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English familiarisation paper

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Published by: Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex 11 Plus
Paper type: Familiarisation booklet
Subjects: English
Exam board or style: CSSE
Format: Written answers
Year: Undated by the publisher
Answers: Included in the paper
Hosted by: the consortium (csse.org.uk)

Cataloguer's note. Marking sheet is headed 'CSSE 2015 Entry Test 1 ENGLISH', so first used for 2015 entry. Still live but no longer listed on /practice-material/, where the familiarisation link on /examination/ redirects. Not currently linked from the page it was found on, so it may be an older upload.

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Response items mapped to the pinned Trace Learn skill graph. Multi-skill questions split their weight between tags.

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The document reached terminal classification, but the response-item analysis still carries one or more review conditions. Its granular tags are visible as uncertain paper-level evidence and are never used as trend evidence or for rising and falling signals.

Taxonomy skill boundary review
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Easy questions: 4
Medium questions: 30
Hard questions: 1

Paper-level difficulty counts include every classified response item, including creative-writing prompts. Sitting-year difficulty trends compare objective response items only, so those totals use a different, explicitly labelled denominator.

Published skill tags for English familiarisation paper
Subject	Skill tag	Concept	Classification	Within-subject share	Items carrying tag	Easy / medium / hard weighted items
English	Identify figurative language	Language devices	Provisional analysis	3.9%	1 of 26	0 / 1 / 0
English	Infer a character state	Reading comprehension	Provisional analysis	11.5%	3 of 26	0 / 3 / 0
English	Infer implicit meaning	Reading comprehension	Provisional analysis	15.4%	4 of 26	0 / 3 / 1
English	Interpret a word in context	Reading comprehension	Provisional analysis	53.9%	14 of 26	0 / 14 / 0
English	Retrieve an explicit detail	Reading comprehension	Provisional analysis	15.4%	4 of 26	4 / 0 / 0
Verbal reasoning	Complete a word with a letter	Word formation	Provisional taxonomy	44.4%	4 of 9	0 / 4 / 0
Verbal reasoning	Form a derived word	Word formation	Provisional taxonomy	55.6%	5 of 9	0 / 5 / 0

Classification coverage: 100% across 35 classified response items from 35 detected. Ratios describe classified items only, so any uncovered detected items are not silently treated as another skill. This profile is automated and is not represented as independent human review. Confirmed, provisional taxonomy, and provisional analysis labels show which claims can safely contribute to trend evidence.

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Southend High School for Boys
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Southend High School for Girls
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Westcliff High School for Girls
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King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
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Colchester County High School for Girls
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Colchester Royal Grammar School
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