Find out information about The Blue Coat School here and learn about what courses your child should be doing if they hope to pass the entry examination into The Blue Coat School.
About The Blue Coat School
Founded originally as a refuge for the city’s poor, The Blue Coat School has blossomed into a school that achieves the highest academic standards for which it is renowned across the city, the North West and nationally. Today, as Liverpool’s only grammar school they are rich in diversity. Students come from all backgrounds and they enjoy, value and celebrate their differences and individuality. At Blue Coat, it is not just OK to be different, it’s great to be different.
| Area | Wirral- Liverpool |
| Pupils | 963 pupils |
| Places in Year 7 | 180 places |
| Competition | 7+ applicants for every place |
| Exam Format | FSCE – English, Maths, Creative Writing |
| School Website | www.blue-coat-school-liverpool.org.uk |
The Blue Coat School Courses
The Blue Coat School is the only school in Wirral-Liverpool to use an English, Maths and creative writing test created by FSCE.
With high entry standards to The Blue Coat School, your child will need plenty of preparation in order to get in. Parents can choose to use tutors/tuition centres or books/structured courses. The benefits of a structured course are that it is tailored to the area you are applying for and parents can focus on helping their child rather than worrying about which books to buy when and what order to do the work in.
Our courses are used by parents and by private tutors who choose to use them instead of books to help their children.
We also supply a series of mock exams to complete at home. These are invaluable either instead of expensive hall based mocks or done before a hall based mock to ensure you get best value from it.
The Blue Coat School 11 Plus Mock Exams
The Blue Coat School ( FSCE) 11 Plus Mock Exam 1
The Blue Coat School ( FSCE) 11 Plus Mock Exam 2
The Blue Coat School ( FSCE) 11 Plus Mock Exam 3
The Blue Coat School ( FSCE) 11 Plus Mock Exam 4
The Blue Coat School ( FSCE) 11 Plus Mock Exam Papers Bundle ( packs 1-4)
Of course you will need to ensure that the correct skills have been learnt before tackling an 11 Plus Mock Exam and we have a range of courses to help you achieve that listed below.
Which 11 Plus course to choose?
If your child is in Year 3 or Year 4 then please use our primary schools course chooser (link below) as a guide to starting on the right course. These courses focus on core literacy and numeracy skills. They help your child reach their potential before moving onto 11 Plus preparation at the right time.
Primary School- Course Chooser for younger children
If your child is really bright and in the latter half of Year 4 or in Year 5 then please choose from the courses below which have been tailored for the 11 Plus and this school/area.
Complete Courses – Complete preparation for the 11 Plus Exam
The course below is our bespoke course for Reading School. Reading School uses the same exam format that The Blue Coat School has recently adopted. We therefore recommend this course for those applying to The Blue Coat School. This course is 40 parts in length with its own dedicated page including full details and free course preview.
The Complete 11 Plus Programme – Reading School
Please note that The Blue Coat School also includes a creative writing element as part of the assessment. We therefore highly recommend supplementing our Complete 11 Plus Programme with our 11 Plus Creative Writing Course.
11 Plus Creative Writing Course
Enhance Courses- For those with a little less time
If you have less time available we have cut our main course down to half the length (roughly 65% of the materials in the complete course are included in our Enhance course). Full details and free preview are available by following the link:
11 Plus Enhance – Reading School
Boost Courses- For those preparing without much time to go until the exam
If you are preparing later then we have produced these short courses which are half the length of Enhance courses but contain about 40% of our longest course. Link to the full Boost course below where you will find full details and an in-depth free preview:
11 Plus Boost – Reading School
Preparation for Independent School 11 Plus Exams
Often we will find parents are asking their children to sit an 11 Plus exam for a grammar school in September and then are going on to sit an Independent School 11 Plus exam the following January.
Where this is case we have prepared our 11 Plus Maths Stretch and Revision Course to help with the additional preparation required:
11 Plus Maths Stretch and Revision
11 Plus Creative Writing Course
