Carre’s Grammar School

Admissions and 11 Plus exam information for Carre’s Grammar School. Use the site to help you find out how to be successful with an 11 Plus exam application to Carre’s Grammar School.

11 Plus Entry Information for Carre’s Grammar School

Carre’s is a selective boys’ grammar school for Year 7 to 11 with a mixed sixth form. It is smaller than the average-sized secondary school. The sixth form is part of the open-access Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (SJSF), run collaboratively with St George’s Academy. The school draws its students from Sleaford and a wide area surrounding the town. Carre’s makes occasional use of the Leicester Street Intervention Unit, part of St George’s Academy, to provide alternative learning arrangements for students with short-term behavioural needs. The school is a specialist sports college and has operated a shared-use sports hall with North Kesteven District Council since September 2007. It added a second specialism, science, and became a lead school for gifted and talented students in 2009.

County	Lincolnshire
Address	Carre’s Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford NG34 7DD
Type	Boys’ Grammar
Pupils	766
Places in Year 7	120
Open Days	July
Competition	4+ applicants for every place
Carre’s Grammar School 11+ resources	Verbal Reasoning resources Non Verbal Reasoning resources
Exam Format	GL 11 Plus, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning
School Website	http://www.carres.lincs.sch.uk

Carre’s Grammar School 11 Plus Exam Format

The 11 Plus Exam format for Carre’s Grammar School is written by GL Assessment. Some schools in Lincolnshire have the same exam and this grants entry for these selected schools. The exam format is as follows.

Paper 1	55 minute long Verbal Reasoning paper. The paper is split into a number of sections with an explanation at the beginning of each section.
Paper 2	35 minute long Non Verbal Reasoning and Spatial Reasoning paper. Includes 5 subtests with an untimed practice section at the beginning of each section.

Carre’s Grammar School 11 Plus Exam Paper

Some publishers have access to the exam format and produce their own mirror papers which aim to replicate what an 11 Plus exam for this consortium might look like.

We understand that these publishers get the information from familiarisation packs sent to parents, teachers, local tutors and pupils who have sat the test. The tests can of course change at any time and these papers only aim to give a good idea of what to expect, however, they are very useful and most parents use them at some point.

The ones we would suggest are from Learning Street. They are of high quality and cheaper than any others we have seen. Direct links to the papers are below and Learning Street produce them as mock exams which is unique ( so you can run your own mock exam at home). Links to the papers are below:

Lincolnshire 11 Plus Mock Exam 1

Lincolnshire 11 Plus Mock Exam 2

Lincolnshire 11 Plus Mock Exam 3

Lincolnshire 11 Plus Mock Exam 4

Lincolnshire 11 Plus Mock Exam Papers Bundle (packs 1-4)

How to prepare for the Carre’s Grammar School 11 Plus Exam

Essentially you have 5 options when it comes to helping your child to prepare.

1/ Some parents use a Private Tutor. If you want to start your search for a suitable one, we provide links to some Private tutors in Lincolnshire to help you. These can cost between £2500 and £6000 a year. For help thinking about which private tutor might be right for you see our guidance page.

2/ Other parents use a Tuition Centre with group tuition. If you want to start your search for a suitable one, we provide links to some Tuition centres in Lincolnshire to help you. These can cost between £1500 and £3500 for a year. For help thinking about which tuition centre might be right for you see our guidance page.

3/ If you are thinking of preparing at home using books then our 11 Plus Exam papers and books section provides lots of links and advice to help you choose which books to use and what to focus on. Preparation plans are also provided. Using this method is great for those parents prepared to take a more hands on approach. The average parent using this method spends about £300 on books and papers during the final year of preparation.

4/ A great option is a structured course. These courses gradually build up skills so you can focus on helping your child with the work provided. The best supplier is Learning Street which helps you prepare your child from home, ranging in price from £12 to £89 ( full cost – not monthly cost) it is the cheapest method of preparation. To find out their course suggestions for Carre’s Grammar School 11 Plus preparation click the link.

5/ Online preparation. This is not something we recommend. Online solutions are growing more useful and reliable and for some aspects of preparation they can be useful but certainly not for all your preparation needs. They are also very expensive for what they provide with some coming in at £600- £1000 for a year depending on which options you select. For our rationale on why we believe online preparation is not a good solution yet click through to the page 11 Plus online preparation.