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.
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Other Sample Papers and Answers
Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
MATHS PAPER 1
MATHS PAPER 2
MATHS PAPER 3
The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Chatham Grammar.
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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