Years 4-6 Comprehension Course
£420.00
Our online Comprehension Course is a comprehension course for Years 4-6 children (ages 8-11), including those taking 11+ exams. It teaches children how to identify all the different comprehension question types and how to structure their answers accordingly.
Book now for Autumn 2025!
“Thanks so much for the fantastic course. [My son] was actually enthusiastic about comprehension with you teaching it! The tables of expressions to use, help in structuring answers, and the aide-memoirs were really helpful. Now also thinking of doing a creating writing course soon so he’ll perhaps see you then!” (Parent)
Comprehension Course Details:
Session 1: Introduction to comprehension
Session 2: Quoting evidence and the PEE technique
Session 3: Inference and vocabulary questions
Session 4: Summary and multiple choice questions
Session 5: Opinion and prediction questions
Session 6: Language analysis
Session 7: Structural analysis
Session 8: Character analysis
Session 9: Suspense writing analysis
Session 10: Persuasive writing analysis
Session 11: Poetry analysis
Session 12: Summary
Our Comprehension Skills book is used during the course to accompany the sessions and must be bought directly by the client through Amazon.
General Details:
- This course takes place online.
- There will be a maximum of 8 children on the course.
- Taught by a qualified and experienced teacher.
- Fully interactive, with homework set and in-depth marking.
- £420 (Equivalent to £35 per hour, plus in-depth and constructive marking of homework). All course prices are inclusive of VAT. If you are based outside of the UK, the course price (without VAT) will be updated at checkout but you may be subject to additional bank charges, which are determined by your financial institution.
- Please choose PayPal at the checkout if you would like to pay in instalments.
- Once booked, places are non-refundable as stated in our Terms and Conditions.
- We have a specific waiting list for children who are eligible for Free-School Meals. If we have spaces on a course, these children will be offered a free space. Contact us if you would like to join this waiting list.
- We engage with self-employed tutors to run our courses on behalf of our business. The tutors running our courses are qualified teachers with exemplary references. The tutors will communicate directly with the clients regarding how they will carry out their service to you, including any details regarding homework. All course tutors hold an Enhanced DBS Certificate and are signed up to the Update Service.
Autumn Term Dates 2025
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Time: Tuesdays 5-6pm
Dates: 16th September, 23rd September, 30th September, 7th October, 14th October, 21st October, 4th November, 11th November, 18th November, 25th November, 2nd December, 9th December.
NB: There is no lesson on 28th October due to half term.
Tutor: Charlotte
Summer Term Dates 2025
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Time: Sundays 9-10am
Dates: 27th April, 4th May, 11th May, 18th May, 25th May, 8th June, 15th June, 22nd June, 29th June, 6th July, 13th July, 20th July
NB: There is no lesson on 1st June for half term
Tutor: Rosanna
Would you like to try out a Taster Lesson before booking? View our upcoming Taster Sessions.
Tara –
“This course has helped me to identify different types of questions such as literal and inference questions. I also learned how to use the PEE and use fancy phrases to start sentences. I also learnt how to annotate texts and how to write character analysis questions too. I also learnt to use phrases for comparisons and differences. Furthermore, we tried out multiple choice questions and we learnt language devices and structural devices. Finally we looked at emotions and themes in comprehension of poetry.”
Parent –
“Our daughter took a one week English Comprehension course in July 2020. We were very happy with the course and the quality of the teaching. The tutor put our daughter at ease from the start and guided her through gently and with encouragement. I think our daughter was surprised with her own ability at the end. The group size of 6 was just the right balance to give the children enough attention but also work off each other. Wouldn’t hesitate to use again.”
Faryal –
“Thank you so much for another wonderful course. My son enjoyed it a lot and seems to be more confident. He has started liking and exploring texts. Looking forward to seeing you again with another amazing course. Thank you.”
Elsie –
“I thought that the course was fun and I learned a lot. I enjoyed looking at the 8 mark and 10 mark questions even though at the start I didn’t really like them. I also liked the short 1 mark questions. Learning how to do comprehension with a poem was very helpful as that has always been something I wasn’t good at but now I feel more confident with this. I learned a variety of skills to help analyse a text, including SHAMPOP, PQRSTUV as well as learning the different types of questions including literal, language, summary, going over P.E.E and finally looking at characters. I feel I have learned a lot in this experience and I have taken away a lot more than what I had to start with. Thank you.”
Lorraine –
“Thanks so much for the fantastic course. [My son] was actually enthusiastic about comprehension with you teaching it! The tables of expressions to use, help in structuring answers, and the aide-memoires were really helpful. Now also thinking of doing a creating writing course soon so he’ll perhaps see you then!”
Christina –
“We’re thrilled how much our son enjoyed the comprehension course last week. We were expecting stiff resistance (comprehension is his least favourite activity) so we were surprised to find him rushing his breakfast because he “didn’t want to be late” for the lesson. At the end of the course, he came back beaming and saying he wanted to do another one. We were impressed at how much he had learnt over the course of the week and how much his confidence has grown.”
Helena –
“We are delighted with the Comprehension course. It is definitely an area that [my son] finds challenging and the weekly sessions, breaking down the different types of questions and techniques, are hugely helpful. While [my son] can be quite reticent and is usually bit reluctant to join the early morning sessions on a Saturday (!), he is always very positive and enthusiastic afterwards. Charlene’s feedback is brilliantly helpful and all my interactions with her have been extremely positive. Thank you!”
Celisa –
“I’d like to thank Bright Light Education for the support and encouragement provided. My son is currently taking the comprehension course and he is enjoying every bit of it. He finds Comprehension quite difficult but with the support given by the tutor, he is showing more progress than before. He has come on a great deal and I couldn’t be more thankful to the tutors. Keep up the good work.”