from Colin Rees
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These papers were found by chance in an old second-hand copy of a Mountain Ash County
School magazine. The examination was run by the Local Education Authority, (Glamorgan
in this case), and was described as an “Examination for entrance and minor county
council scholarships”. The school became known as a Grammar School in the
late 1940s, and although these examination papers are earlier, they may be equivalent
to the 11-plus exam which was introduced in 1944. These papers were used not only for
gaining entrance but also for the assessment of candidates for the award of full or partial
exemption from school fees.