cSSe a4 booklet 2021 18-5-21:cSSe a4 booklet 2011 5/7/11 18/05/2021 16:03 page 1 Information Guide 2022 Entry 11+ Saturday 18th Selective Test September 2021 SupplemenTary InformaTIon form enclosed – see pages 11-12 To gain entry to the following prImary School noTIfIcaTIon selective schools only : conSenT form page 13 l colchester county high School for girls l colchester royal grammar School pracTIce pacK orDer form l King edward VI grammar School enclosed – see pages 15-16 l Shoeburyness high School l Southend high School for Boys guIDe To compleTIng The onlIne regISTraTIon form l Southend high School for girls page 17 l St. Bernard’s high School for girls free familiarisation papers can be l St. Thomas more high School for Boys downloaded from the cSSe website l Westcliff high School for Boys www.csse.org.uk l Westcliff high School for girls All dates and arrangements are subject to Government regulations regarding the pandemic. Please note that the dates may change subject to the impact of the ongoing pandemic and the national lockdown. cSSe a4 booklet 2021 18-5-21:cSSe a4 booklet 2011 5/7/11 18/05/2021 16:03 page 2 cSSe a4 booklet 2021 18-5-21:cSSe a4 booklet 2011 5/7/11 18/05/2021 16:03 page 3 Contents Checklist ..................................................................................See overleaf Introduction/CSSE Background .............................................................1 List of Important Dates ........................................................................... 2 Essex 11+ Selection Test Application Process – 2022 Entry ............. 3 Useful Information for Parents .............................................................. 4 Most Frequently Asked Questions ................................................... 5-6 Open Days/Evenings Summer Term 2021 .............................................7 CSSE Schools – Age Range 11-18 Published Admission Numbers: colchester county high School for girls – girls grammar .....................................8 colchester royal grammar School – Boys grammar .............................................8 King edward VI grammar School – Boys grammar ...............................................8 Shoeburyness high School – mixed comprehensive .............................................9 Southend high School for Boys – Boys grammar ..................................................9 Southend high School for girls – girls grammar ...................................................9 St. Bernard’s high School (Girls R.C. Bi-Lateral Voluntary Aided) ........................10 St. Thomas more high School for Boys (Boys R.C. Bi-Lateral Voluntary Aided) ....10 Westcliff high School for Boys – Boys grammar .................................................10 Westcliff high School for girls – girls grammar ..................................................10 Supplementary Information Form ..................................................... 11-12 Primary School Notification Consent Form ........................................... 13 Order Form and Payment Form for CSSE Practice Packs ........ 15-16 Guide to completing Online Registration ............................................... 17 CSSE 11+ Examination – Results ............................................................. 18 cSSe a4 booklet 2021 18-5-21:cSSe a4 booklet 2011 5/7/11 18/05/2021 16:03 page 4 Checklist have you completed the Supplementary l postal forms must be signed Information form (SIf) correctly? and dated. please check the following before l postal forms – please ensure you submitting your form. pay the correct postage when l child’s surname followed by sending your forms. underpaid items first name. will not be delivered to the cSSe office. l correct date of birth. l address: The address should be forms can be completed online or by where your child resides most of the post. please complete only one cSSe school week. If you move house, SIf for each child being registered. please notify the cSSe office by email. CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT l home local authority – the authority OF yOUR FORM. in which you live. l Test centre – nominate only one of postal registrations – please enclose a the cSSe schools as a test centre. stamped addressed envelope with your completed SIf. a copy of your l religious objections/exceptional completed form will be sent to you as circumstances – please notify us if acknowledgement of receipt. you have a religious objection or exceptional circumstances that may online registrations – you will have the prevent your child sitting the test on facility to look up and print off your Saturday 18th September. submitted registration/ candidate l medical circumstances/Special number. needs – please refer to the cSSe guideline and notification form on the cSSe website or request by please note that by completing the phoning the cSSe office. any cSSe Supplementary Information form request for special adjustments you are registering your child to sit the must be made in writing by the cSSe 11+ examination to gain entry 2nd July 2021. into the ten cSSe Schools listed in this booklet. The SIf is not an application to l primary School notification. please the schools. you can only make an circle yes if you give permission for application by completing your home the cSSe to share your child’s test local authority application form. results with their primary School. l a number of the cSSe schools reserve places for pupils who receive free school meals, are entitled to pupil premium, and those who are or have been in social care. please tick any box that applies to your child on the SIf. cSSe a4 booklet 2021 18-5-21:cSSe a4 booklet 2011 5/7/11 18/05/2021 16:03 page 5 Introduction Welcome to the CSSE. This CSSE booklet has been compiled to answer the most frequently raised questions in respect of the selective procedure. If you have a query not covered in this booklet please contact the CSSE Office on telephone number: 01245 348257 CSSE postal address: PO Box 3087, Chelmsford Essex CM1 3Sy Email: [email protected] Website: www.csse.org.uk Opening Hours: (school term time only) AUTUMN TERM – CSSE OFFICE OPENS FROM 6TH SEPTEMBER 2021. 9.30am-3.30pm (Monday-Friday) FREE ENGLISH AND MATHS FAMILIARISATION PAPERS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE CSSE WEBSITE: www.csse.org.uk pracTIce maTerIal can Be purchaSeD from The cSSe offIce. pleaSe See page 15 of ThIS guIDe for a pracTIce pacK orDer form. cSSe Telephone SerVIce cloSure DaTeS: To facIlITaTe The proceSSIng of TeST aDmInISTraTIon The cSSe phone SerVIce WIll Be cloSeD DurIng The folloWIng DaTeS: 5Th-9Th July 2021; 1ST-3rD SepTemBer 2021; 29Th SepTemBer-13Th ocToBer 2021. The cSSe offIce IS cloSeD DurIng School holIDayS. all pracTIce pacK orDerS receIVeD DurIng our holIDay cloSure perIoD WIll Be proceSSeD anD DeSpaTcheD When The offIce reopenS. BACKGROUND The cSSe was formed in 1993 as a voluntary association. The same selective test is utilised by ten cSSe selective schools and saves children, whose parents express a preference for more than one selective school, having to take multiple tests. TESTING your child will take two separate tests, one in english and one in mathematics. your child will take the tests in the selective school you as parents have nominated as your preferred test centre. In the event of a test centre reaching its maximum capacity for testing an alternative CSSE school test centre will be allocated by the CSSE office. If all schools reach the maximum capacity for main day testing, your child will be allocated the Tuesday test date. once registered, test dates will not be changed to accommodate school trips or test dates arranged by other authorities. please ensure you check all other commitments prior to registering with the cSSe office. We suggest you register as early as possible. 1 cSSe a4 booklet 2021 18-5-21:cSSe a4 booklet 2011 5/7/11 18/05/2021 16:03 page 6 IMPORTANT DATES Date Event 18th may 2021 cSSe SIf registration will open for 2022 entry. June/July 2021 cSSe Schools open Days/evenings Summer Term 2021. 2nd July 2021 any request for special adjustments must be made in writing by the 2nd July 2021 at the latest. 2nd July 2021 absolute cSSe deadline to register online or by post. July 2021 Test centre letters will be despatched from mid July. By the 23rd July all candidates should have received (by post) their test centre information. 18th September 2021 11+ Tests take place. 28th September 2021 * Tuesday test day for religious, illness or exceptional circumstances only. 14th october 2021 results will be sent out by first class post to all candidates on Thursday 14th october. a look up facility for test results will be available from friday 15th october at 9am for candidates who were registered online. Please allow until Monday 18th October for receipt of postal results. Sept-end of october 2021 parents make an application for secondary school place /s to their local authority. 31st october 2021 closing date for the return of your completed local authority application form to your home local authority. 1st march 2022 national offer Date for local authorities to send out secondary school offers to parents. * If your religion does not allow your child to take the tests on a Saturday or your child is ill and you can supply medical evidence, arrangements will be made for your child to take the test on Tuesday 28th September 2021. If you have other exceptional circumstances please contact the cSSe office to discuss. evidence will be required. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS AND DATES FOR THE 11+ TESTS