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Thinking about applying to The Latymer School? Find out everything you need to know about admissions and how to prepare your child for success in the 11 plus.
Key information about The Latymer School
Address: The Latymer School, Haselbury Road, Edmonton, London, N9 9TN
Number of pupils: 1,350+
Admissions contact: [email protected]
Number of places in Year 7: 192
11+ exam: GL Assessment and school’s own
Catchment area: yes
Dates for your diary
11+ registration opens: Monday 18th March 2024
Open day: Thursday 25th April 2024
11+ registration closes: Friday 14th June 2024
11+ exam date: Wednesday 4th, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2024 (your child will be invited to one exam day)
11+ results released: mid-October 2024
Secondary school application deadline: 31st October 2024
School allocations: 3rd March 2025
About The Latymer School
The Latymer School is a grammar school for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 in Edmonton, northeast London. It was founded in 1624 and is dedicated to providing a liberal first-class education.
Students at The Latymer School study a broad and balanced curriculum. Subjects on offer include business studies, media studies, computer science, and four languages. There are also plenty of extracurricular activities for students to explore new interests. There are around 400 instrumental lessons each week and the school has its own bespoke Saturday Music Centre.
How to apply to The Latymer School
The Latymer School is a selective school. This means that your child will need to take the 11 plus exam to be eligible for a place.
The deadline to register for the 11 plus exam at The Latymer School is Saturday 16th March 2024. To apply, complete the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) on The Latymer School website.
The exam will take place on Sunday 1st, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2024 (your child will be invited to attend on one of these three days). You’ll receive your child’s results in mid-October 2024. You can then use these results to decide whether to apply for a place at The Latymer School.
To apply, you’ll need to name the school as one of your preferred schools on the secondary school common application form. This will be available on your home council website from early September and must be submitted by 31st October.
Remember – passing the 11 plus doesn’t guarantee that your child will be allocated a place at your preferred school. Many grammar schools are often oversubscribed with qualified children. Schools and their admissions authorities work through admissions criteria to prioritise children for places. We’ve included the admissions criteria for The Latymer School below.
What subjects are on the entrance exam?
Children applying to The Latymer School take two exam papers. Both papers have a time limit of 60 minutes.
Maths and verbal reasoning
The maths and verbal reasoning test is set by GL Assessment. It is divided into two parts:
Maths (30 minutes)
Verbal reasoning (30 minutes)
All of the questions in this paper are multiple-choice. The maths section will test your child’s knowledge and understanding of content taught on the maths national curriculum in Key Stage 2. Verbal reasoning questions assess your child’s ability to use logic and solve problems with written information.
English
The English paper is set by The Latymer School. It is divided into two parts:
English comprehension (30 minutes)
Creative writing (30 minutes)
In the comprehension section, your child will need to read a passage of text and answer questions about it. The creative writing section will test your child’s spelling, punctuation, grammar and creativity.
Guide to GL Assessment 11 plus exams
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How does place allocation work at The Latymer School?
After the exam, your child’s maths and verbal reasoning paper are marked by GL Assessment. They use a type of technology called Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) to assign marks for correct answers. The total mark is age-standardised to ensure that younger children aren’t disadvantaged.
Each child’s standardised score is then put in rank order (rank 1 being the highest position). Children ranked between 1 and 700 have their English papers marked by The Latymer School. The English mark is added to the raw mark from the maths and verbal reasoning test to produce re-standardised results for the top 700 children.
Children whose rank in the maths and verbal reasoning test is below 700 are not eligible for a place. Their English papers will not be marked. The only exception to this rule is for children applying under oversubscription criteria 1, 2 and 3. We’ve listed these below.
If more than 192 eligible children name The Latymer School as their preferred school on their application form, the school applies oversubscription criteria. The school only admits children who live within the Inner Area (see below). Children are prioritised for places in the following order:
Looked after and previously looked after children (within the top 900)
Up to 20 places for children who receive Free School Meals/Universal Credit (within the top 900)
Up to 20 places for children who show exceptional musical talent (within the top 700). A separate music form with supporting evidence needs to be completed for this criterion
Children living in the Inner Area, prioritised in rank order
The Latymer School has a catchment area. The school only accepts applications from children who live within its published ‘Inner Area’. This means children whose main address (i.e. spends week nights) is in one of the following postcode areas:
E2, E4, E5, E8, E9, E17, EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EN5 (Sectors 1, 2, 4, 5 only), EN8 (Sectors 7, 8, 9 only), N1 (not N1C), N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17, N18, N19, N20, N21, N22
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