The AQE assessments will be held before the Christmas 2021 break and will retain the three assessments.

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The Entrance Assessments will be held on the following dates:

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• Saturday 20th November 2021

• Saturday 27th November 2021

• Saturday 4th December 2021

 

Due to the unprecedented circumstances, AQE has made revisions to this year’s assessment in order to recognise the disruption that Covid-19 has had on schooling. The assessments will follow the same general format as the past papers that many will be using for practice.

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AQE has made modifications for this assessment, including:

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• The provision of detailed English and mathematics support documents for the 2021/22 CEA papers which will be made available on the AQE website for parents and teachers to access.

• Some mathematics topic areas included in previous years will not be assessed in the 2021/22 assessment. Details of these topic areas will be available on the AQE website for parents and teachers to access.

• Some of the English passages have been shortened where appropriate.

• The mathematics and English questions have been revised to make them more accessible for this year’s assessment.

• Access has been provided free of charge to a large selection of past papers on the AQE website and others are available for purchase so that children can prepare thoroughly for the assessment (AQE will be providing a guide showing which individual questions will not be relevant for this year’s assessment due to the revisions described above – this will be made available from mid-June at the latest).

• A sample paper, reflecting the 2021/22 assessment, will be provided free of charge on the AQE website.  www.aqe.org.uk

 

The support documents for English and mathematics can be found at:

https://aqe.org.uk/documentation-for-2021-2022-assessments/