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Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Entrance Exam Information 2024

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Introduction

 

Queenswood School is an independent school for girls located near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, twenty miles from London. As described by the Good Schools Guide, Queenswood is a ‘girls’ school to which others should aspire’.

 

The Queenswood curriculum covers subjects in the following categories: Arts, English, Humanities, Modern Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Sciences and Technology.

 

Clubs and Societies are the core of the co-curricular programme. They range from Academic Scholars’ Society, Ancient Greek, Forensic Psychology Club and Biology Club to Board Games Club, Ceramics Club, Gymnastics and Commercial Dance.

 

At Queenswood, girls discover strategies to cope when things go wrong and thus develop skills that support them well beyond school. Encouraged to think independently, Queenswood girls gain a strong understanding of modern life’s complexities.

 

Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Exam Information 2024

 

Address: Shepherd’s Way Brookmans Park Hatfield AL9 6NS

County: Hertfordshire

Admissions info: admissions@queenswood.org or 01707 602500

School type: Independent day and boarding school for girls

Number of students: 430 (approx.)

Open day: March, April, September

11+ Exam date: November of Year 6

11+ Exam type / Board: School’s own

 

Open Events for Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Entry

 

The school holds Open Mornings, which include a pupil-led tour of the school and talks from senior staff and pupils. Members of the Queenswood Parents’ Association will also attend and will answer any questions that you may have.

 

You may also arrange an individual visit during the school week. During the visit, you will have the opportunity to meet with the Principal or other senior members of staff individually and tour the school’s premises. You can view the school’s exact location on the map below:

 

 

Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Admissions

 

Entry to Queenswood in Year 7 is based on successful performance in entrance examinations and an interview, as well as a satisfactory reference from your daughter’s current school. To become more familiar with life at Queenswood, she can attend a Taster Day/sleepover, which can be arranged with Admissions and can take place either before or after registration.

 

To register your daughter, you should complete a Registration Form and pay a non-refundable fee of £130. The school recommends that you register as early as possible. You will be contacted by the school to confirm that your daughter’s name is placed on the entry list.

 

Admission into Year 7 is subject to successful performance in the Common Entrance Assessment or the Queenswood 11+ examinations. Your daughter will be interviewed on exam day, and there will also be a group activity. An offer of a place will be sent out in December and acceptances are required by the deadline in March.

 

Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Scholarships and Bursaries

 

Queenswood Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and potential; the majority of them are honorary and do not offer financial support. A small number of awards with fee remission are available for candidates applying for a music scholarship.

 

Academic, Art, Hockey, Sports and Tennis Scholarships are also available to Year 7 applicants. Academic awards are offered on the basis of performance in the entrance examinations and interview, as well as a reference from your child’s current Headteacher.

 

Bursaries are offered to girls who perform exceptionally well in the examinations and who demonstrate the potential to make a significant contribution to the school community, but are in need of financial support.

 

Queenswood relies principally on fee income from which it funds Bursary awards. Awards may cover a percentage of the day fees and normally don’t cover the boarding element of the school fee or extra chargeable activities. The deadline for Bursary applications is set in November. 

 

Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Exam Format

 

For those not sitting Common Entrance, the Queenswood School 11+ exam consists of the following papers:

 

  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Verbal Reasoning 

 

The English paper examines both comprehension and writing skills, including inference, spelling, vocabulary and punctuation. Marks will be awarded for good use of imagination, creativity, form, purpose, organisation, cohesion and sentence structure.

 

The maths exam assesses your daughter’s problem-solving abilities and arithmetic skills. The paper will include questions on number, measurement, geometry, algebra and statistics.

 

The Verbal Reasoning paper is primarily designed to test and assess her logical thinking, use of English language and vocabulary. 

 

Please see below for further details and recommendations on how to prepare for the Queenswood School 11+ entrance examination.

 

How to Prepare for the Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Exam

 

To successfully prepare your daughter for the Queenswood School 11+ entrance exam, we suggest that you make use of our targeted resources. Our practice tests enable familiarisation with the types of questions and the format of the actual exam, which will help your daughter gain confidence in the lead up to the big day.

 

With the use of our practice tests, you will be able to precisely identify your daughter’s strengths and weaknesses, which will guide you in devising a carefully thought-out revision plan that focuses on studying ‘little and often’. Moreover, our practice tests will help your daughter get used to answering questions quickly and under time pressure. 

 

Our thoroughly researched and up to date resources enable a structured approach towards exam preparation that results in a significant advantage over other candidates. Due to their practicality and effectiveness, our practice tests are used successfully by hundreds of thousands of students every year. 

 

Our recommendations to help your daughter prepare for the Queenswood School 11 plus entrance examination can be found below.

 

Queenswood School 11 Plus (11+) Exam Practice Papers


NOTE: The following English and Mathematics practice tests are in standard format, which means that students need to write in their own answers rather than choose from a list of multiple-choice options. This matches the 11+ Exam format used by the school.


English

 

We highly recommend the following packs to prepare successfully for the Queenswood School 11+ English paper. They will help improve your daughter’s comprehension skills, such as inference, and writing skills, including spelling, vocabulary and punctuation:

 

Comprehension

 

11+ English Pack 1

 

11+ English Pack 2

 

11+ English Pack 3

 

11+ English Pack 4

 

11+ English Pack 5

 

11+ Inference Skills Pack 1

 

11+ Inference Skills Pack 2

 

11+ Poetry Comprehension

 

11+ Complete Comprehension Guide

 

11+ Reading Workbook

 

Writing

 

11+ Complete Writing Guide

 

11+ Writing Prompts

 

11+ Rewrite & Improve

 

11+ Spelling Pack 1

 

11+ Spelling Pack 2

 

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Mathematics  

 

We highly recommend the use of the following packs to help develop your daughter’s arithmetic and problem-solving skills within the examination context of the Queenswood School 11+ maths test:

 

Full Practice Tests

 

11+ Mathematics Pack 1

 

11+ Mathematics Pack 2

 

11+ Mathematics Pack 3

 

11+ Mathematics Pack 4

 

Skill Specific Practice

 

11+ Problem Solving Pack 1

 

11+ Problem Solving Pack 2

 

11+ Mental Arithmetic 

 

11+ Algebra

 

11+ Angles & Degrees

 

11+ BODMAS

 

11+ Estimation & Place Value

 

11+ Factors & Multiples

 

11+ Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

 

11+ Measurements

 

11+ Money

 

11+ Operations

 

11+ Perimeter, Area & Volume

 

11+ Position & Direction

 

11+ Probability

 

11+ Properties of Shapes

 

11+ Ratio & Proportion

 

11+ Reflection, Rotation & Symmetry

 

11+ Sequences

 

11+ Special Numbers

 

11+ Speed, Distance & Time

 

11+ Statistics

 

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Verbal Reasoning

 

Practice Tests

 

To develop your daughter’s Verbal Reasoning abilities ahead of the Queenswood School 11+ entrance examination, we suggest that you make use of the following packs that cover all of the key question types:

 

11+ Verbal Reasoning Pack 1

 

11+ Verbal Reasoning Pack 2

 

11+ Verbal Reasoning Pack 3

 

11+ Verbal Reasoning Pack 4

 

Skill specific practice

 

The following topic specific packs will help your child prepare for the various question types that could come up in the Queenswood School 11+ Verbal Reasoning exam:

 

11+ Anagrams

 

11+ Analogies

 

11+ Codes

 

11+ Compound Words

 

11+ Embedded Words

 

11+ Form a Word

 

11+ Insert a Letter

 

11+ Letter Analogies

 

11+ Letter Calculations

 

11+ Letter Codes

 

11+ Letter Sequences

 

11+ Move a Letter

 

11+ Number Analogies

 

11+ Number Calculations

 

11+ Number Sequences

 

11+ Related Words

 

11+ Rhyming Synonyms

 

11+ Shuffled Sentences

 

11+ Synonyms

 

11+ Word Completion

 

11+ Word Match

 

11+ Word Opposites

 

11+ Word Pairs

 

11+ Word Puzzles

 

11+ Word Relationships

 

Masterclasses

 

11+ Verbal Reasoning Masterclass

 

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Interviews

 

This interview guide covers all the key concepts your child needs to be aware of for the 11+ Interview:

 

11+ Interviews – The Complete Guide

 

 

Our practice tests aim to show what sort of questions were included in Queenswood School 11+ past papers. The information provided about Queenswood School was believed to be correct at the time of publishing. However, please be aware of future changes. We advise you to contact the school directly if you are unsure of anything. School contact details are provided within the post.

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