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11+

5 posts on this. Written by Mat and Alicia, who prepare pupils for the Buckinghamshire Transfer Test every week in Winslow.

Buckinghamshire 11+ English

Wide reading helps enormously, and it is not enough on its own. A great many marks turn on knowing precisely what a question is asking for.

Mat 3 min read

Buckinghamshire 11+ Maths

The maths in the 11+ is curriculum maths wearing unfamiliar clothes. Most marks are lost between the steps of a question a child can already do.

Mat 3 min read

Buckinghamshire 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning

Non-verbal reasoning is a set of rules rather than a fixed talent. What makes it hard, and why saying the change out loud is what separates quick progress from stalling.

Mat 3 min read

Buckinghamshire 11+ Verbal Reasoning

What verbal reasoning actually measures, which types pupils find hardest, and the order we teach them in across Years 4 and 5.

Mat 3 min read

One Email a Month, No Filler

News from the room, new videos and resources as they land, and dates worth putting in the diary. For every family we teach, whether that is 11+, Maths and English, or both.

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