Henrietta Barnett & The Latymer School 11+ - Children's Educational Material 11+ TM
Henrietta Barnett and Latymer School now uses tests from GL Assessment ®. The tests are not tutor-proof. Preparation solutions are available using WordBuilder.co.uk and CoolCleverKids.co.uk.
2024 Year 7 Entry for The Latymer Grammar School
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Registration |
3rd May 2023 to 16th June 2023 |
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Test Dates |
1st, 2nd, 3rd September 2023. |
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Results |
Mid-October 2022 |
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Test Supplier |
Part 1: GL Assessment ® NVR is not tested.
This covers Verbal Reasoning and Mathematics test. Both these papers will be provided by GL Assessment and each paper will be 50 minutes in duration. Applicants are expected to show competence in skills appropriate to Key Stage 2 English and Mathematics. The tests will be of multiple choice format and will be marked by GL Assessment using Optical Marking Recognition. There is also a written 45 minute English paper (only the top 650 candidates will have this marked),
School's own English Test.
The top 650 candidates of the maths and Verbal reasoning will have the English paper marked. Candidates are expected to show competence in writing skills and be able to apply these skills creatively. This paper will be marked by specialist subject markers from The Latymer School.
192 places will be offered. Up to 20 applicants from the Inner Area (see note 1) who show exceptional musical talent will be promoted for a place in the 192 intake with ranking based on assessment of musical ability.
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The Head states:
`We are aware that some websites are suggesting that parents use The Latymer School test a “free mock exam”. Under the Greenwich ruling this practice is sanctioned.
However, we would urge those who do not live in our Inner Area not to do so as this adds further costs to the school in times of financial hardship.
By taking the exam, you are ultimately taking money away from Latymer pupils as we cannot charge for the exam and have to take money from the school’s already over stretched budget to pay for the tests. Furthermore, sitting an exam as a practice adds pressure and stress to those candidates who are eligible for a place at the school.
We acknowledge that you have every right to sit the exam but would ask you to use your discretion and common sense and think of those who live in the Inner Area and the school’s current financial pressures.
Thank you for your consideration.`
Response
We believe parents should ignore this request as the school does not care about children who live outside of the Inner Area. The concept of catchment areas promotes local apartheid. There is no rationale reason for catchment areas and all parents can move closer to the school (rich or poor) and should be permitted to do so. They can move out of the area anyway, and government guidelines are places should not be removed after the first term. We urge all parents to use the Latymer School as a free mock exam for their children until it scraps catchment areas. Exert pressure and overwhelm the school. The hypocritical attitude of the school is clear. It believes in local schools for local children, but not local universities for local children and aspires for its students to win Oxbridge places. Many areas, such as Birmingham do not have catchment areas for their grammar schools. To discriminate against an intelligent child who has no control over where they live is a disgrace, especially when The Latymer School is funded by national taxation and not local taxation. Taking a mock exam does not add pressure to a child. It reduces pressure by providing an invaluable learning experience. Buckinghamshire children sit a free mock in their schools, demonstrating the ridiculous and unsubstantiated claim of stress by the Head. Ask the Head why they have mocks for GCSE and `A` levels. Under her logic this would add pressure and stress to her students! Use your common sense and use the test as a mock and think of all children in the country, not just the selfish Inner Area. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few! Yet again, the solution is a national 11+ with no catchment areas. We favour curriuclum based Year 5 national tests (English, Maths and Science) for grammar school entrance, which cannot be sat late and can be used to apply to any grammar school in England. GCSEs and `A` levels are curriculum based, so why not 11+ tests?
2024 Year 7 Entry for Henrietta Barnett Grammar Schools
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Registration |
28th April 2023 to 14th July 2023 at 5pm (details of test informed by Thursday 24th August 2023).
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Test Dates |
4th or 5th Sep 2023 Round 1: Verbal & Numerical Reasoning (am and pm, so test is compromised)
Round 2: English & Mathematics Oct 2023 |
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Results |
Mid-October 2023 |
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Test Supplier |
Round 1: GL Assessment 11+ ®
The first round of tests are used to determine which candidates are, and which are not, of the necessary academic standard to be considered for a place. Candidates will be invited to attend one morning or afternoon session and will only be able to take the test once. Following the first round tests, the results of the verbal and numerical reasoning questions will be combined, standardized and placed in rank order. On the basis of this rank order, the top 300 candidates will be invited back to sit the second round of tests.
Round 2: School`s own test
The second round tests are in English and Mathematics and will take place in school later. Candidates will only be able to take the test once and will be tested on literacy and numeracy appropriate to Key Stage 2. Candidates will be asked to apply their skills and knowledge to new situations. Following the second round tests, the results will be combined with the results from the first round, standardized and placed in rank order before being submitted to the Local Authority who will offer the highest ranked applicants in accordance with parental preference. The results of both tests will be used to determine the final rankings.
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