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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 Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School.
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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 Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School.
About the School
Address — Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
Type of school — Boys’ grammar school
Headteacher — Mr Eliot Hodges
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1369
Places available in year 7 — 203
Average applicants per place — 4 or more.
Catchment area — Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical 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:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Children previously in Care outside of England.
Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted.
Child’s health reasons, supported by medical evidence, which requires the child to attend this school.
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).
Nearness of the children’s homes to the school.
School Summary
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (known as ‘The Math’) was founded by Sir Joseph Williamson, lord of the nearby Manor of Cobham, Kent. Today, the school is an all-boys grammar school in Rochester, Kent. Girls are admitted into the school’s sixth form. The school became an academy in 2011.
The Math was one of the first schools in the UK to be made into a National Teaching School. It specialises in maths, computing and humanities. The school works with the other schools in the Rochester and Walderslade Consortium to extend the curriculum for sixth form students.
Recent years have seen the school consistently improve on their examination results. Results in 2019 saw 99% of pupils gain GCSE Maths and English grade 4 with 93% gaining grade 5 in both, and a progress 8 score of +0.53. There were also some of the best A Level results in the school’s history with 40% of grades at A*-A for the first time.
Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2008. 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://sjwms.org.uk/
Contact — https://sjwms.org.uk/contact/
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/sirjosephwilliamson/
Twitter — https://twitter.com/SJWMS
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/sjwms_pe/?hl=en
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/sir-joseph-williamsons-mathematical-school/
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