We provide a diverse range of high-quality educational resources tailored to students' needs. Specialising in materials for the 11 plus exam, our platform offers a comprehensive selection of study revision notes, practice papers, and learning materials. Magical Minds Learning is dedicated to providing accessible, quality educational tools to everyone.
We provide a diverse range of high-quality educational resources tailored to students' needs. Specialising in materials for the 11 plus exam, our platform offers a comprehensive selection of study revision notes, practice papers, and learning materials. Magical Minds Learning is dedicated to providing accessible, quality educational tools to everyone.
2024 11+ CEM Practice Paper
This resource contains one practice paper (mock style) out of a five part series. These exam styled papers are specifically designed for the 11 Plus in 2024, useful for all exam boards.
Nearly always seen in CEM tests.
This resource features ten full-length shuffled sentence tests, expertly crafted to enhance preparation for the 11+ exams.
Designed to challenge and develop students’ understanding of sentence structure, grammar, and logical sequencing.
Provides varied sentence lengths and complexities to mirror the diversity of questions typically encountered in the exam.
Ideal for practising key skills such as syntax, punctuation, and word order—essential components of the 11+ verbal reasoning section.
Perfect for honing the critical thinking and attention to detail needed for success in the exam.
Charles Darwin Fact File and Comprehension
This resource is an effective and fun way to be introduced to key information about Charles Darwin and his life.
Contains 10 questions and detailed mark scheme.
This resource includes eight CEM-style 11+ comprehension passages:
A balanced mix of fiction and non-fiction texts, covering a wide range of topics likely to appear in the real exam.
Each passage is accompanied by multiple-choice questions, with clear and detailed answer sheets provided.
Designed to help students practise and familiarise themselves with the format and variety of content they might encounter in the 11+ exam.
Answers are included to support self-assessment and targeted improvement.
Magical Minds' 11+ Practice Papers for the CEM Test. This resource contains a realistic CEM-style 11 Plus practice paper - each containing mixed questions on Maths, including Numerical Reasoning and spatial, Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension. Helps boost confidence, building skills and establishing success. New- Contains angles recap at end
20 short cloze tests, designed to be used as practice for the 11+ CEM test. Includes a mixture of styles including word choice, word bank and missing letters. Contains answers.
Cloze assesses the ability to read in context, scan and deduct information. It often appears in CEM 11 plus papers.
11 Plus Interview Guide
I’m so nervous! What if I don’t know what to say? What if the interviewer doesn’t like me? We all come across these questions at some point, because we are all nervous! It is absolutely normal to feel apprehensive about an interview, that’s why we are here to help.
This guide includes:
Introduction to what interviews are
What to do before the interview
Interview questions: 30+
What to do after the interview
Why not to worry about an interview
What the structure usually looks like in your interview
Do you want a comprehensive day by day plan for your child to complete over the summer holidays, we have just the course for you: 11 Plus 4 Week Summer Course
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Balanced Arguments
Includes:
Introductory powerpoint to balanced arguments (structure, examples, what they are, etc…)
Vocabulary to use in each powerpoint
Word mats (vocabulary)
11 Plus Vocabulary in Context
This set of resources contains a highly visual guide to understand what the term ‘vocabulary in context’ really means, and the four main ways to find out what a word means in the context when unsure.
Also includes worksheets (matching up word and sentence, to find the definition), with increasing difficulty.
Great for students who wish to stretch themselves further.
You can find all of our vocabulary resources to prepare for the 11 plus from this bundle: Vocabulary Booster Bundle
Creative Writing Bundle – 11+ Exam and SATs Preparation
Whether you’re looking to refine your writing skills for an exam or simply enjoy creative expression, this comprehensive bundle is designed to guide students through a variety of writing styles. Perfectly tailored for the 11+ entrance exams, it can also be used by Year 6 students and as preparation for SATs, offering a versatile approach to developing strong writing skills.
This bundle includes three essential creative writing books:
Creative Writing Guide 1: Step-by-step guidance to help students master key writing techniques and improve storytelling skills.
Creative Writing Guide 2: Builds on the foundations laid in Guide 1, exploring advanced writing styles and strategies for structured, engaging essays.
22 Creative Writing Prompts with Tips and Tricks: A collection of prompts designed to spark imagination, complete with practical tips to enhance writing fluency and creativity.
Added bonus- festive extras
Each resource is carefully crafted to provide focused, progressive learning, helping students boost their writing confidence and perform their best in exams and beyond. Whether you’re preparing for the 11+ exam or just looking to improve creative writing skills, this bundle offers a structured yet fun approach to writing development.
New 11 Plus Test 6: Ages 10-11
This resource contains paper 6, a realistic CEM-style 11 plus practice paper, containing mixed questions on maths, including numerical reasoning and spatial skills, verbal reasoning and comprehension. Have used extensively with my tutees in preparing for the CEM and GL tests.
This resource is part of practice papers pack 5: 11 Plus Practice Papers Pack 5
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11 Plus English Core Skills
11 Plus Foundation Course
11 Plus Summer Intensive Course
Year 4 should be the least stressful part of the 11 Plus journey, in fact the student should only be spending 120 minutes maximum every week of doing work. Gradually the time spent on revision should increase, however it shouldn’t be labelled as a ‘chore’, make the transition as smooth as possible.
In English it is important to keep on revisiting terms: grammar, punctuation, etc… It’s very easy to get quickly out of tune with SPaG. To have good creative writing skills, being able to tackle comprehension questions, verbal reasoning and more, you need to have the ‘English core skills’
Before advancing to formal English tests, it’s vital that the pupil has the knowledge and skills of basic English for the 11 Plus. English core skills is aimed to cover these topics so that the pupil can feel confident to move onto assessments. Note that this is ‘stage one’ of the foundation, so in the next stages the pupils will be introduced to ‘short’ and ‘long’ English tests. They will be prepared for this as they have gathered the skills from this book
New 11 Plus Test 6: Ages 10-11
This resource contains paper 8, a realistic CEM-style 11 plus practice paper, containing mixed questions on maths, including numerical reasoning and spatial skills, verbal reasoning and comprehension. Have used extensively with my tutees in preparing for the CEM and GL tests.
This resource is part of practice papers pack 5: 11 Plus Practice Papers Pack 5
11 plus past papers
11 plus mock papers
11 plus practice papers
Containing 20 (2x10) specimen questions for Paper 1 Section B of the GCSE AQA English Language, this resource is perfect for revision, homework, assessment, or use in the classroom- especially with the limited material available from AQA. They mimic the style of the real exam and so provide as close an experience to the exam as possible. 45 minutes is advised per question- though for younger years, more time may be spent.
11 plus July Crash Course- Get Exam Ready Calendar.
This is a unique plan to help your child succeed in the 11 plus. Each day of July contains exclusive activities and tests to be completed in order. Included are maths, cloze exercises, comprehensions, shuffled sentences, practice papers, word association, vocabulary, spatial awareness and more. We’ve done all the planning for you!
This plan accounts for the whole month of July and will get your child exam ready, and up to speed. It is designed to make sure that the student will work accurately and quickly, which is the key to success the in 11 plus exams. Enjoy!
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