With just 9 weeks to go until the exams themselves – and application deadlines looming – this is the best time of year to step up a gear with grammar school entry planning.

What is important at this stage? Knowing which schools set which exams.

Need-to-know School Entry Facts

• Urmston, Stretford and Sale Grammar schools – as well as Altrincham Grammar for Girls – are part of the Trafford Grammar Schools’ CEM Consortium. This means your child will only need to sit the one set of exams if applying for more than one of these schools.
• The Consortium use the Durham CEM multiple-choice exam format. Therefore, it’s essential your child gets to grip with Maths, Comprehension, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning techniques.
• Check out this super useful Familiarisation booklet if your child is sitting the Trafford CEM exams.
• Altrincham Grammar School for Boys sets its entrance exams using GL Assessment comprising of Maths, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning – with a creative writing element  set by the school.
• Loreto Grammar, meanwhile, follows a similar pattern of multiple choice (closed) GL tests in Verbal Reasoning and English, but creates its own traditional (closed) Maths paper.
• St Ambrose College  sets its own exam papers.

Should I opt for Entrance Exam Tuition?

Certainly a question many local parents ask themselves this close to the Autumn term exams. Of course, if you have the time and expertise to support your child over the summer, then we’d say opt for that initially.

That said, if you feel a little out of your depth with some of these papers (and you wouldn’t be alone!), it can make the world of difference to book a series of lessons with an expert tutor.

Helping your child secure their skills, increased confidence and making every second count are just some of the benefits to 11+ private tuition.

If you are interested in hiring one of our wonderful home tutors from now until September, do get in touch with us fast.

Updated 10th July 2018

Tags: Altrincham, Loreto GRammar, Sale Grammar, St Ambrose College, Stretford Grammar, Trafford School Exam Entry, Urmston

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