Why is the 11 plus so secretive?
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The 11-Plus is not a secret. Secrecy seems to surround the 11-plus, largely because it is a competitive test. Parents worry that
they might reveal successful strategies for tackling it and give other children an advantage over
their own child. You will probably find that:
Parents tend not to discuss the 11-plus openly.
To prevent preparation, some schools do not reveal the content of the test, even though parents with older children who have been tested will already know what they are.
Good tutors’ names are hardly ever shared.
Parents often avoid telling each other that their child is being tutored, or give the impression that
their child is ‘not doing much’, even when their child might be seeing a tutor for several hours a
week.