Your 2025 11 Plus Timeline
January to March
Now is a great time to work on comprehension and vocabulary, which many children struggle with. Try to play the Fish! card game (available in class) regularly at home and to work through our 11+ vocabulary list on a regular basis.
When and How to Apply for the 11+ Exams 2021
tel: 07871 766937 Newstead Wood Application Deadline: Registration will open from 2nd May 2022 with the deadline of midnight on 30th June 2022. Application Requirements: The Supplementary Information Form (SIF) can be obtained from the school’s website (www.newsteadwood.co.uk). In previous years, the following documents have been required. We advise you to look through the registration form in […]
Mock Test FAQs: Should my Year 4 child sit an Eleven Plus mock?
There are two options for a Year 4 looking to take an 11+ mock test. We have a slightly easier Year 4 test. This version will review the material that your child has hopefully covered already and give guidance on which other topics need to be revised.
Newstead Wood FAQs: Do you need to practise only the questions in the Newstead Wood sample paper?
The Newstead exam contains a 45-minute verbal reasoning paper and a 40-minute paper on non-verbal reasoning. There are approximately 80 questions in each paper. The verbal reasoning paper includes an assortment of GL-style questions.
Your 2020 11 Plus Timeline
January to March
Now is a great time to work on comprehension and vocabulary, which many children struggle with. Try to play the Fish! card game (available in class) regularly at home and to work through our 11+ vocabulary list on a regular basis.
If you’re going to do extra work with your child at home, this is how to do it.
5 Ways to Improve Your Child’s 11 Plus Vocabulary
A wide vocabulary is often the key to success in the Eleven Plus. A broad vocabulary improves a child’s comprehension as well as helping with synonym and antonym questions in verbal reasoning papers. Vocabulary is tested in some shape or form in all 11+ exams. For Bromley students, it is particularly important in the Bexley, […]
Easy Ways to Improve Eleven Plus English Skills
Almost all 11+ exams feature an English comprehension section. Occasionally, you will encounter an exam where comprehension isn’t tested (like the Newstead exam), however, it is still essential that children have good comprehension, vocabulary and spelling skills in order to get the highest scores in verbal reasoning papers. To prepare for the 11+ it is, […]
Have You Checked that You’re Within the Grammar School Catchment Areas?
Just like state schools, grammar school catchment areas vary by school. It is essential to check the school catchment area before beginning your 11+ preparation to ensure that you are aiming for the right school. For some grammar schools, it is not simply enough for your child to pass the exam, but they have to be in […]
Newstead Wood 11+ Exam Infographic
Preparing a child to sit the 11+ can be confusing at the best of times, especially when this is the first child of yours to sit the exam. Unfortunately, you only get one shot at the 11+ so it’s important to make sure that you have all of the important information at your fingertips well […]