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.
Verbal Reasoning Test – CEM Style for the 11+ Exam
This comprehensive verbal reasoning test is specifically designed to help students prepare for the CEM (Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring) style 11+ exam. It includes a wide range of questions that challenge and enhance students’ verbal reasoning skills, including word relationships, analogies, sentence completion, and logic puzzles.
CEM-style questions: Tailored to match the format of the 11+ exam, providing realistic practice.
Varied question types: Includes a mix of word-based puzzles, synonyms, antonyms, codes, and critical reasoning tasks.
Timed practice: Helps students improve their speed and accuracy under exam conditions.
Skills focus: Develops a deep understanding of vocabulary, logical reasoning, and comprehension—key components of the 11+ verbal reasoning section.
Comprehensive answer explanations: Each question comes with a clear, detailed explanation to reinforce learning and highlight common mistakes.
Designed for students aiming for competitive entry into grammar schools, this test provides a solid foundation for mastering verbal reasoning concepts and achieving excellent results in the 11+ exam.
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.
Festive Creative Writing Pack for GCSE English Language: Aiming for A*
Designed to help students achieve an that Grade 9 level of depth to succeed in GCSE English Language. Full of challenging exercises, example responses, and detailed guidance, this resource equips students to write rich, evocative, and sophisticated responses with a winter/holiday theme!
Inside, you’ll find:
In-Depth Tutorials: Focus on atmosphere, tone, and complex themes like nostalgia, mystery, and transformation.
Figurative Language Guide: Advanced use of similes, metaphors, personification, and symbolism to create unique, memorable imagery.
Character and Setting Planners: Tools to craft layered characters and settings that draw readers into a vivid winter world.
Vocabulary Banks & Phrase Lists: Curated vocabulary for festive scenes, plus evocative phrase banks and sophisticated sentence starters.
Timed Writing Challenges: Quick exercises to build creativity under pressure, encouraging variety and originality in descriptive language.
Perfect for both classroom learning and independent practice, this resource gives students the tools they need to produce exceptional holiday-themed writing worthy of an A*.
20 homework booklets for GCSE Maths. Each booklet contains 10 questions, with varying topics and levels of difficulty, with answers provided.
GCSE Edexcel Maths
Revision notes for angles and order of operations. Ideal for KS2 and 11+ preparation. With worked examples and practice questions, a better understanding is guaranteed!
Book 2
This resource contains twenty full length 11 Plus vocabulary booster exercises (synonyms, antonyms, word association etc…).
Great for learning new vocabulary.
Includes answers.
CEM-style
Magical Minds Learning
11+ Vocabulary CEM
11+ CEM Vocabulary
11+ Vocabulary Tests
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This resource contains twenty 11+ maths practice papers, part of the ‘stretch’ series. They are suitable for all exam boards, in particular CEM, GL and independent entrance exams. These tests are pitched at a slightly more advanced level and hence perfect for practice close to the real exam.
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Y6 SATS SPaG: This resource includes three lesson plans and powerpoints to prepare students for the SPaG assessments. Organised by topic, there are quizzes, detailed responses, homework prompts, etc… to help pupils get SATS ready and boost results instantly. You can use these tools nearer to the exam, for last minute cramming, or it can be used all year round.
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11 Plus Year 4 Foundation Course Plan
You can find the complete course here
For parents and students it can be confusing when you don’t know when to start the journey for the 11 Plus exams. There’s a broad range of resources and books out there for different subjects and topics, but what do you start with?
We have the solution for you. This course is the foundation to build up to success for the 11 Plus. Useful for students starting out in year four.
Once the student advances and is able to tackle more complex problems, they should complete our 4 week course which is suitable for year five pupils, nearer to the exam:
11 Plus 4 Weeks Summer Course.
Remember that the above course stated is for students who are confident in all abilities and skills required for the exam (year five).
