11 Plus Exams Forum

Would be very grateful for some advice, my dd has recently changed primary schools due to underachieving, she was put in a special needs class and doing year 2 and 3 work throughout year 4, and I thought her abilities were better than that so changed schools. Straightaway she's doing really well in new school and her teacher thinks she is suited to a grammar school and would be well able to manage the work. However she is unfamiliar with many maths concepts as a result of her missing year 4, all the local tutors seem to be busy and have no slots; does anyone have any advice for resources I could cover with her at home, there is little point trying practice papers when she is as yet unfamiliar with all of the subjects.

Have a look at the 'What I can do in Maths level 3' to make sure she has covered that work. Then there is an equivalent level 4 booklet.

The 'steps to success' free resources contain these and others - online at

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Bond 11+ How to do Maths.

A super book we used. Thoroughly recommended. Check out its reviews on Amazon.

thanks will try those.

I would also recommend the "How to do 11+" books and work through them methodically, also work on mental maths techniques to help with speed.

lots of online games to help speed up mental maths


These games test speed and accuracy, and are fun!!

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http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Gh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... /gbcd.html

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http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/moonmaths.swf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


There are plenty more maths games on woodlands junior site

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thanks yoyo!will try the games, great idea.