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Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Barking and Dagenham have no grammar schools of their own, but families still have options further afield. This guide compares the Redbridge schools, Latymer, the Essex CSSE schools, Chelmsford County High and Bexley, covering each school’s test, number of places and address rules. It also shows how to narrow your shortlist by postcode.
Read the full postMost children can find a fact in a passage. The marks that separate candidates come from inference, vocabulary-in-context and language questions. This guide explains how...
Read postWhere the 11+ includes writing, children usually have about ten minutes per task. This guide explains what markers look for and walks through six steps, from a two-minute...
Read postThere is no official 11+ maths syllabus, but the topics tested are remarkably consistent. This checklist sets them out strand by strand, from number and fractions to alge...
Read postVocabulary helps in almost every part of the 11+, from comprehension to synonyms, analogies and creative writing. This list gives 200 words pitched at confident Year 5 an...
Read postAlmost every non-verbal reasoning question is built from a small set of features, such as shape, shading, rotation and reflection, that change according to a rule. This g...
Read postVerbal reasoning is rarely taught in primary school, yet it makes up part of the Redbridge and Latymer 11+ tests. This guide sorts the question types into four families:...
Read postThe CSSE maths paper is a one-hour written test with no calculator, worth half of your child’s total score. This guide covers the topics it tests and works through five t...
Read postThe CSSE English paper is worth half of your child’s total score, and it asks for written answers rather than multiple choice. This guide explains the comprehension quest...
Read postTen Essex schools share one entrance test set by the CSSE, but each has its own admission rules. This guide lists every CSSE school with its places and explains how the E...
Read postNewham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Barking and Dagenham have no grammar schools of their own, but families still have options further afield. This guide compares the Redb...
Read postIlford County High and Woodford County High share one catchment area, covering all of Redbridge and Waltham Forest plus parts of Newham, Barking and Dagenham and Essex. T...
Read postAn 11+ standardised score is not a percentage. It shows how your child performed compared with everyone else who sat the same test, often after an adjustment for age. Thi...
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