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North London girls 11+

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EmeraldSakara · 21/09/2023 17:58

I wondered if we could have a thread for anyone with girls doing the North London 11 plus selective schools this year?

DD is doing NLCS, Habs, and some consortium schools (SHHS, Channing and Francis Holland). Anyone in the same/similar position?
We've visited them all except Francis Holland so far- and have been very impressed with them all, in different ways. Absolutely loved SHHS- but we are aware they're all extremely competitive and hard to get into.

Can any parents who have been through this in previous years share ideas re prep for the Consortium exams? The last two sections (problem solving and creative composition) are designed to be hard to prepare for and I'm not sure where to go- does Atom Learning do this kind of prep?

Would also appreciate any info about the schools in comparison to each other- the kind of girls they suit, etc.

Really just looking for a bit of support through this stressful process!

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Toolongawait24 · 24/09/2023 21:19

We did the schools you mentioned plus some
others in West London. The consortium exam as per my DD was not very tough although I remember her leaving some maths questions. I think solving some of the SPGS sample papers will be helpful for the problem solving and creative comprehension.
NLCS paper was quite tough especially the maths and Habs was straight forward.

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EmeraldSakara · 23/09/2023 14:19

Thank you! Is your daughter at a consortium school now? Which schools did she sit for?

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PreplexJ · 23/09/2023 14:12

"Can any parents who have been through this in previous years share ideas re prep for the Consortium exams"

Last year the first part is English (20mins) VR (10mins) NVR (10mins) and Maths (20mins), it is adaptive test and very similar to the Atom adaptive test, so regular practice with Atom definitely helps.

The secod part is non adaptive,

problem solving (15mins) is to solve some maths puzzles, arithmetic and logics.

The creative comprehension (18m for 25 questions) is related to science comprehension text and find relavant information from the text using analytic skills and common sense. The key is learn how to find information and clues to answer questions within limited time. Look at the familiarity example from the Consortium website will give you a good idea what it is.

DD said it is not too difficult and enjoys it. Good luck.

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EmeraldSakara · 23/09/2023 13:55

Anyone....? I know there are many of us in this together!

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