Consortium Test

If your child is allocated BusheyMeadsSchool as his/her test centre there is limited parking outside the school site. Alternatively you may drive on to the school site on arrival. However, all parents must leave the site during the test times and return to collect them at the appropriate time. Please provide your child with two pencils and a ruler for use as a straight edge only. He/she may bring a drink and snack to have during the break between tests. What do the tests consist of? If you apply for a place Bushey Meads School you are required to take a standardised test consisting of Maths and Verbal Reasoning. The same test applies to the following schools in the ‘Consortium’ – Parmiters, Queens, Rickmansworth, St. Clement Danes, Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls. As a Technology College, Bushey Meads also offers an additional optional test, normally held the following week. This is a Non-verbal reasoning test. Examples: Maths Test – specimen questions 1. A girl buys a pen for 57p and a writing pad for £1.59. She pays with a £5 note. How much change does she receive? (see below for answer) 2.

Write down the missing number in the following pattern 4

7

12

19

________

39

(see below for answer)

Verbal Reasoning Tests – specimen questions Here are two clues to a certain word: It means the opposite to SLOW It sounds like CLICK What is the word? Solution: The answer is QUICK: Quick means the opposite to slow and sounds like click Underline two words, one from each bracket which means most nearly the same as each other: (clever, cunning, nasty) (ugly, stupid, sly) Solution: (clever, cunning, nasty) (ugly, stupid, sly)

Familiarisation papers are available to download from website address. If you have applied by post these can be obtained from any of the Consortium schools.

Maths test answers: Question 1 – £2.84; Question 2 – 28

Standardisation The mark for the academic test combines the results of both the verbal and numerical reasoning tests. In order to do this, the raw marks for each test are standardised using accepted statistical procedures. This gives a mark of 100 as the average for all of those taking the test with the individual marks generally lying between 70 and 140. When the results for the two tests are added the average mark is 200 and the range between 140 and 280. The standardisation procedure takes into account the different ages of those taking the test. Further information on standardisation can be found at: http://www.11plusswot.co.uk/StandardisedTesting.aspx