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CSSE (Essex) 11+ syllabus checklist
Every topic in Maths, English and Creative Writing, the subjects CSSE (Essex) tests. Tick each one off as your child learns it and follow the links to free help.
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Maths
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Place value · Factors · Prime, square and cube numbers · Negative numbers · Long multiplication and division · Missing digits
Fractions of quantities · Rounding · Four operations with decimals · Sequencing decimals and fractions · Mixed number and improper fractions · Percentages · Four operations with fractions · Converting fractions, decimals and percentages
Area and perimeter (Rectangle, Square, Triangle, Parallelogram, Rhombus) · Surface area and volume · Area and volume of complex shapes · Nets of shapes
Mass · Capacity · Length · Mass, Capacity and Length · Reading scales
Clock 12/24 hours · Adding/subtracting hours and minutes · Adding/subtracting days
Mean/Average · Median · Mode · Range
Types of angles · Types of triangles · Angles within shapes (primarily triangles and quadrilaterals) · Angles between parallel lines · Angles on a straight line and around a point · Symmetry
BODMAS · One step linear equations · Multiplying out and factorise · Substitution · Two-sided equations · Word problems · Function machines
Bar charts · Line graphs · Pictograms · Pie charts · Venn and Carroll diagrams
Coordinates · Reflection and translation · Compass directions
English
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Verb forms and Standard English · Subject–verb agreement · Verb tenses · Active and passive voice · Relative pronouns · Fronted adverbials
Prefixes that make opposites · Prefix meanings · Suffixes
Creative Writing
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About CSSE (Essex)
The Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex sets its own 11+ for its grammar schools: an English paper (including a continuous writing task) and a Maths paper, 60 minutes each and worth half the marks each, based on the Key Stage 2 curriculum. Answers are written, not multiple choice.
These are the topics our 11+ course teaches in each subject CSSE (Essex)tests. Not every area or school tests every subject or topic, so check the familiarisation material for your child's test.
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Our 11+ course covers every topic on this list, week by week from Year 4 to the exam: a short lesson, practice and a weekly paper in each subject, with reviews in the holidays and a note for you each week on how it went. You can start free and see how your child gets on.