Assessment

Free 11+ sample papers

While there are excellent workbooks and commercially available 11+ practice papers available which I will recommend at the end of this post, it is possible to start with the freely available specimen papers available by a wide variety of selective secondary schools. My key recommendation is to start with papers from less selective schools and […]

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Decisions, decisions

This coming Friday 2nd February is the official deadline for acceptances of 4+ offers at many schools. It is a tough time and parents worry a lot about making the right choice. In surprisingly many cases when parents contact me about schools, they actually have a clear favourite – they love the kids, the Head, the

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Insights into the 11+ exam

Guest post by MaiHanh DeLorenzo, Metal Rocks Education Advisors (see further info and bio below) When Anke asked me to write about the 11+ exam, my first response was that it was like trying to write another Churchill biography, that is: What new is there left to say? But then, realising that new Churchill biographies come out

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