Preparation designed for students who prioritise understanding over memorisation, and for parents who want a more structured way to help.
The 11+ industry is largely built on a single assumption: that volume creates results. For many children, this works. But for a specific type of learner—the "Deep Understander"—high-volume drilling often leads to frustration and diminishing returns.
These children don't lack ability; they lack an entry point that respects their need for logic. Cognis11 was founded to provide that entry point, adapting principles from cognitive science to create a more efficient, structure-led way to learn.
Our team brings together a spread of backgrounds: academia (cognitive neuroscience), analysis (financial and research), and digital product building.
Our motivation lies in the hope that more children can develop a genuine, structural understanding of how problems work, and that preparation can be a moment of shared insight rather than just a high-stakes drill.
Schema-Based Instruction (SBI) is a well-documented pillar of cognitive psychology. For decades, it has been used as a remedial framework to help children who struggle with mathematics by teaching them to classify problem types.
Cognis11 takes a novel path.
We are exploring whether this same structural logic can be used for Performance Optimization. We’ve adapted the core mechanism of SBI—identifying the "schema" or logical skeleton of a question—and pointed it at the competitive 11+ curriculum. Our hypothesis is simple: by giving reasoners a way to classify problem structures in seconds, we can reduce the cognitive load that causes them to slow down, allowing their natural ability to take over.
The best way to understand Cognis11 is to experience it. Try three of our modules for free to see if our structural approach resonates with your child.
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