Non-Verbal Reasoning is Now Live on the Practice Hub, Ahead of Schedule

Good news on the Practice Hub: the non-verbal reasoning section is finished and live, ahead of the mid-August target I set myself a few weeks back.

It covers everything GL Assessment, the exam board most areas round here use, can throw at a child: odd ones out and matches, sequences, analogies and grids, and shape codes. That’s all 12 official question types, plus a note for families in Buckinghamshire, Kent and similar areas, where spatial reasoning also comes up. That’s a separate section with its own page, still to come.

Why bother with non-verbal reasoning specifically? Because it isn’t taught in school. Nearly every child meets it cold, for the first time, in the exam room. The upside is that it only ever tests a handful of things, size, shape, shading, how many, position or rotation, so a bit of familiarity goes a long way. Each topic on the hub works the same way: a plain explanation, a worked example done slowly, then a set to try yourself with instant feedback. Nothing is timed or scored, so children can get things wrong as often as they need to.

That’s two of the five 11+ subjects done now, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, both live and free. Maths and English are next, and I’m still on track for the mid-August finish line, ahead of it if anything.

Have a look at the new section here: Non-Verbal Reasoning, or explore the whole hub at practice.tomsandersontutoring.com.