Their First Real Exam.
Make Sure It Builds
Confidence
The OC test is May 8. It’s probably the first high-stakes exam your child will ever sit. The Sprint is 3 phases of targeted preparation with 45 age-appropriate techniques, designed to peak on test day.
Every family’s situation is different.
The OC test is the same for everyone.
These are the 10 most common situations Y4 OC parents find themselves in. See if any feel familiar.
Watch a sample Sprint lesson
See exactly what your child will experience. Live instruction, real-time interaction, and the kind of targeted exam technique training that makes the difference on test day.
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Three phases. Extra settling week. Peak on May 8.
Phase 1 builds skill and technique. Phase 2 conditions under pressure. Phase 3 settles the nervous system. Your child arrives excited, not terrified.
Intensive Learning
- Reading: 12pm-1pm daily
- Maths & TS: 4pm-5pm daily
- 45 age-appropriate techniques
- OC-specific formats covered
- Gentle nervous system training
- Full mock Day 9 + report
Exam Conditioning
- Reading Tue 5-6pm
- Maths/TS Thu 5-6pm
- Past-paper pattern drills
- Peak difficulty then ease
- Trial test Sat 3rd May
Final Settling
- 85% difficulty only
- Clean technique execution
- Confidence conditioning
- No new content
- “You are ready.”
Interspersed throughout all 3 phases. Each deliberately undulating in content weighting, mirroring the unpredictable nature of the real OC exam. Because the OC test is one week after Selective, your child gets an additional trial test, giving younger students extra exposure before their first-ever high-stakes exam.
Day-by-day curriculum
Click each day to see the full session breakdown with techniques and past-paper insights.
The Settling Curve (with Extra OC Week)
The OC test is one week after Selective. This extra week means more settling time for younger students who need it most.
Hardest past-paper questions. Push to ceiling so the real test feels easier.
Fluidity session then full trial test under real conditions. Dress rehearsal.
85% difficulty. Clean execution. Confidence. “You are ready.”
45 named techniques. Here are 12 of them.
Each technique is age-appropriate, tied to a specific OC sub-topic, and drilled gently until automatic.
What 5 years of OC tests tell us
Every session is informed by pattern analysis of the 2021-2025 OC Tests. Your child practises what actually appears.
Reading – All 4 Formats Every Year
Maths – Key Areas
Thinking Skills – Pillar Proportions
OC-Specific Formats (Unique to OC)
The psychological side nobody else trains
The OC test is your child’s first performance event. They need to manage attention, emotions, and energy across 100 minutes at age 9. That requires age-appropriate preparation.
The OC test is May 8. Their first real exam.
Book a free diagnostic to see where your child stands across all 3 OC components before the Sprint starts.