Examberry Tuition. She is the driving force behind Examberry liaising directly with parents, advising on the schools admission process and the Examberry Tuition model.
Nav has tutored exclusively in entrance exams over many years for both grammar and independent schools. She therefore has in depth knowledge of the entrance requirements for the top tier schools. Having been through the entrance processes with her own children into Tiffin, St. Paul’s and Westminster, Nav has a tacit understanding of parents’ experience.
Nav received a BA(Hons) in Social Science and Administration from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She went on to work in finance and publishing, before starting her tutoring career.
Lydia Dower
Head of Tuition
Lydia leads and supports all Examberry tutors to ensure the highest standards of teaching are met across 11+ classes.
Lydia went to the University of Bristol where she received a Master’s in Chemistry. Whilst at university, she tutored students for 11+ and GCSEs, and after graduating she taught English as a foreign language in Argentina before she returned to London to become a science teacher. She worked as the Head of Science in a secondary school for several years before she joined Examberry as the Head of Tuition.
Lydia’s breadth of experience in teaching and leadership enables her to provide support and knowledge to tutors, parents and students. She loves using this experience to facilitate the progress and success of the students at Examberry.
Dr Steve Legon
Senior Course Consultant
Steve Legon is hands on in the development of the Examberry course as well as our Mock Exams. He is a gifted tutor and an expert in reasoning and mathematics. Having put his own children through the 11+ process and personally tutored hundreds of children, his experience in invaluable to Examberry.
Steve studied Natural Science at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and continued with a PhD in Biochemistry at Cambridge University. He then spent many years as a research scientist at Imperial College London.
Lucy Spencer
Lead Tutor and Director, Education Boutique
Having taught in both Dubai and the UK, Lucy is a passionate educator who took a giant leap and left the classroom in January 2016. She can now be found frequenting the homes of elite, international families and celebrities, providing high quality home education. Her job briefs range from 3 months in Austria, home educating a boy on a ski season, to preparing children for top day/boarding school entrance exams.
Having travelled widely, Lucy has now established a network of like-minded tutors in Berkshire, UK and seamlessly matches her clients’ needs with top-quality private tutors. Lucy is also very involved personally with home education and supporting children with Autism.
Education Boutique and Examberry work alongside each other to better the education and preparation of young people for entrance exams. “It’s great that our visions are so aligned,” says Lucy.
Jackie Ogle
Consultant
Eszter Kelemen
Administrator
Minnie Parulkar
Course Writer
Michelle Clifton
Course Writer
Wincy Liu
Website and IT Assistant
