What is the 11 Plus exam format in Hertfordshire?

There are ten Grammar Schools in Hertfordshire that children will need to take an 11 Plus Exam to get into.

Dame Alice Owen’s School Croxley Danes Grammar School
St Clement Danes School Parmiter’s School
Watford Grammar School for Boys Queen’s School Bushey
Watford Grammar School for Girls Rickmansworth School
Bushey Meads School St Michaels Catholic Grammar School

Dame Alice Owens school has their own individual tests consisting of two stages. Stage 1 – GL Verbal Reasoning Paper. Stage 2- Two papers on Mathematics and English

The other nine schools fall into the South West Herts Consortium -GL Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning Paper.

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