Religious Studies for Common Entrance 13+ Exam Practice Questions - Softcover

Wilcockson, Michael; Grenfell, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147185339X ISBN 13: 9781471853395

Publisher: Galore Park, 2015

Synopsis

Exam Board: ISEB
Level: 13+
Subject: Religious Studies
First Teaching: September 2012
First Exam: Summer 2013

This book contains over 900 exam-style questions based on Syllabus A of the 13+ ISEB Common Entrance exam; it is ideal for pupils who are looking to achieve top grades in entrance exams at 13+. The guide is laid out to correspond with the examination paper and includes sections on Biblical Stories, World Religions and Contemporary Issues, allowing pupils to familiarise themselves with the format of the exam. It also includes advice on how to answer exam questions.

- Endorsed by ISEB
- Ideal for pupils working towards Syllabus A of the Religious Studies Common Entrance exam at 13+
- Features rigorous exam-style questions for realistic practice

About this title

About the Authors

Michael Wilcockson studied Theology at Balliol College, Oxford. After completing his PGCE at Pembroke College, Cambridge he was appointed Head of Divinity at Aldenham School, then The Leys School, Cambridge and then Eton College. He has been Head of Philosophy at Eton since 2012. He was a Farmington Fellow at Harries Manchester College, Oxford in 2003 and Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 2010. He is the Test Coordinator for A Level Religious Studies for a large examination board, chief setter for Common Entrance Religious Studies for ISEB and the author of many textbooks for Common Entrance, GCSE and A Level. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors.

Susan Grenfell started teaching in secondary schools and moved to working in Prep schools in the 1990s. She has a Bachelor of Education degree from Oxford and a diploma in Special Needs from Kingston. She was Head of Special needs at Caldicott School where she also taught RS at scholarship level. She developed a study skills programme there which has been widely used and she has given lectures in study skills to leavers at many Prep Schools. For ten years she was head of RS at St Hugh's School, Faringdon before retiring and taking up writing full time. She has spoken at teachers' conferences on teaching RS at Common Entrance and is a member of the SACRE in Oxford, where she lives with her husband. She is a governor of a local Primary School.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Galore Park
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147185339X
• ISBN 13: 9781471853395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56