Quadring Cowley & Brown’s Primary School
Church End
Quadring nr Donington
Spalding
PE11 4SQ
Tel: 01775 820302
Fax: 01775 821173
Email: enquiries@quadringcowleybrowns.lincs.sch.uk
Website: www.quadringprimary.co.uk
Twitter: @QuadringPrimary
Headteacher: Mr JRG Kelwick
5 th January 2016
Dear Parents/Carers,
RE: 11+ Tests September 2016
As you will be aware, your child will be eligible to take the 11+ test in September this year.
Parents/ carers who would like their children to take the 11+ will need to register for testing towards the end of Year 5 and further details will be given nearer the time. In the meantime I would like to bring your attention to a website that will give you information and answer any questions you may have: http://grammarschools.lincs.sch.uk/home/
We will be offering an ‘11+ club’ from April. The aim of this club will be to familiarise the children with the type of questions that they may encounter in the tests (NOT to tutor them).
I have attached details that I have taken directly from the website about how to prepare your children for the tests.
If you wish to familiarise your child with the tests, I recommend that you purchase the GL
Assessment verbal and non-verbal reasoning practice papers in multiple choice format .
The details are on the following page and the papers are available from Amazon or WHSmith. We will be using these in the 11+ club.
Please note that an additional section on ‘spatial reasoning’ was added to the non-verbal reasoning paper in 2015 and this is not covered in these materials. We will cover this in 11+ club.
If you would like to speak to me about the 11+ tests, please let me know.
Kind regards,
Mrs Wood

Quadring Cowley & Brown’s Primary School
Church End
Quadring nr Donington
Spalding
PE11 4SQ
Tel: 01775 820302
Fax: 01775 821173
Email: enquiries@quadringcowleybrowns.lincs.sch.uk
Website: www.quadringprimary.co.uk
Twitter: @QuadringPrimary
Headteacher: Mr JRG Kelwick
Candidates are asked to take a Verbal Reasoning Test and a Non-Verbal Reasoning Test, either in their own
Primary Schools or in the Grammar School where they have registered, according to the area. Candidates record their answers on an Optical Mark Reading (OMR) sheet, being required to shade the correct choice on the OMR sheet.
Practice papers, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, will be made available to Lincolnshire feeder primary schools. You can obtain commercially printed practice papers by Letts or GL Assessment. These come in packs, together with a guide for parents and a simplified administration and mark scheme, and are available from W H Smiths and other bookshops or from online retailers. They are similar in format to the actual 11+ tests, although they may contain more or fewer questions than the actual tests. You should buy the Multiple Choice Format, NOT the Standard Format tests:
Verbal Reasoning Pack 1 - ISBN 978-0-7087-1987-9
Verbal Reasoning Pack 2 - ISBN 978-0-7087-2049-3
Non-Verbal Reasoning Pack 1- ISBN 978-0-7087-1986-2
Non-Verbal Reasoning Pack 2 - ISBN 978-0-7087-2048-6
The practice tests are to ensure that candidates are familiar with the style of questions. Each real Test also has a short practice element; the Verbal Reasoning Test is preceded by a ten minute Preliminary Practice
Test, and the Non-Verbal Reasoning Test is divided into sections each provided with a few practice questions. The answers to these practice questions are neither marked nor taken into consideration.
When the tests have been completed the OMR sheets are sent away for marking. Marks are standardised , making adjustments for age difference, to produce a qualification standard identifying suitability for
Grammar School education in Lincolnshire. These results are returned to the grammar schools for distribution to parents, the primary schools that the candidates currently attend, and Lincolnshire County
Council.
The qualification is a total standardised score of at least 220 on the two tests, and represents the ability of the most able 25% of pupils in the age group in primary schools in the selective areas of Lincolnshire.
Please note that attainment of the minimum qualification standard does not of itself guarantee admission to any individual school.
No special preparation is needed. Whilst encouraging your children to take the tests seriously - they are important! - aim to help them to approach the tests calmly. Too much preparation puts children under pressure and may be counter-productive.
The Practice Tests will have given them the experience of answering similar questions in a timed situation and in each test there are some practice questions to help them settle.