Tips for 11 plus English comprehension exercises. The content and difficulty level of 11+ English comprehension exercises can vary considerably.
Although every child will have done comprehension work at school, in the 11 Plus they are working in a strictly time-limited environment which they have not always encountered before. Those two factors can combine to make the comprehension exercise more challenging than it might first appear to be. The text used for the comprehension may be factual or fiction, and in some areas (notably Essex) extracts from classic texts – Dickens, Hardy, Orwell – are used.
These may contain language that children have rarely encountered before. Once again, it is essential that your child has read at least a few books from previous eras. Senior School Admission. Boys are admitted to UCS Senior School at a range of different ages, from 11 through to 16.
Parents interested in their son applying for a place should, in the first instance, discuss the matter with the School in the year prior to entry for 11+ and two years prior to entry for 13+. The enormous majority of our GCSE students choose to stay on into the Sixth Form, where they are joined by some entrants from other schools, to study over two years for AS and A-level. Entry to the Sixth Form from September 2015 involves passing a low-level hurdle based on GCSE grades. Writopia Lab.