Are you applying for a school place and are unsure which year group your child will be joining? Below you can see which year group your child would be in during the current school year and which year group your child would join in September 2022 based when he or she was born. School year […]
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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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City of London School for Girls, which has run a highly successful prep school for girls aged 7 – 11 in the past, will be opening a junior school for girls and boys aged between 7 and 11 in September 2022. Boys were previously only able to join City of London School at 10+ or
With the ongoing uncertainty during the pandemic, there are no final answers as to how 11+ academic testing will look in the autumn term, but at least there are plans, some of which might change. Here is an overview of what different schools in London are planning at the moment. Co-educational Schools Co-educational schools are
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Guest post by Tony Thomas. My daughter recently prepared for the 11+ entrance exams across a variety of grammar and independent schools (Feb 2020-Jan 2021, for entry in Sep 2021). While there are (quite literally) a ton of resources and guides out there for prospective parents and their wards, I thought it might help to
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Officially, there is no such thing as a feeder school to St Paul’s Girls’ School. However, a handful of London prep schools have historically filled a large share of the 90-100 places available at St Paul’s Girls’ School at 11+. Most of these tend to be highly selective themselves, so it is no surprise they
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Some exciting changes are afoot at Arnold House School in St John’s Wood. Following The Hall School‘s move from 4+ and 5+ admission to 4+ admission only, it was a matter of time before Arnold House would change its admissions process, but they have gone further than we expected and moved to 3+ admission entirely.
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Guest post by Alex Paseau. The author teaches at Oxford University. The 11+ exam has been roundly criticised by opponents of academic selection. But even those who believe in academic selection should recognise that the 11+ in its current form is flawed. It needs to be rethought. The first argument against the current 11+ is
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One distinguishing feature of British private schools is that many of them still separate children by gender from as early as 3 or 4 years old. While there are more co-educational prep schools, from age 11, parents are almost forced to consider single sex education, if they are aiming for a top ranked school. This
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Here we are, 9 months into the pandemic, and perhaps predictably, the absurdity of testing thousands of 6 to 10 year olds just after the Christmas holidays is becoming apparent to all. The wisest schools shifted their exams to the autumn term (7+ and some 8+ in person, 11+ online via ISEB or CEM pre-test),
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