The Right Practice in the Right Place: Choosing Resources Written for West Midlands Grammar Schools
Walk into any bookshop, or scroll through any online marketplace, and you will find shelves of material labelled “11+ practice”. Much of it is well produced. Much of it is also written for a national audience, a different examining board or a county several hours away. For families in Birmingham, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton and across the Black Country, that distinction matters more than it used to. The entrance test your child will sit is specific to this region, and the practice they do at home should be pointing at the same target.
Choosing well is not about finding the thickest book or the longest list of papers. It is about matching the format, the content and the pace of the practice to the test your child will actually face in September of Year 6. The notes below are intended ...