New11+ preparation, designed for the family home

Your child. Their writing. A real examiner, on video.

No tutor on Wednesday. No drive across south London. Just a short lesson, an essay your child writes on the sofa, and a personalised Editor’s Review from Joycellyn that lands within 48 hours — kept, forever, to rewatch before every exam.

312 families enrolled this cycle. 94% got an offer to a listed school.
Describe a place you would like to escape to.
Lesson · 20 min
5:24 / 12:30
Joycellyn reviewing Oliver’s essay
94%
Offer rate · 2025
Kept
for life

No tutor. No commute. Just the work.

Every essay your child submits is marked on video. An examiner reads it aloud, annotates it live, and talks through the reasoning — the same way a good tutor would lean over a desk at prep.

The recording is theirs to keep. Children return to it again and again; the lessons compound. Parents watch once, reassured, then hand the tablet back.

Children placed at
Alleyn’s· Dulwich College· Sevenoaks· Whitgift· James Allen’s· City of London· Bexley Grammar

A marking your child can pause, rewind, and rewatch the night before the exam.

A good tutor says something clever on Wednesday. By Saturday’s mock, it’s gone — and you’re back in the car for another £120 hour.

Video marking is different. Every essay your child submits comes back as 10 to 15 minutes of recorded marking, pen-in-hand, voice explaining, reasons given. It’s theirs. They return to it before mocks, before exams, before the next piece of writing. The lesson compounds.

£0
spent on commuting
10–15 min
average marking length
times rewatchable
How it works

Three small steps, once a week.

It fits around homework, dinner, and bedtime — not the other way around.

Describe a place you’d escape to.
i

A short lesson

Twenty minutes, on the sofa. A video teaches the craft — what examiners reward, how to open, how to close — indexed by exam board.

Re-watchable · Indexed to CEM, ISEB, GL
ii

Write the essay

Your child writes on paper or screen, at their own pace. No timer, no pressure. Submit when it’s done.

Timed practice available · Submit any time
Editor’s Review
iii

Receive the Review

Within 48 hours, Joycellyn records a personalised video marking — reading every line, explaining every decision. Kept forever.

Returned in 48 hours · Yours to keep
Destinations

Where our children go.

Grammar schools, top London independents, boarding schools. These are the places our families have secured offers to since 2014.

Bexley Grammar Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar Sevenoaks Townley Grammar Dartford Grammar Colfe’s Caterham Whitgift City of London City of London Girls Dulwich College Alleyn’s James Allen’s Girls Forest Eltham College Trinity Royal Russell Christ’s Hospital
Joycellyn Akuffo — 11 Plus Essay examiner and course creator
The examiner

One writer. One examiner. Every word marked by Joycellyn.

I’m Joycellyn Akuffo. Every lesson on this site is taught by me. Every Editor’s Review is recorded by me, watching the piece in front of me, pen in hand.

For eleven years I’ve read 11+ writing for a living — creative, descriptive, recount, transactional — and I know exactly which sentences examiners mark up, and which they skim past. That’s what I teach, in the lessons. That’s what I point to, in the reviews.

No outsourced markers. No AI. No weekly lottery of who’s reading your child’s work. Just me, at my desk, reading your child’s essay the way a good tutor would lean over a prep-room desk.

1,000+
children taught since 2014
11 years
marking 11+ writing
48 hrs
typical Review turnaround
The programme

A course for every kind of writing.

One marking doesn’t transform a child’s writing. Forty markings, inside a structured course, do. Here’s the ladder — from a £27 taster to the complete programme behind our 1,000+ grammar and independent-school places.

FLAGSHIP · THE COMPLETE WRITER

The course that has changed writing for 1,000+ families since 2014.

Every 11+ writing task: story, descriptive, recount, transactional, picture-based. Taught through expert video lessons, practised through marked assignments, returned as a personalised Editor’s Review within 48 hours. School-specific guidance. Model answers.

£375 one-time·29 lessons, 4 sections·Years 4–6
Enrol in The Complete Writer →
“Works better than a tutor, at a fraction of the price.”Helping children secure places at Sevenoaks, St Paul’s, Dulwich College, JAGS, Trinity, Alleyn’s.
The Clinics · four focused courses for a specific weakness
From parents

In the words of the families.

All names real, all schools verified. We’ll put you in touch with any of them if you’d like to hear it straight.

We’d done three terms with a tutor in the kitchen. The video markings changed something — Anya began to hear the reasoning, not just the correction. She watches them still, the night before a mock.

Priya & Tom M.
Dulwich · daughter to Alleyn’s, 2025

The honest thing is, we got our Sundays back. And the marking was better than anything we paid for in person.

Jemima H.
Blackheath · son to Colfe’s, 2025

Marcus is a quiet boy. He would never have asked a tutor to repeat himself. Pausing a video — that he could do.

Helena A.
Sevenoaks · son to Sevenoaks School, 2024

Three of my four want to watch the markings on the sofa like they’re a television programme. I have no idea what we’ve done, but it works.

Oliver & Kat P.
Chislehurst · twins to Bexley Grammar, 2024
Pricing

Three ways to start.

Try it for £27. Fix a specific weakness with a Clinic. Or take the full programme behind our 94% offer rate.

Your First Session
One lesson. One marked essay. Try before you commit.
£27one-time
  • 1 expert video lesson
  • 1 writing assignment
  • 1 personalised Editor’s Review (48 hours)
  • £27 credited to The Complete Writer if you enrol
Try Your First Session
The Complete Writer
The flagship. Every 11+ writing task, every Editor’s Review.
£375one-time
  • Full video library across every writing task
  • Marked assignments with Editor’s Review on each
  • School-specific guidance & model answers
  • Years 4–6 · CEM, ISEB, GL, London independents
  • Lifetime access · 94% offer rate
Enrol in The Complete Writer
A Clinic
Fix one specific weakness — story, description, recount or persuasion.
£100one-time
  • Expert video tutorials on the specific skill
  • 4 writing assignments
  • 4 personalised Editor’s Reviews (48 hours)
  • Model answers for each task
Choose a Clinic
Questions

The things parents actually ask.

Does my child still need a private English tutor? +

No. Families who switch typically see faster progress — children learn at their own pace, and the Editor’s Review is kept forever, to rewatch before every mock and exam.

What happens if life gets in the way? +

Essays roll forward for ninety days. You’re paying for the teaching, not the calendar. Half-term off? No problem.

Is the marking really done by a real person? +

Always. Every Editor’s Review is recorded by Joycellyn herself, pen in hand, reading the piece line by line. No outsourced markers. No AI.

Which exam boards do you cover? +

CEM, ISEB, GL, and the bespoke entrance papers for the London independents on our destinations list.

Can we try before committing? +

Yes — Your First Session is £27. One expert video lesson, one writing task, one personalised Editor’s Review returned within 48 hours. If you enrol in The Complete Writer afterwards, the £27 is credited against the course.

How easy is it to cancel? +

One click in your account. No letter. No phone call. No awkwardness.

Start with one lesson.

Your First Session — £27. One expert video lesson, one writing task, one personalised Editor’s Review from Joycellyn returned within 48 hours.

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