CEM News

Our message to you is: Don’t stop! If your child is sitting the 11+ exam this autumn, they need your help now! July is the earliest that year 5 children will return to school, with a chance they…

Long-term lifestyle changes are better than dieting, and this long-term approach is also the case for  children revising for exams. Let’s start this blog off by saying happy new year! January is…

Since the late 1950s Britain has had a progressive educational approach which is now being questioned. This approach has greatly affected the teaching of mathematics in our schools. There are many…

At AE Publications we aim to equip children with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the 11+ examinations and beyond. Because the 11+ exam papers sat by children around the country are…

Many grammar schools require applicants to sit non-verbal reasoning tests. If your child is sitting a CEM (Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring) test, it will have a non-verbal reasoning component.…

CEM terminology has been rather confusing for parents because they have introduced a new category of testing known as ‘verbal ability’. Is this traditional verbal reasoning or something…

One of the fundamental underlying principles of AE Publications is that we are passionate about education. In light of this, every educational book we produce and sell must be of the highest standard …

We have decided to add three more workbooks to our original series of verbal reasoning workbooks. Workbooks 1 and 2 will still cover all the techniques required for the GL Assessment verbal reasoning …

A number of local authorities that retain the 11+ and a significant number of individual grammar schools and grammar school consortia have changed their entrance examination from the GL Assessment to …