SW London boys 11+ 2022 entry

That’s not surprising. I would expect the papers to be different, to ensure there was no leak of information between Friday and Saturday. Did your son sit his on Friday or Saturday?

Interestingly, it appears KCS set different papers for the Friday and Saturday sessions. DS discovered at school today that those who wrote on Saturday had different papers to him, in English and Maths at least.

Did anyone's son sit Whitgift 11+ today? I've had very little feedback from DS other than "it was fine"!

My DS sat it today. He said the Maths was good and VR was okay. He thought the English was pretty difficult. I’ve heard very mixed views about the paper today. Seems it really depends on the child. Some found Maths tough, others found English tough.

My DS thought the maths was hardest. And he’s normally pretty strong at maths . Oh well. DS reckoned that there were about 200 in his hall, and that was only surnames in one half on the alphabet. If that was the same for all sittings about 1200 boys sat the tests for 11+ and 13+. Makes the odds of even getting through to interview not great!

My son did it and said he found the VR and English quite difficult!

Did any else’s DS sit KCS yesterday or today? How did they find it?

@, I used the Manchester grammar papers as a type of example to show my ds just before he took his entrance exams. For day to day revision use the normal exam books/papers. Many of the ds at Hampton 11plus come from the state sector and have normal preparation at home to help them with exam timing etc but they are naturally bright all rounders and could succeed in the different type of exams. Many in my ds's class had offers from Tiffin, KCS, KGS, RGS etc so could adapt their skills to each school's paper and not get overwhelmed. Some of these boys got maths scholarships so a near perfect score in the exam.

Thanks. I just looked at the Manchester Grammar 2019 sample math paper. Many questions are real difficult and it is not really not easy to complete all the questions unless you are very familiar with the question type. Wonder how one can tackle without extensive tutoring. What marks would you think would be needed on such papers to get pass Hampton?

@WCC1985 , years ago we used Manchester grammar papers from their website. The Hampton paper has the last few questions for the maths scholar contenders.

Any equivalent (in terms of difficulty) of the Hampton math paper I can find? How is it compared to the sample paper of Merchant Taylor Norwood and City of London Girls, both I found quite difficult?

DS didn’t sit Hampton. We really liked it, but logistically it just doesn’t work from where we live.

It does seem odd not to be required to show workings out for maths. My DS can be careless; showing his workings at least means credit may be given for method!

DS sits KCS on Friday, which is the last this year. He is really looking forward to the break before the final revision for the last, early January exam.

Very good question...I always encouraged DS to show working out as marks can be given there 🥴
I guess they just want the answer and clean papers to mark 🙈

@Gettingcloser21 , I don't know the answer but from my ds's class I know the maths scholars get near full marks on the maths entrance exam paper. It's fine to not finish the maths paper and get an offer which was the case for my ds a few years ago.

@Mumchumof2 that is funny about the boy raising his hand. I also understand no working was to be shown on the paper, which is what they did in the 10+ too. All working out is done on scrap paper. How do they award marks for the 6/7/8 mark questions if the child’s method is correct but accuracy in the final step is wrong?

Hi all, my DS sat on Saturday too. He couldn’t finish the maths paper, and is usually very strong there. He found it tricky and said a child asked the invigilator if the question had been worded correctly because it was so confusing! Love kids 😂. DS found the VR much trickier than the Tiffins (which he seemed to be quite happy with) was also quite pleased with his story.... all in all we were prepared for it to be tough and it was...

@Blandpedant I vaguely remember staff at the tour saying about half of those sitting will be asked to interview, and then said about 400 boys. So I’m guessing between 800-1000 will take the test.

Thanks @Blandpedant

What exams does everyone have to look forward to this week? KCS on Saturday for us. They’re very cagey on the VR.

Thanks @Gettingcloser21, and congrats on your son’s place!

I think @WCC1985 means the three example questions on the website? From what I can gather the paper starts reasonably straightforward, and covers a real range, but includes some which are considerably more complicated than those on the website. To be expected I suppose, as they have to identify the scholarship candidates.

@WCC1985 where have you obtained a sample from as they specifically say they do not release these.

Is the Hampton math paper much more difficult than the sample on its website?

@Blandpedant don’t be disheartened.
A lot of boys, if not all, would have found the Hampton Maths paper challenging. My ds did the 10+ last year and came out saying the same thing. He finished the paper but had to miss a few along the way and he ended up getting a place... The Hampton paper is notorious for being very hard to finish. If you look at other Hampton threads, you’ll see you’re not alone. Best of luck to all the boys who sat today’s exam. They’ve done so well to complete it.

Yes ds said VR was tricky too. He was happy with the image for creative writing though which is normally his weakest area! His first ever exam, so very proud of him for managing it either way. Does anyone know how many boys sat?

Hi my boy sat the 11+ at Hampton as well. He said Math was hard too and missed few questions as well. He also said VR was also tricky. I thought they put some NVR but there was no NVR section in the exam.