Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Dr Challoner’s High School Guide

April 3, 2024 The Exam Coach

Our Practice Papers and Answers

GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

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

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About the School

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Address — Dr Challoner’s High School, Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9QB

County — Buckinghamshire

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Alan Roe

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1216

Places available in year 7 — 180

Average applicants per place — Unknown but only around 30% of applicants pass the exam.

Catchment area — Dr Challoner’s High School does have catchment area.

Catchment Area Map

Enter your postcode into Buckinghamshire Council's catchment area checker here.

Oversubscription policy - Candidates will only be considered eligible for admission if they meet the required qualifying score of 121 in the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (STT).

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

Looked after or previously looked after girls.
Girls in receipt of Pupil Premium and living in the catchment area of the school.
Daughters of staff (teaching and support) where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Girls living in the catchment area of the school on 1 April in the year preceding the year of entry.
Sisters of girls who are on the roll of the school at the time allocations are made and who will be on the roll of the school at the time of the proposed admission.
Girls who have exceptional medical or social needs which can only be met at this school.
Any further places will be offered in distance order using straight line distance between the family’s normal home address and the main entrance to the school on Cokes Lane.

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School Summary

Dr Challoner’s High School (DCHS) is an all-girls grammar school which was created when it split from Dr Challoner’s Grammar School. The school has specialisms in sports and languages. It became an academy in 2011.

The school is a member of the Girls’ Schools Association and won the Exceptional Schools Award in 2014. Nearly all students choose to go to university after leaving DCHS, with most going to Russell Group institutions, including Oxford and Cambridge.

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

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

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Exam Information

Exam style — GL Assessment.

Exam types:

Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning
Maths

Exam length — 2 × 45 minute exams.

Qualifying Score — 121 or above.

This score is calculated by age-standardising the child’s scores and adding the marks from both exams together. The topics have the following weighting: 50% verbal reasoning; 25% maths and 25% non-verbal reasoning.

Other exam information —

The first paper includes: comprehension, technical English and verbal reasoning.

The second paper includes: non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths.

Questions must be answered in the separate answer booklet provided.

Score will be standardised.

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