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 Parmiter’s School.
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Other GL 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 Parmiter’s School.
About the School
Address — Parmiter's School, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0UU
Type of school — Mixed, partially selective grammar school
Headteacher — Mr Michael Jones
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1436
Places available in year 7 — 208 (25%/52 of which are selective)
Average applicants per place — 8 or more
Catchment area — Parmiter’s School’s catchment area places priority on location and 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 determined as follows:
“Children Looked After”, “Children Previously Looked After” or “Children in Public Care”.
10% of places will be allocated based on the straight line distance measurement provided by Hertfordshire County Council’s computerised mapping system. Hertfordshire County Council’s ‘straight line’ distance measurement system is used for all home to school distance measurements. Distances are measured using a computerised mapping system to two decimal places.
Children with a sibling attending the school and residing at the same family household from Monday to Friday at the time of application.
Children with a parent who is a current employee at Parmiter's School with at least two years service at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Children for whom it can be demonstrated that there is a compelling medical reason for attending the school.
25% of places shall be available in merit order by reference to academic ability. In order to be considered under this criterion, a verbal reasoning test and a mathematics test must have been taken, the results of which will be used to assess academic ability. No minimum score will be required to gain admission, places being offered strictly in descending order of each applicant's standardised test score.
Up to 10% of places to be allocated on the basis of proven aptitude in Music to be determined by prescribed tests.
Remaining places will be allocated on the basis of proximity to the school.
School Summary
Parmiter’s School was founded in 1681 by Thomas Parmiter. Today, the school is a large, mixed, partially-selective secondary school in Watford, Hertfordshire. The school became an academy in 2011 and has a large, attached sixth-form.
Parmiter’s is part of the South West Herts School Grammar School Consortium. It specialises in technology, music and languages. Due to its consistent high performance at GCSE and A-Level, it is ones of the most oversubscribed schools in Hertfordshire.
The school states that it is committed to:
The pursuit of excellence in all that we do.
Providing a broad education designed to enable every young person to achieve their full potential and make the most of their talents.
Creating a healthy, happy, disciplined and supportive environment which promotes an independent work ethic and a love of learning.
Engendering respect for individuality and difference so that all will feel secure and equally valued.
Nurturing a sense of social responsibility and spiritual and personal development.
Fostering integrity, confidence, resilience, creativity, good manners and sensitivity to the needs of others.
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 — South West Herts Consortium Schools Exam (GL Assessment).
Exam types:
Verbal reasoning
Mathematics
Exam length — 2x 1 hour exams.
Pass mark — N/A - No minimum score will be required to gain admission, places are offered strictly in descending order of each applicant's standardised test score.
Other exam information —
There will be two separate exam papers - one for maths and one for verbal reasoning.
Both tests take approximately one hour to deliver and are provided by GL Assessment.
Both exams are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
Scores will be standardised.
Please note - Parmiter’s School is a partially selective school, meaning only 25% of available places in year 7 will be available based on academic ability each year.
Contact information
Website — https://www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk/
Contact — https://www.parmiters.herts.sch.uk/page/?title=Contact+Us&pid=2
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/parmitersschool
Twitter — https://twitter.com/parmitersschool
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/parmiters/?hl=en-gb
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/parmiter%27s-school/
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