@Rhubarb369
I see that Highclare is also an independent school like Lichfield Cathedral. I take it when you say the tests are "simulate but less challenging" this is information you have taken from the staff? Or from other parents?
My impression is that Lichfield Cathedral has about 3-4 applicants for every place.
Looking at the 11+ non-verbal reasoning tests, many questions are more like IQ puzzles. Now you can teach a child the techniques that are necessary to find the next in a sequence, or the odd one out, or which one is the most similar, but I find it hard to believe that the average 11 year old can instinctively manage these types of questions. And I think it unlikely that an independent school would perform such testing.
I assume that grammer schools are so oversubscribed that they can pick and choose the best of the academic / sports / artistic children - and that is what that the non-verbal reasoning test in maths and verbal reasoning test in english are supposed to achieve.
I see that Highclare is also an independent school like Lichfield Cathedral. I take it when you say the tests are "simulate but less challenging" this is information you have taken from the staff? Or from other parents?
My impression is that Lichfield Cathedral has about 3-4 applicants for every place.
Looking at the 11+ non-verbal reasoning tests, many questions are more like IQ puzzles. Now you can teach a child the techniques that are necessary to find the next in a sequence, or the odd one out, or which one is the most similar, but I find it hard to believe that the average 11 year old can instinctively manage these types of questions. And I think it unlikely that an independent school would perform such testing.
I assume that grammer schools are so oversubscribed that they can pick and choose the best of the academic / sports / artistic children - and that is what that the non-verbal reasoning test in maths and verbal reasoning test in english are supposed to achieve.
Statistics: Posted by toadhall — Thu Jun 13, 2024 4:10 pm