Bucks Transfer Test post updated November 2020 Familiarisation Booklet
https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/451100 ... -entry.pdf CGP have just issued new tests specifically for Bucks
https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... e-papers-shttps://www.thebucksgrammarschools.org/faqsEach Secondary Transfer Test paper will take about 45 minutes. This means that it can be administered in under an hour including the introduction and examples. Children will be tested on verbal, mathematical and non-verbal skills.
Verbal skills will be tested in the first test paper and will include English comprehension, English technical and verbal reasoning questions. In the second paper children will answer non-verbal, spatial reasoning and maths skills questions. All the questions will be multiple-choice.
The verbal skills section will have a weighting of 50%. The mathematical and non-verbal sections will each have a weighting of 25%.
Is the test age appropriate?The Buckinghamshire STT is designed to be taken at the beginning of the Autumn term when children move in to Year 6. Literacy levels in the test are kept as low as possible to ensure that the test assesses reasoning ability rather than levels of literacy. Additionally maths or English content in the test does not go beyond what the national curriculum expects children to know and be able to do by the end of Year 5
Test 1Comprehension
Technical English (SPAG)
Verbal Reasoning (Not necessarily the old 21 types. GL and Bucks CC have stated these questions are always evolving. New Types have been used.
Test 2NVR
Spatial Reasoning
Maths skills (up to the end of year 5)
Timings for each testTest 1Comprehension and SPAG 25 minutes
VR 20 minutes
Test 2NVR and Spatial 20 minutes
Numeracy 25 minutes
Some recommended material GL Assessmenthttps://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/product ... ce-papers/GL Assessment free materialhttps://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/free-familiarisationSchofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic Book 4
https://www.schofieldandsims.co.uk/prod ... ithmetic-4CGP 10-minute comprehension – I have opted for the CEM version as it is all multiple choice, their GL version requires children to write their answers
I would add some questions to each comprehension regarding Vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and grammar
https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... omprehensiCGP SPAG 10-Minute Tests for 11+ English: Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Ages 10-11
https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... lish-spellCGP Verbal Reasoninghttps://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... ctice-bookhttps://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... bal-reasonCGP 10-minute Mathshttps://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... maths-agesCGP NVRhttps://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... practice-bCGP 10-minute Spatial Reasoning https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/11-plus-13-p ... -verbal-reOne very important aspect of 11 plus preparation is reading out loud to a parent at least three times a week, discussing vocabulary and comprehension.
Patricia