When preparing for your child to sit the 11+ it is likely that you will start to come across terms that you are unfamiliar with, and becoming familiar with such terms is essential to being successful in these examinations. One of the acronyms you may have come across already is CEM, which stands for Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring. This is one of the main providers of the 11+ exams across England.CEM advertises itself as an exam provider that ensures fairness in the 11+ assessment so that children receive an opportunity to show their academic skills in a more natural and less rehearsed manner, which is why they do not provide practice papers or release past papers.Whether or not your child is going to sit the CEM 11+ or not depends on which region the grammar school is in. The CEM assessment format is currently used in the following regions:
- Berkshire
- Bexley
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Shropshire
- Trafford (some schools)
- Walsall
- Wirral
- Wolverhampton
- Yorkshire (some schools)
