pyramid60 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 My recollection as a pupil of St Pats, Sheffield Lane Top is that I did not take the 11+ exam in 1963 but instead went to Ecclesfield Grammar School for a day on what now seems like an extended IQ test. I managed to tick the boxes as I was accepted to Notre Dame in Sheffield. In a recent discussion with friends from those Notre Dame days it seems they did take the 11+ exam but they were from the Birley side of Sheffield. I wonder was I just in a different Education Authority that was trying a new approach - to move away from a formal exam...... or is my memory playing tricks. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I left St Pat's in 1962 and definitely took an 11+ to go on to De La Salle. My sister left in 1964 and also took the 11+, went to Notre Dame. Would seem odd if nothing in '63 Andy It's All Too Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosemary19 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Wasn't it the case that only selected pupils sat the 11 plus exam at that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyramid60 Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks for the replies. I agree ...if there was an exam in 1962 and 1964 - it seems odd if there wasn't in 1963. Perhaps I just don't remember taking it or maybe I did but on that 'away day' to Ecclesfield Junior and Infants - not the grammar as mentioned before. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryjane Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 left in 65 and also took 11 plus, however, the entire class had yellow jaundice, not at the same time, but it went through us all and 4 of us missed i the exam and had to take it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agatha Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Does anyone remember which exam board was responsible for the 11 plus exam? If you passed the 11+ did you get a letter or a certificate? Does it say on the document? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstarr Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Does anyone remember which exam board was responsible for the 11 plus exam? If you passed the 11+ did you get a letter or a certificate? Does it say on the document? You were sent a letter on a specified day - I'm sure mine arrived on a Saturday,and on the following Monday everybody in my class at Primary School was talking about it(49 of us in J4A at Abbey Lane ,and we all passed -imagine having 49 in a class now!) Anyway, I have a clear memory of the postman waiting at the door as my Dad opened the envelope ,to see if I'd passed - luckily I had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 You were sent a letter on a specified day - I'm sure mine arrived on a Saturday,and on the following Monday everybody in my class at Primary School was talking about it(49 of us in J4A at Abbey Lane ,and we all passed -imagine having 49 in a class now!) Anyway, I have a clear memory of the postman waiting at the door as my Dad opened the envelope ,to see if I'd passed - luckily I had! I00% pass rate is pretty amazing, In my year(1956), I think there were 5 out of about 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agatha Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Do you know where the letter came from? Do you know which exam board it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstarr Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I00% pass rate is pretty amazing, In my year(1956), I think there were 5 out of about 35. All we did for the whole of that year was work towards the 11+ .We had three books - I think they were brown, green and blue ,one for Maths(we called it arithmetic!) one for English and one for Aptitude. There were also more difficult versions of the same books with small white spots on the covers.Parents had to buy them (from Andrews behind the City Hall),school didn't supply. We had homework from these and every Friday were tested on them. Tedious, but you could say it paid off! When the 11+ days actually arrived(I'm sure there were two exams) the questions all looked and felt familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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