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Meet the Team

Anita and Tim Hill – Founders and Managing Partners

Elevate Eleven was set up in 2002 by Anita and Tim.  Anita is a former state school teacher and head of department and, having built his career in IT consultancy and project management, Tim spent 18 years in Higher Education, becoming Associate Professor at a university Business School in London.

Anita drives curriculum strategy for each year group, ensuring she keeps a close eye on school requirements and adapts the programme as necessary to the changes that take place each year. Anita is also our specialist when it comes to specific questions about school entrance exams and school requirements. She will be happy to answer any questions or help wherever she can if you would like advice from her.

Tim is responsible for the financial and strategic side of the business and will be your first point of contact for any queries regarding invoices and payments throughout the course.  He also has some knowledge of the bursary and scholarship system run by the private schools.

Alicia Hinchliffe is our Operations Director and Wimbledon centre manager.  Alicia has five years’ experience in both schools and not-for profit sector organising large departments and has been teaching and tutoring children herself for 10 years. Alicia creates your weekly homework email which is sent out by centre managers and organises our additional provision (mock tests, timed paper practice, interviews etc).
Allie Rivero is the Centre Manager at one of our larger tuition centres and is also our operations and IT manager, working closely as part of the core team to ensure everything runs smoothly week after week. Please see our instagram and Facebook for her weekly posts of learning tips and more!

Centre Managers

Each of our tutoring centres has a centre manager, and they will be your first point of contact during your time at Elevate Eleven. As well as tutoring a small group, they ensure that resources are distributed, everything runs to time and will keep in contact with you each week to ensure you are kept updated with what your child is learning and what their homework is. They will also let you know when reports are being sent home and when parents’ evenings are organised, as well as letting you know of any extra support available e.g. mock tests, timed paper practice, interview practice etc.

 

Tutors

Our tutors follow a carefully planned programme each term that is written by Anita and team, with the support of subject specialists. The programme differs for each year group but eventually runs about 6-9 months ahead of the school curriculum to ensure they are fully prepared for the 11+ examinations when they start to come around in the Autumn of Year 6. Each tutor looks after a small tutoring group (maximum of 7 pupils in year 5) and will keep track of their progress, support their learning and report any concerns to parents. Tutors will write reports, give feedback and take part in parents’ evenings at regular intervals throughout the programme. Our tutors are all experienced with teaching children in groups and have an Enhanced DBS. Tutors have all received safeguarding training and one tutor in each centre is our First Aid lead.