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Children's Educational Material 11+ ^TM National11plus.co.uk

www.National11plus.co.uk provides advice and information about 11 plus exams and Children's Educational Material (CEM) for the 11+. This site includes advice on how to prepare for 11plus exams in England and material suitable for preparation for 11 plus and SATs tests. This includes 11+ tests from GL Assessment®; CEM Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring®; Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE); Independent Schools Examination Board (ISEB), as well as others including independent schools.

11 tests can be prepared using www.WordBuilder.co.uk for English & Verbal Reasoning and CoolCleverKids.co.uk for Maths and NVR.

The 11+ Exam

The 11+ is a selective entrance exam aimed to select the most academically able children to enter grammar schools and some private schools. The main two suppliers are GL Assessment and the Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring (CEM). CEM was sold to Cambridge Assessment & Cambridge University Press which now continue to supply the CEM 11+ tests. They withdrew paper based tests in 2023.

This 11-plus website provides advice and information about 11 plus exams and Children's Educational Material (CEM) for the 11+. This site includes advice on how to prepare for 11plus exams in England and material suitable for preparation for 11 plus and SATs tests. This includes 11+ tests from GL Assessment®; CEM Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring® (the Cambridge 11+), Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE); Independent Schools Examination Board (ISEB), as well as others including independent schools. Free 11+ CEM papers for familiarisation are available on this site (free 11+ CEM Information Booklets)

How to prepare for the 11+

Use WordBuilder to prepare for English & Verbal Reasoning and CoolCleverKids for Maths and NVR. Practice 11+ mock papers (available from the shop). Read widely and attempt to cover year 6 maths before the test. KS2 Year 6 Maths SATs papers are useful. These are available free from SATsPapers.org.uk.

The CEM 11+ Tests

CEM was originally part of Durham University, but now under the wings of Cambridge University. The test was claimed to be tutor proof, but this claim is no longer made. The amount of tuition for the verbal reasoning section is much less than GL Assessment, so the CEM 11+ is much easier to tutor for. They cover English/VR, Maths and NVR. As a result this site provides a money-back guarantee for its 11+ course. No other sites offer this. CEM 11+ tests require a wide vocabulary and papers are mixed, but include individually timed sections. CEM do not release past papers or produce mock papers. Fear not, our CEM 11+ mock papers are similar to the tests and are available to download from the shop on this site. CEM create tests from a database of questions and reuse questions, which enter the public domain via children who sit tests and invigilators. Remarkably, the same test can be reused for up to two years for late sitters on the basis children do not remember content to make a difference, which is of course nonsense. Cambridge do not allow GCSEs or A-Levels papers to be sat on different days. CEM 11 Plus Exam Free papers for familiarisation are available on this site.

This is NOT the official website of CEM Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring® or Cambridge Assessment®/ Cambridge University Press® and this site has no connection or association with either organisation. Note: CEM does not produce or endorse any published 11+ practice papers or courses. Click here for 2023 entry CEM 11+ ® test dates.

11+ Test Information

11+ Exams

There are numerous organisations that create entrance exams for secondary school admission. The main supplier is GL Assessment (GLA)^®. CEM^®. Cambridge, have pulled out of paper-based 11+ tests leaving the field wide open to GL Assessment. CEM provide online test using CEM Select and are mainly used by private schools. A A few small state schools use these tests.

CEM Centre and GLA

Both sets secondary school entrance assessments (widely referred to as selective entrance or 11+ exams) for various English grammar schools and regions, including Bexley; Birmingham; Buckinghamshire; CCHS (Essex); Gloucestershire; Henrietta Barnett & Latymer; Reading; Redbridge; Shropshire; Slough; Walsall; Warwickshire; Wolverhampton; Trafford; Bexley; Torbay & Devon; Kent Shepway, and Medway .

GL Assessment^® (formally National Foundation for Educational Research^®) is another supplier. Every year GL Assessment^® constructs new, custom-made selection tests for many schools and Local Authorities. Although GL Assessment^® is the copyright holder of the tests, it is the property of the commissioning school or Local Authority for the duration of use.

Both tests are easy to prepare for using WordBuilder.co.uk and CoolCleverKids.co.uk.

Purchase Mock Exams from the Shop

Past eleven plus papers set by CEM Centre^® Cambridge University are not released and cannot be purchased. Usually, two weeks before the test, applicants receive a sample sheet containing example questions.

The new tests from GL Assessment® are similar in to tests from the University of Durham® as far as content is concerned. The move is towards a rich vocabulary, curriculum maths (old level 5 and 6, now a score of 105+) and NVR. The difficulty is tailored for GL 11+ (Grade Level 11+).

Children`s Educational Material for the 11+ has constructed seven practice mock exams. These mock test packs consists of two 50-60 minute papers as well as answers and are available from the shop.

These are NOT endorsed or associated with CEM Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring^® who do not provide preparation material. They are also suitable for the new GL Assessment® and ISEB selection tests.

Warwickshire and Birmingham Consortium

From 2016, Warwickshire shares Birmingham 11+ Consortium test, so 5000 Birmingham students and 2000 Warwickshire students can pass on content to late Warwickshire sitters. The shared test will now require students to mark answers on a separate answer sheet and no longer write answers in a booklet, increasing the chances of marking answers in the incorrect place as has occurred numerous times in other regions. If a test is shared, with other regions, always tick a box to share results with another areas as a backup plan. You have nothing to lose by doing so, and it could prove useful. You never know what may happen.

In 2013, the Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby unlawfully withdrew a place of a child days before the end of year 6 despite the local authority refusing to withdraw the place on four occasions. Luckily the child was offered a place at Schools in two different areas (Walsall and Birmingham) as opposed to be left unplaced because of serious failings of this school. Unfortunately, the child displaced other innocent children, through no fault of his own when he moved straight to the top of waiting lists and was offered places. Play safe and share results with other schools and areas even if you have no intention of taking up a place in other areas.

Free Mock Exams

Taking a "free mock" will cost the school money. But one would expect financially astute schools to consider the financial implications of setting an early test date. Common sense dictates an earlier test is likely to be used as a "free mock" and this has been well known to occur for many years.

We recommend all children, where possible, register for the Warwickshire 11+ tests.

Mock tests are the best way to prepare. What better than using a real test as a mock? This is your legal right.

We believe there is no evidence that any 11+ tests are resistant to prepping and practise will simply improve performance.

NVR

Non-verbal Reasoning

Prepare for different types of NVR questions using

ULTIMATE NVR

over 30 different types of NVR question examples
with explanations.

Available to download from the shop.

11+ Tests: CEM 11+ tests and GLA 11+ tests

Areas tested include English (Vocabulary: synonyms & antonyms; Comprehension; Cloze passages/text; Jumbled sentences); Mathematics including data processing, and Non-verbal and spatial reasoning, There is no evidence any 11+ tests are tutor proof, nor tuition and preparation does not confer an advantage – the opposite is true. 11+ preparation papers are available to download from the shop.

There is a massive tuition culture, made worse by out reach programmes and pupil premium discrimination.

Birmingham Grammar Schools provide free preparation and material in the guise of an out reach programme for pupil premium qualified children. They refuse to share material with others. They also offer lower qualifying scores for these students. Is this fair?

11+ Tourism - a legal right to free mocks

Under the Greenwich ruling all children, of the appropriate age, have a legal right to take any 11+ exam set by any authority and cannot be denied the opportunity to sit an exam solely on the basis of their address.

The Office of the School Adjudicator (OSA) confirmed the right to use tests as free mocks and the right to take tests late. A Head Teacher of a grammar school has confirmed in writing: `Legally I cannot stop you entering your child for our test.' Late testing is also a legal right.

Many regions do not have catchment areas. Taking 11+ exams outside home catchments does not prejudice the balance and fairness of the testing, as tests are different. To make such a claim would imply a defunct testing process.

CEM Centre for Evaluation
& Monitoring® CEM 11+ ® Tests

No official practice papers available
Short familiarisation material provided
Computer based tests only
Paper tests withdrawn from 2023
Mostly used by private schools
Similar tests to GL Assessments®
Prepare using WordBuilder & CoolCleverKids
Practice mock papers from the shop

GL Assessments®
(NFER®) 11+ Selection Tests

GL Asessment Practice papers available in the old format
Kent County Council provides a long familiarisation paper
Multiple choice format
No claim that children do not need to prepare or practice or claim test is tutor-proof
Similar to tests from CEM Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring®
Prepare using WordBuilder & CoolCleverKids
Practice mock papers from the shop

11+ Test Preparation
Material Recommendation

English and Verbal Reasoning:
WordBuilder
www.WordBuilder.co.uk

Maths &
Non-verbal Reasoning (NVR):
CoolCleverKids
www.CoolCleverKids.co.uk

11+ Practice Papers from
Children’s Educational Material for the 11+
are available from the shop.
Word lists, lesson notes and `Ultimate NVR` questions are available from the shop.
Free material on this website.
Year 5 Course with 100% money back

CEM 11+ Free Test Papers & GL Assessment 11+ Exam Papers

CEM do not publish past 11+ exam papers. For an idea of the type of questions and format of papers you can download CEM 11 Plus familiarisation booklets. These have been created by CEM to illustrate the fomat and type of questions children may encounter in the tests.

Significantly Bexley County Council have supplied a short CEM 11+ test and is one of the few actual tests created by CEM that are in the public domain. It can be downloaded by clicking here.

A number of organisations publish 11+ papers that are claimed to simulate actual CEM 11 plus papers. None of these bar one possess any parts of an actual test paper. This is the only website group that has obtained sections of CEM 11plus test through the process of legal disclosure. As a result, realistic CEM11+ mock papers can be purchased from the shop to download. Physical books can be purchased from SatsBooks.com and physical CEM mock papers can be purchased from Amazon by clicking here.

GL Assessment provide practice papers free of charge and can be downloaded from their website. A variety of discounted practice books that may be purchased in physical form from SATsBooks.com.

Cambridge University have now withdrawn CEM paper based 11+ tests. Cambridge spent hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees to refuse to answer basic questions including which schools shared the same tests. They answered such questions to a Caucasian women after refusing to answer the same question posed by an Asian man. They were aware of the ethnicity of both.

CoolCleverKids
11+ Maths and NVR
CoolCleverKids.co.uk

The Maths site with NVR (Non-verbal reasoning) for Sats and 11+ preparation. Ideal for primary school education and selective school exams. Maths lesson notes; worksheets; presentations; games, & tests auto marked with explanations.

WordBuilder
11+ English & VR
www.WordBuilder.co.uk

Verbal reasoning and English for the 11+, Sats and private/independent school entrance exams as well as primary school. Spellings; definitions; meanings; synonyms; antonyms; cloze passages; jumbled sentences & comprehension.

Sats Papers
Year 2-6 & 11+
www.SatsPapers.org.uk

Information relating to Sats Tests. Free downloads of Sats papers covering Year 2 to 6 with no registration. Prepare for Year 6 level 3-5, level 6 & 11+ tests. Download the latest phonics tests.

ATA React
Free Android App
Google Play

Fun FREE Android App to test your thinking and reaction speed. Four fun games: colours; shapes; numbers and next letter. Stores score history. Ideal for Sats & 11+ fun whilst you prepare. Download from Google Play.

11+ tourists, take the Warwickshire 11+. Tick the box to share results with Birmingham & Warks.

Download FREE SATs papers. No registration & no annoying popup adverts.

11+ English (Verbal Reasoning)
online preparation with

Spellings; Vocabulary; Synonyms; Antomyms; Conundrums; Cloze Passages; Comprehension, and Jumbled up sentences. Ideal for 11+ tests set at the CEM Centre, at Durham University^®.
www.WordBuilder.co.uk

11+ Maths (Numerical Reasoning)
and NVR online preparation with

Free maths question generator
Lesson notes; presentations (videos); worksheets; games; Sats style tests from Year 2 to 6 including mental maths audio tests; private school 11+ tests, and CEM style past questions.
Now includes Non-verbal Reasoning.
Ideal for 11+ tests set at the CEM Centre, at Durham University^®.
www.CoolCleverKids.co.uk