Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Wilmington Grammar School for Boys Guide

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Wilmington Grammar School for Boys.

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About the School

Address — Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DA

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Charlie Guthrie

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 936

Places available in year 7 — 150

Average applicants per place —5 or more.

Catchment area — Wilmington Grammar School for Boys does have a catchment area with priority given to boys living within 1.5 miles of the school or living within the parishes listed below:

Ash Cum Ridley
Badgers Mount
Bean
Crockenhill
Darenth
Dartford
Dunton Green
Eynsford
Farningham
Fawkham
Halstead
Hartley
Hextable
Horton Kirby & South Darenth
Istead Rise (ward)
Kemsing
Longfield & New Barn
Meopham
Otford
Shoreham
Southfleet
Stanstead
Stone
Sutton at Hone & Hawley
Swanley
Swanscome & Greenhithe
West Kingsdown
Wilmington
Wrotham

Other priority areas:

Children receiving Pupil Premium who live within a 3-mile radius of the school will also be given priority.
Governor places will be awarded to boys who have performed the best in the Kent test (excluding the maths test) who live within a 5-mile radius of the school. (15 places).

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care
Children with a sibling who will be attending the school or Wilmington Grammar School for Girls when the applicant joins.
Children of staff at the school.
Governor places - awarded to boys who have shown exceptional performance in the Kent test (excluding the maths test) and residing within a 5-mile radius of the school. (Up to 10% of the PAN - 15 places).
Boys who live within 1.5 mile proximity of the school and boys living within the parishes listed in the catchment area.
Children receiving Pupil Premium who live within a 3-mile radius of the school.
All other eligible boys – those living closest to the school first.

School Summary

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (WGBS) was established in 1954 and is an all-boys grammar school in Dartford, Kent. The school was previously known as Dartford Technical High School, but it became a grammar school in 1982. WGBS then became an academy in 2011.

The school specialises in engineering and encourages their students to develop entrepreneurial skills. Wilmington Grammar School for Boys works to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, and mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘good’ in 2013. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website — https://www.wgsb.org.uk/

Contact — https://www.wgsb.org.uk/6/contact-us

Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=103121573061436&__tn__=C-R

Twitter — https://twitter.com/wilmingtonboys

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCnzoPqGzdnm_ZtisxZcotA?feature=emb_ch_name_ex

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/wilmington-grammar-school-for-boys/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Cobham Hall Guide

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17 April 2024

Kent

11+ Papers and Answers

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Cobham Hall School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

Maths
English

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions test.

Other exam and entry information:

The English paper tests comprehension and writing.
A report from your child’s current school will be requested.
Results from exams will be released in November.

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15 April 2024

Kent

Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | The Norton Knatchbull School Guide

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15 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: The Norton Knatchbull School

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by The Norton Knatchbull School.

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About the School

Address — The Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Ben Greene

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1184

Places available in year 7 — 210

Average applicants per place — 5 or more.

Catchment area — The Norton Knatchbull School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

‘Disadvantaged’ children - This is defined by the school as “pupils who have been in local authority care for one day or more and pupils who have left local authority care because of one of the following: adoption; a special guardianship order; a child arrangements order. It also includes pupils who have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point during the past six years.”
Children with a brother or sister already attending the school when the child starts.
Children with Medical/Health and Special Access Reasons to apply to the school accordance with the school’s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act 2010.
Distance from home to school - The distance between the child’s permanent home address and the school (measured in a straight line) with closest given priority.

School Summary

The Norton Knatchbull School was established in 1630 and previously known as Ashford Grammar School. The school was founded by Norton Knatchbull and is a selective, all-boys grammar school in Ashford Kent. Girls are admitted into the school’s sixth form.

The Norton Knatchbull School specialises in science and languages. It became an academy in 2012.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘good’ in 2012. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website — https://www.nks.kent.sch.uk/

Contact — https://www.nks.kent.sch.uk/contact

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/nortonknatchbull/

Twitter — https://twitter.com/NKSkent

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/NKSkent/

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2KLGnlcauOSei_5UFcDZ5A

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/thenortonknatchbullschool

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Fort Pitt Grammar School Guide

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15 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: Fort Pitt Grammar School

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Fort Pitt Grammar School.

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About the School

Address — Fort Pitt Grammar School, Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6TJ

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Miss Nicky Archer

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 836

Places available in year 7 — 150

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Fort Pitt Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school.

Girls residing within 2 miles of the school will be prioritised first, followed by girls residing in the following local parishes:

Allhallows
Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
Cooling
Cuxton
Frindsbury Extra (includes Wainscott and Upnor)
Halling
High Halstow
Hoo St Werburgh (includes Chattenden)
St James
Isle of Grain
St Mary Hoo
Stoke

Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted.
Children attending Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling (FPTA) Junior Academies (namely, Balfour Junior Academy and Phoenix Junior Academy).
Children of staff at the school (where the member of staff has been employed for three years or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).
Children residing within 2 miles of the school.
Children residing in one of the named parishes above.
All other eligible girls seeking a school place.

School Summary

Fort Pitt Grammar School was established in 1929 and it is an all-girls grammar school in Chatham, Kent. The school gets its name from the Napoleonic fort which was once built on the site as part of the defences overlooking the River Medway. It became an academy in 2010.

The school’s ethos is founded on the four ‘excellences’: academic, community, appearance and environment. The school believes that together these values create a school where achievement and happiness go hand in hand.

Fort Pitt specialises in science and maths. Since 2012, the school has worked with other local schools as part of the Fort Pitt Grammar School Academy Trust. Fort Pitt has Leading Edge status and is a National Support School.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2009. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style — GL - The Medway Test.

Exam topic:

Extended writing
Mathematics
Verbal reasoning

Exam length — 3x 50 minutes exams.

Pass rate — The Medway Tests are designed to assess and select the top 23% of the children in the year group to go to a grammar school.

Pass mark —The tests are designed to assess and select 23% of the children in the year group to go to a grammar school.

Any child who has taken the Medway Tests and achieved scores that are below the minimum score will be deemed non-eligible.

Please note - Scoring above the minimum score does not guarantee your child a place at your chosen school.

Other exam information:

The verbal reasoning and maths exams are 50 minutes each. Both are multiple choice.
The English test is one people of writing which lasts 50 minutes, including 10 minutes to plan.
The Medway Test is sat by children in year 6 at their own school if they go to a Medway school (except Kings School in Rochester) or in a Medway Test Centre if they go to schools outside of Medway.
The following formula is used to calculate the total weighted score for each child:

Extended Writing standardised score x 2 + Mathematics standardised score x 2 + Verbal reasoning standardised score x 1

= the total weighted score

All scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://fortpitt.medway.sch.uk/new/

Contact — https://fortpitt.medway.sch.uk/new/contact-us/

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/fortpittgrammar

Twitter — https://twitter.com/fortpittgrammar

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/fort_pitt_grammar_school_/

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-pitt-grammar-school

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | St Olave’s Grammar School Guide

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15 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: St Olave’s Grammar School

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers which contain similar content to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by St Olave’s Grammar School.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form at the top of the page.

About the School

Address — St Olave’s Grammar School, Goddington Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9SH

Type of school — Boys grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Andrew Rees

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1081

Places available in year 7 — 124

Average applicants per place — 8 or more.

Catchment area — St Olave’s Grammar School does not have a catchment area but places preference on 11+ test grades.

Over-subscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Boys who are Children Looked After (registered in public care) or who were Looked After but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements orders or special guardianship order by rank order.
A maximum of 10 places will be available for boys in receipt of Pupil Premium by rank order.
Should there be insufficient applicants eligible for a place as outline above, the remaining places will be allocated purely according to rank order.

Please note that the school offers up to four ‘choristerships’ a year for boys to join St. Olave’s as Wakeham Choristers at The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy. Applicants must still pass the entrance exams but will also have a voice test. Successful candidates will commence as Wakeham Choristers one year prior to joining Year 7 at St Olave’s. Find out more here.

School Summary

St Olave’s Grammar School (previously St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School) is an all-boys, selective grammar school in Bromley, South East London. The school has a large sixth form which accepts both boys and girls.

The school specialises in maths and computing.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2014. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style: St. Olave’s Grammar School’s Selective Eligibility Test (SET).

Exam types:

English
Maths
Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length:

Stage one — 1 x 1 hour exam.

Stage two 2 x 1 hour exams.

Pass mark — Pass mark changes every year.

Other exam information:

There are two stages of tests. Only candidates who pass the first stage will be invited back for the second.
The initial Selective Eligibility Test (SET) consists of multiple-choice questions on English comprehension, mathematics, verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
The second stage consists of two exams:
- English — one hour long, covering multiple choice comprehension questions and a creative/persuasive writing exercise or essay.
- Mathematics — one hour long, covering a range of maths topics.
Stage 1 and 2 results are standardised to rank the candidates. The top 124 will immediately be offered a place.
If there is a tie, it will be determined using the results of the mathematics paper, then the creative/persuasive writing, then the English comprehension and finally the SET.

Scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://www.saintolaves.net/

Contact — https://www.saintolaves.net/6/contact

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Olaves-Grammar-School

Twitter — https://twitter.com/saintolaves

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/st-olave%27s-grammar-school

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Dover Grammar School for Girls Guide

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15 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: Dover Grammar School for Girls

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Dover Grammar School for Girls.

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About the School

Address — Dover Grammar School for Girls, Frith Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2PZ

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Robert Benson

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 911

Places available in year 7 — 120

Average applicants per place — 3 or more.

Catchment area — Dover Grammar School for Girls does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessments will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Eligible students who are presently or were previously in Local Authority care.
Eligible students with a sibling already at the school.
Eligible students with a Health and Special Access Reason for applying to the school.
Eligible students in receipt of Pupil Premium at the time of entry to the school.
All other eligible students in order of proximity of the child’s permanent home to the School (closest first).

School Summary

Dover Grammar School for Girls was established in 1910 and is an all-girls’ grammar school in Dover, Kent. The school’s attached sixth form is co-educational and admits both boys and girls. It specialises in humanities.

The schools ‘vision tri-colon’ was developed by the school community to help describe their vision as a school, in a simple and memorable way. Each part of the tri-colon builds on the next, helping them to prepare students for success in the world beyond school.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2013. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

There are two different possible 11 plus exams for entry to this school, The Dover Test and the Kent Test. Both tests are different, but children do not need to take both tests.

THE DOVER TEST

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Dover Test

Exam topic:

Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning
KS2 English
KS2 Maths

Pass mark — Changes each year so that approximately only 25% of candidates will pass the exam.

Other exam information:

This test usually takes place on the Saturday following the Kent Test.
It covers English and Maths from the KS2 syllabus.
The Dover Test’s verbal and non-verbal reasoning test are similar to those of the Kent Test.
The marks from all four papers are combined to give an overall mark. This overall mark is used to determined which candidates are eligible.

THE KENT TEST

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website — http://www.dggs.kent.sch.uk/

Contact — http://www.dggs.kent.sch.uk/6/contact-details

Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=108148132539740

Twitter — https://twitter.com/dggs_info?lang=en

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-4H2eQIhDH9Fy93fFObvhQ

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/school/dover-grammar-school-for-girls

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School Guide

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15 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: Tunbridge Wells Girl’s Grammar School

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School.

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About the School

Address — Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School, Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mrs Linda Wybar

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1018

Places available in year 7 — 145

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School does have a catchment area with priority based on location and distance from the school.

The catchment area consists of the named parishes below or anyone living within a 4 mile proximity of the school:

Badger’s Mount, Bidborough, Brasted, Brenchley, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, East Peckham, Edenbridge, Hadlow, Halsted, Hever, Hildenborough, Horsmonden, Ightham, Kemsing, Knockholt, Lamberhurst, Leigh, Otford, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Penshurst, Plaxtol, Riverhead, Rusthall, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge with Ide Hill, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Westerham.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care
Children living within the catchment area who are designated as receiving ‘Pupil Premium’.
Children living within the catchment area who have a sibling who will still be attending the school when the applicant joins.
Children with Health and Special Access Reasons for applying to the school.
Eligible girls who live within the catchment area.
Distance from home to school (outside the catchment area). With the closest given priority.

Governors’ Places (14 places) will be offered to girls living in the catchment area who would not otherwise be offered a place, who scored highest in the 11+ PESE Kent test, places determined by combined rank order.

School Summary

Tunbridge Wells Girl’s Grammar School (TWGGS) was established in 1905 and is an all-girls’ grammar school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The school specialises in English and music.

TWGGS works with Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys and The Skinners’ School to broaden their sixth form’s curriculum. The school also holds the Sportsmark and Healthy Schools awards.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2011. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website — https://www.twggs.kent.sch.uk/

Contact — https://www.twggs.kent.sch.uk/6/contact-us

Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=116422651701204

Twitter — https://twitter.com/TWGGS

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/389592707/united-kingdom/royal-tunbridge-wells/tunbridge-wells-girls-grammar-school/

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/school/tunbridgewellsgirls'grammarschool/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | St Edmund's School Canterbury Guide

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15 April 2024

Kent

11+ Papers and Answers

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by St Edmund’s School Canterbury.

ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exams.

Exam types:

Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the exam.

Other exam and entry information:

A reference and report from the child’s current school is requested as part of the admissions process.
There is a non-refundable registration fee of £150 required by the school.
Candidates are encouraged to tour the school before applying.

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12 April 2024

Kent

Free 11 Plus (11+) ISEB Pre-Test Practice Papers and Answers | Sutton Valence School Guide

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12 April 2024

Kent

Our Practice Papers and Answers

The papers we’ve shared below contain similar content to the ISEB pre-test papers typically delivered as 11 Plus pre-test assessments by Sutton Valence School.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

ISEB Pre-Test Familiarisation Test

Online Practice Test

Exam Information

Exam style — ISEB Common Pre-Test.

Exam types:

English (reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation).
Maths (in line with the National Curriculum up to Year 5).
Verbal reasoning (common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer, number codes, etc.).
Non-verbal reasoning (shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes, etc.).

Exam length — 4 exams totalling 2.5 hours.

Pass mark — There is not a fixed pass mark for the admissions test. On completion of the test, all candidates receive an age-adjusted and standardised score. The average score is 100. Schools will also be able to see each child’s score and the time taken for each section of the test.

If a child does well in their 11+ pre-test, they will usually be offered a place, contingent on them then passing the common entrance exam at 13+.

Other exam information:

The tests cover English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning separately.
All tests are completed online.
All questions are in multiple-choice format.
The English test takes 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes and verbal reasoning 36 minutes.
The four tests can either be taken together or at separate times. They can be taken in the candidate's own school, at the senior school for which he or she is entered or at an independent testing centre.
All candidates are registered by the senior school(s) for which they are entered.
Test results are available to all senior schools which register the same candidate and therefore a candidate need only sit the tests once for a range of senior schools.
An assessment fee of £24 applies and is non-refundable.

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11 April 2024

Kent

Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | The Skinners’ School Guide

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11 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: The Skinners’ School

Our Practice Papers and Answers

KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by The Skinners’ School.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form at the top of the page.

About the School

Address — The Skinners’ School, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Edward Wesson

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1093

Places available in year 7 — 160

Average applicants per place — 5 or more.

Catchment area — The Skinners’ School does have a catchment area which is made up of an inner and outer area. Up to 140 places will be offered to children in the ‘West Kent Area’, which covers the area within

The inner area consists of the area three miles of the school measured by straight line distance, plus the following named parishes:

Badgers Mount Bidborough Brasted

Brenchley Capel Chevening

Chiddingstone Cowden Dunton Green

Edenbridge Goudhurst Hadlow

Halstead Hever Hildenborough

Horsmonden Ightham Kemsing

Knockholt Lamberhurst Leigh

Otford Paddock Wood Pembury

Penshurst Plaxtol Riverhead

Rusthall Seal Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks Weald Shipbourne Shoreham

Southborough Speldhurst Sundridge with Ide Hill

Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Westerham

The outer area is defined as being outside the West Kent Area described above, but within the mainland of the United Kingdom.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

140 places are allocated to students resident in the inner area.

20 places are allocated to students resident in the outer area.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of inner Area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Up to 8 places for pupils, from the defined West Kent Area, registered in that academic year for the Pupil Premium.
Up to 132 places to other pupils from the defined West Kent Area, prioritised as follows. Those living in the West Kent Area with a PESE (11+) score of 360 or more, ranked in order of
1. Siblings attending the school at the time of application;
2. Sons of members of staff with at least two years’ service at the time application for admission is made, or if the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
3. Those living the shortest distance from the school.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of outer area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Up to 2 places for pupils, from outside the defined West Kent Area, registered in that academic year for the Pupil Premium.
Up to 18 places to other pupils from outside the defined West Kent Area, prioritised as follows. Those living in the West Kent Area with a PESE (11+) score of 360 or more, ranked in order of
1. Siblings attending the school at the time of application;
2. Sons of members of staff with at least two years’ service at the time application for admission is made, or if the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
3. Those living the shortest distance from the school.

Please note - The furthest outer area place offered in 2020 was 7.8 miles straight line distance from the school (not including siblings or those on Free School Meals).

School Summary

The Skinners’ School was established in 1887 and is an all-boys grammar school in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Skinners’ (as it is commonly known) was previously known as the Skinners’ Company’s Middle School for Boys as it was founded by the Worshipful Company of Skinners (a livery company from London). The school specialises in maths and science.

The school has a large attached sixth form and became an academy in 2014.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2007. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website —https://www.skinners-school.co.uk/

Contact — https://www.skinners-school.co.uk/contact-us/staff-contact-list/

Twitter — https://twitter.com/LeopardTweets

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-skinners'-school/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Bexley Grammar School Guide

The Exam Coach

11 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Bexley Grammar School

Our Practice Papers and Answers

GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Bexley Grammar School.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form at the top of the page.

About the School

Address — Bexley Grammar School, Danson Lane, Welling, Kent, DA16 2BL

Type of school — Mixed grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Stephen Elphick

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1365

Places available in year 7 — 192

Average applicants per place — 8 or more.

Please note this school is heavily over subscribed. In 2016, 5685 children sat the Bexley Selection Tests and 1753 were deemed selective.

Catchment area — Bexley Grammar School does have a catchment area but places preference on 11+ test grades. Priority is given based on location and distance from the school, closest first.

Over-subscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Applicants who are or have been Looked After Children.
Those children identified by the Local Authority as achieving one of the highest 180 scores in the selection tests.
For applicants with a sibling currently attending Bexley Grammar School at the time of enrolment. A sibling includes full, half, adopted and step brother or sister living at the same address.
Applicants with a parent or registered carer employed by Bexley Grammar School on a permanent contract at the time of application.
Applicants will be admitted on the basis of proximity to the school measured in a straight line from the home address. The distance will be measured by the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system from the gate of the home address to the middle gate entrance approved by the Governors as the official entrance to the school.

School Summary

Bexley Grammar School was established in 1955. It was founded by Sir Edward Heath, a Member of Parliament at the time. Bexley is a mixed grammar school in Bexley, South East London. The school specialises in languages, science and mathematics. Bexley became an academy in 2011.

From 2017, the school began offering the International Baccalaureate instead of traditional A-Levels in their Sixth Form.

The school has won many awards including:

High Performing Specialist School
Leading Edge status
The International Award
Healthy Schools status
Investors in People Award
Sportsmark
Artsmark Gold

In 2020, 63.2% of GCSE grades were at grades 9-7 (15.5% at grade 9).

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2007. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style: GL Assessment — Bexley Selection Tests

Exam types:

English
Mathematics
Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams.

Pass mark — The pass mark is changes each year.

Other exam information:

There are two papers, each containing a mixture of the subjects listed above.
All questions are multiple choice.

Scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://www.bexleygs.co.uk/

Contact — https://www.bexleygs.co.uk/page/?title=Contact+Us&pid=108

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/groups/BexleyGSAlumni/

Facebook (parents page) — https://www.facebook.com/BGS-PA-1520204194910828/?ref=bookmarks

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/bexley-grammar-school/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Tonbridge Grammar School Guide

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10 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: Tonbridge School

Our Practice Papers and Answers

KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tonbridge School.

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About the School

Address — Tonbridge Grammar School, Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Ms Rosemary Joyce

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1179

Places available in year 7 — 180

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Tonbridge School does have a catchment area which is made up of an inner and outer area.

The inner area consists of the following three local council areas (for Council Tax purposes):

Tonbridge & Malling Borough
Tunbridge Wells Borough
Sevenoaks District

The outer area is defined as being outside the inner area (described above).

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care
Children who meet the required score in the 11 Plus (135 Area places / 35 Governor places)
Students who are eligible for Pupil Premium (10 places)

Area places - (up to 135 places)

Girls with a selective assessment through the Kent PESE 11+ Test who are also resident in the inner area will be admitted based on their 11+ test score (highest first).

In the result of a tie, the child who home address is closer to the school will be admitted first.

Governor places - (35 places)

Girls with a selective assessment through the Kent PESE 11+ Test who are NOT resident in the inner area will be admitted based on their 11+ test score (highest first).

In the result of a tie, the child who home address is closer to the school will be admitted first.

School Summary

Tonbridge School was established in 1905 with only 19 students. Today it is an all-girls’ grammar school teaching over 1100 girls in Tonbridge, Kent. Boys are also admitted into the school’s sixth-form. The school became an academy in 2011

Located in a 14-acre campus, the school specialises in maths and computing. It is part of the Leading Edge Partnership Programme and an International Baccalaureate World School.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2019. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website — https://www.tgs.kent.sch.uk/

Contact — https://www.tgs.kent.sch.uk/contact-us

Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=105709369464071

Twitter — https://twitter.com/TGStweets

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/11089933/tonbridge-grammar-school/?hl=en

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/school/tonbridge-grammar-school/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Bromley Independent Grammar School Guide

The Exam Coach

10 April 2024

Kent

11+ Papers and Answers

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Bromley Independent Grammar School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

Maths
English

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the exams.

Other exam and entry information:

The online registration form must be filled out before the deadline alongside a non-refundable registration fee of £100.
Parents are encouraged to schedule a private visit to the school before applying.
The entrance exams are held in the September of year 6. Requests to sit the exams at other times will be considered by the school.
Applicants will be required to attend an informal interview with the headteacher following the completion of the exam. It is recommended that they bring an object they are proud of or books from their school.
Applicants may also participate in school lessons on a taster day, including science, design technology, fencing, and PE. Their involvement and behaviour will be assessed.
Offers will be sent to successful candidates after the exam has been written, and the acceptance forms must be returned by the closing date specified on the letter, along with the deposit fee of £1,000.

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10 April 2024

Kent

Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Guide

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10 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys

Our Practice Papers and Answers

KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form at the top of the page.

About the School

Address — Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XB

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Headteacher — Ms Amanda Simpson

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1294

Places available in year 7 — 300

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys does have a catchment area with priority based on location and distance from the school.

The catchment area consists of children who live within a 3-mile radius of the school, following by children living in the named parishes below:

Badgers Mount, Bidborough, Brasted, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Hadlow, Halstead, Hever, Hildenborough, Ightham, Kemsing, Knockholt, Leigh, Otford, Pembury, Penshurst, Plaxtol, Riverhead, Rusthall, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge with Ide hill, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Westerham.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care
Children with a sibling who will still be attending the school when the applicant joins.
Children with Health and Special Access Reasons for applying to the school.
Children who live within a 3 mile radius of the school
Children who live in the named parishes of the catchment area (please see above).
Distance from home to school (outside the catchment area). With the closest given priority.

School Summary

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys (TWGSB) was established in 1956. It is an all-boys grammar school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The school’s sixth form is co-educational and admits both boys and girls.

The school's Latin motto is Faber est quisque suæ fortunæ meaning "Every man is the maker of his own fortune". The school operates over its Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks sites. TWGSB specialises in humanities.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘good in 2013. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

Reasoning
- Verbal, non-verbal and spatial
English and maths
Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In 2017, 15,253 applicants took the Kent test; only 6,537 passed.

Other exam information:

The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.
The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.
Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.
Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

Contact information

Website —https://www.twgsb.org.uk/

Contact — https://www.twgsb.org.uk/337/contact-us

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/TWGSB

Twitter — https://twitter.com/twgsb

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/twgsb6/?hl=en

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClKaj-Bm2ubuVtxfPUKZ7Lg

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/school/tunbridge-wells-grammar-school-for-boys/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Beechwood School Guide

The Exam Coach

10 April 2024

Kent

11+ Papers and Answers

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Beechwood School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

Maths
English
Science

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions tests.

Other exam and entry information:

Candidates are invited to an interview and trial day at the school as part of the admissions process.
A reference from the candidate’s current school is requested.
A deposit and registration fee of £100 are required to confirm acceptance of a place at Beechwood after an offer is received.

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9 April 2024

Kent

Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Chatham Grammar Guide

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9 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus (11+) Past Papers & Answers: Chatham Grammar

Our Practice Papers and Answers

GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Chatham Grammar.

New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form below:

About the School

Address — Chatham Grammar, Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Ms Wendy Walters

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 804

Places available in year 7 — 150

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Chatham Grammar does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Children with a sibling at any UKAT academy at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted.
Children, assessed as selective, of staff at any UKAT academy (where the member of staff has been employed for one year or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).
Distance from the student’s home as determined using Medway Local Authority measure.

School Summary

Chatham Grammar was established in 1907 and is an all-girls grammar school in Chatham, Kent. The school has an attached sixth form which admits both boys and girls. It became an academy in 2011.

The school is a member of the University of Kent Academies Trust and is currently working on a £2.3 million new build. Chatham Grammar won the Spanish School of the Year award from the Spanish Embassy in 2008. The school has a reputation for producing consistently great GCSE and A Level results.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘good’ in 2018. Find their reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style — GL - The Medway Test.

Exam topic:

Extended writing
Mathematics
Verbal reasoning

Exam length — 3x 50 minutes exams.

Pass rate — The Medway Tests are designed to assess and select the top 23% of the children in the year group to go to a grammar school.

Pass mark —The tests are designed to assess and select 23% of the children in the year group to go to a grammar school.

Any child who has taken the Medway Tests and achieved scores that are below the minimum score will be deemed non-eligible.

Please note - Scoring above the minimum score does not guarantee your child a place at your chosen school.

Other exam information:

The verbal reasoning and maths exams are 50 minutes each. Both are multiple choice.
The English test is one people of writing which lasts 50 minutes, including 10 minutes to plan.
The Medway Test is sat by children in year 6 at their own school if they go to a Medway school (except Kings School in Rochester) or in a Medway Test Centre if they go to schools outside of Medway.
The following formula is used to calculate the total weighted score for each child:

Extended Writing standardised score x 2 + Mathematics standardised score x 2 + Verbal reasoning standardised score x 1

= the total weighted score

All scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://www.chathamgrammar.org.uk/

Contact — https://www.chathamgrammar.org.uk/contact

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/chathamgrammar/

Twitter — https://twitter.com/chathamgrammar

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/chathamgrammar/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/chatham-grammar-school-for-girls/about/

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Exam Information

Exam style — Online test by Atom learning (similar to CEM Select).

Exam types:

Maths
English
Non-Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions tests.

Other exam and entry information:

The assessment is taken online and consists of multiple choice questions. It is created by Atom Learning.
A reference from the candidate’s current school is required as part of the admissions process.
Assessments are designed to determine if the school can support the pupil’s learning.

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Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

English
Maths
Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions tests.

Other exam and entry information:

Candidates will all be invited to attend a taster day at the school.
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