CEM-style Berkshire (Slough and Reading) 11 Plus Mock Exams

Exam format

• Our 2019 Berkshire 11 Plus Mock Exam papers are written by Marie Redmond MEd.
• All our CEM-style Berkshire 11 Plus mock exam sessions are 2 hours 30 minutes long.
• In each location we have 2 unique CEM-style exams: papers A and B.
• No questions are repeated and the exams can be taken in any order.
• In line with the CEM 11 Plus test, Marie Redmond Tuition® mock exams are comprised of two separate test booklets.
• The tests are multiple choice, with separate question papers and multiple-choice answer sheets.
• Each paper is approximately 50 minutes long (plus 10 minutes of practice questions), with a short break between the tests.
• Our Berkshire 11 Plus Mock Exams are held in strict exam conditions at carefully selected locations.
• In accordance with the actual test, we use pre-recorded audio to introduce the tests, to explain the instructions for each section and to guide the practice questions. After students attempt the practice questions, the audio reads out the answers.

Feedback

Within 48 hours of the CEM-style Berkshire 11 Plus mock test, you will receive:

• A secure login to see all the questions your child answered incorrectly, along with detailed explanations from Marie Redmond MEd on how to get them right next time!
• A detailed analysis on your child’s performance, including
  • Their score for each section of the papers.
  • Score for each paper.
  • Overall score.
  • A comparison table showing anonymised scores for students who sat the exam with your child.
• Our suggested pass mark for the exam, based on previous pupils’ performance.
• Detailed analysis of the number and type of questions, as well as timing for each subsection of the test papers.
• A list of challenging vocabulary from the tests.

Berkshire (Slough, Reading and Kendrick) 11+ Mock Exam content

• Marie Redmond Tuition’s CEM-style Berkshire 11 Plus mock exams include a range of verbal, numerical non-verbal reasoning questions.
• The topics are split into several separate sections.
• Each section is individually timed using the pre-recorded audio.
• There are examples describing how to answer the questions at the start of each section.
• Example questions are numbered using Roman numerals from i to vi.
• Within each section, candidates can refer to the examples page as often as they wish.
• Before each section starts, candidates will be told the time available for the section.

As close as possible to the actual exam

Marie Redmond Tuition® Mock Exams are designed to be as similar as possible to the actual exam. Each year we meet with many of our students a week after they sit the Slough Consortium and Reading CEM test and as a result gain useful insights into the exam. We have in-depth discussions about the types of questions they encountered, including any new types that hadn’t been seen previously. We also discuss the timing of sections and the layout of the papers and answer sheets. Following our feedback sessions, we annually adapt our papers to ensure your child is thoroughly prepared.

Although we don’t know exactly what’s going to be in the next exam, the detailed insights gained in these feedback sessions are invaluable and ensure that our Slough Consortium and Reading 11 Plus mock exams remain as close as possible to the real thing.

Feedback from students

In 2018 our students reported that Marie Redmond Tuition’s mock exams were very similar to the actual test. The prevailing view was that the mock tests were ‘just like taking a mock exam’.