Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | St Thomas More High School Guide

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 Lawrence Sheriff School (from 2022 onwards).

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About the School

Address — Lawrence Sheriff School, Clifton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AG

County — Warwickshire

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Headteacher — Dr Peter Kent

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 957

Places available in year 7 — 150

Average applicants per place — 6 or more

Catchment area — A map of the school’s catchment area can be found here.

Oversubscription policy — Candidates will only be considered eligible for admission if they are deemed to be of selective ability as a result of the testing process.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be determined as follows:

- Looked After Children and all previously looked after children who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry, or between one and twenty marks below the Automatic Qualifying Score, or who achieve the minimum score or above for the waiting list, whichever is the lower.
30 places will be allocated to children who were eligible for the Pupil Premium at the point of registering to sit the entrance test living in the Eastern area of Warwickshire or the priority circle (the centre of which is the Rugby Water Tower and has a radius of 10.004 miles), who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above.
5 places will be allocated to children who were eligible for the Service Premium at the point of registering to sit the entrance test living in the Eastern area of Warwickshire or the priority circle (the centre of which is the Rugby Water Tower and has a radius of 10.004 miles), who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above.
- Children living in the Eastern Area of Warwickshire who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry.
Children living in the priority circle (the centre of which is the Rugby Water Tower and has a radius of 10.004 miles – this also includes the Eastern Area) who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry.
Children living outside of the priority areas who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry
Children living inside or outside of the priority areas who achieve the minimum score or above for the waiting list for this school for this particular year of entry

School Summary

The Lawrence Sheriff School (LSS) was founded in 1878 as an all-boys grammar school. The school runs in partnership with Rugby High School for Girls, a nearby all-female grammar school. In 2014, it became an academy.

In 2008, 2010 and 2011 LSS came first in the national performance tables based on data from the Department for Education.

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 for the West Midlands Grammar Schools’ partnership.

Exam types:

English
Mathematics
Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 2 exams lasting around 1 hour each.

Pass mark — Different each year.

Other exam information — Each exam will cover a combination of all topics. The paper will be split into sections including maths, comprehension, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.

Contact information

Website — http://www.lawrencesheriffschool.net/

Contact — http://www.lawrencesheriffschool.net/contact-us/contact-the-school

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/lss.rugby/

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

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

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22 April 2024

Hertfordshire

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

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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 Watford 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 this page.

About the School

Address — Watford Grammar School for Boys, Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7JF

Type of school — Boys, partially selective, grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Ian Cooksey

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1427

Places available in year 7 — 224 (25%/56 academically selective).

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Watford Grammar School for Boys has a catchment area.

The admission area comprises the Watford area and the ‘rest of the admission area’. The postcodes in each area are not listed in priority order. All postcodes are treated equally within each area unless there is a need to operate the tie-break.

Watford Grammar School for Boys Catchment Areas

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:

Community places:

Looked After Children and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order).
Boys whose normal home address is nearest to the school and who would not be allocated a place under any other criterion (up to 22 places, 10% of the total admissions).
Boys with a parent who is a permanent member of the school staff. To qualify, the member of staff must either have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made or have been recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. In all cases, the member of staff must have parental responsibility (sole or shared) for the boy.
Boys with a sibling (brother) enrolled at the school, excluding brothers who first entered the school in the Sixth Form (Year 12 or Year 13).
Boys with a sibling (sister) enrolled at Watford Grammar School for Girls, excluding sisters who first entered the school in the Sixth Form (Year 12 or Year 13).
Places will then be allocated to boys in increasing distance order using straight line distance between the boy’s normal home address and the school.

Specialist (selective) places:

Boys selected on the basis of aptitude for music as measured by the school's assessment procedures, in merit order (up to 22 places, 10% of total admissions).
Boys selected by academic ability as measured by the school’s assessment procedures, in merit order (up to 56 places, 25% of total admissions).

School Summary

Watford Grammar School for Boys was established in 1704 and is an all-boys, partially-selective grammar school in Watford, Hertfordshire. The school became an academy in 2010 and is part of the South West Herts School Grammar School Consortium.

Watford Boys specialises in science and is one of the highest-achieving state schools in the country. This is especially impressive when noting that this is a partially selective school and there is a wider range of ability than is the case in many grammar schools.

Pupils are offered numerous extracurricular activities, clubs and excursions throughout the school year.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2006. 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 - Watford Grammar School for Boys 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.watfordboys.org/Home.aspx

Contact — https://www.watfordboys.org/Contact-Us.aspx

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

Twitter — https://twitter.com/WBGSExcellence

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

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiB_wmSCYHq1Ir-eyCP1now

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

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

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20 April 2024

Merseyside

Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Upton Hall 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 Upton Hall 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 this page.

About the School

Address — Upton Hall School, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 6LJ.

Type of school — Girls’, Roman Catholic, grammar school.

Headteacher — Mrs Andrea Gaunt

Cost — Free.

Pupils in school — 980.

Places available in year 7 — 156.

Average applicants per place — 8 or more.

Catchment area — Upton Hall School does not have a set catchment area. However, to break a tie, priority is given based on location and distance from the school. Preference will be given to children with the shortest distance from their home to the school as measured by Wirral Local Authority’s computer mapping system.

Oversubscription policy — In each of the identified criteria below, a requirement of applicants is that they have passed the entrance examinations.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be determined as follows:

Baptised Roman Catholic girls (including any girl who was baptised a Christian and can demonstrate that she has subsequently been admitted to the Roman Catholic Church).
Girls, who have not been baptised into the Roman Catholic Church, whose parents wish them to have a Roman Catholic education.

In the event of oversubscription in any of the above categories, places will be allocated in order of merit based on the score in the Examination. If there are several candidates at the 156th place with equal marks in the order of merit, priority will be given to those girls whose homes are nearest the school.

School Summary

Upton Hall School was established in 1849 and is an all-girls, Roman Catholic, grammar school in Wirral, Merseyside. The school became an academy in 2012 and it is both an International School and a training school.

Upton Hall is a member of the FCJ (Faithful Companions of Jesus) Academy Trust. It is one of the five schools run by the trust across England and Jersey. The Trust was established by the congregation of the Faithful Companions of Jesus to work with schools to ensure that they operate within the teachings, tenets and practices of the Catholic Church in accordance with the ethos reflecting the FCJ charism.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding in 2006. Find their reports here.

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

Exam Information

Exam style — GL Assessment.

Exam types:

Verbal reasoning

Exam length — 2x 60 minute exams.

Pass mark — 236.

Other exam information —

The test is in two separate booklets.
Students are required to mark answers on a separate answer sheet, which is scored by computer.
There will be a break between the tests.

Scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://www.uptonhallschool.co.uk/

Contact — https://www.uptonhallschool.co.uk/page/?title=Contact+Us&pid=2

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

Twitter — https://twitter.com/uptonhallfcj

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

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbzX8-V0iZmXLexL6WiYUUg

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/upton-hall-school-fcj/

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

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19 April 2024

Buckinghamshire

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Wycombe High 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 Wycombe 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.

About the School

Address — Wycombe High School, Marlow Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1TB

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mrs Sharon Cromie

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1308

Places available in year 7 — 192

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

Catchment area — Wycombe High School does have catchment area. Enter your postcode into Buckinghamshire Council's catchment area checker here.

Catchment area map

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).

Girls who qualify and have an Education, Health and Care Plan naming the school will be admitted prior to the application of these admission rules.

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

A ‘looked after child’ or previously looked after child.
Qualified disadvantaged girls whose normal home address is in the catchment area of the school (up to a maximum of 12 places for Year 7 girls).
Girls whose normal home address is in the catchment area of the school.
Younger sisters of current students in Years 7 to 12 at the point of allocation and who will still be on the roll of the school at the time of the proposed admission.
Other qualified disadvantaged girls whose normal home address is in the catchment area of the school.
Daughters of a member of Wycombe High School staff where a) 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 b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant teaching post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Younger sisters of current students in Years 7 to 12 at other secondary schools in the Wycombe High School Academies Trust as shown on the school’s website www.whs.bucks.sch.uk who will be on the roll of their school at the time of the proposed admission.
Other qualified disadvantaged girls
Once the above rules have been applied, any further places will be offered in distance order, using the distance between the girl’s normal home address and the school’s nearest open entrance gate, offering the closest first.

Where two or more applicants have a home address at the same distance from the school and it is necessary to decide which child will be admitted, random allocation will be used. The random allocation process will be independently supervised.

School Summary

Established in 1901, Wycombe High School is a girls’-only grammar school. It became an academy in 2011. The school has specialises in mathematics and computing. It has won many awards including:

The Artsmark Gold Award
The Healthy Schools Award
The Investors in People Award
NACE Challenge Award
The Sportsmark Award

In 2019, 74% of all GCSE results received a grade 9-7. 53% were graded as a grade 9-8 and almost a third were grade 9.

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

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

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.

Contact information

Website — https://www.whs.bucks.sch.uk/

Contact — https://www.whs.bucks.sch.uk/contact

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

Twitter — https://twitter.com/WycombeHighSch

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

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6TmHPwjp2q-RYDO752p4w/videos

Flickr —https://www.flickr.com/photos/WycombeHighSch/albums

Pinterest — https://www.pinterest.co.uk/wycombehighsch/_saved/

SoundCloud — https://soundcloud.com/WycombeHighSch

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Guide

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18 April 2024

Buckinghamshire

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Sir Henry Floyd 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 Sir Henry Floyd 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 — Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PE

Type of school — Mixed grammar school

Headteacher — Ms Jeanette Cochrane

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1326

Places available in year 7 — 180

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

Catchment area — Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School does have catchment area. Enter your postcode into Buckinghamshire Council's catchment area checker here.

Catchment area map

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:

Children looked after and those previously looked after.
Students who qualify for Free School Meals (on census day autumn 2020).
Students who qualify for Pupil Premium grant (on census day autumn 2020)
For the main point of admission, siblings of students at the school who are on roll and will be on the roll at the time of the proposed admission.
Children of Insignis Academy Trust staff, who have been employed at the schools for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Students living in the catchment area of the school (who must have been in residence at their home address continuously since 31 October 2020).
Once the above rules have been applied, then any further places will be offered in distance order, using the distance between the family’s normal home address, from their front door, and the school using the straight line distance between the family’s normal home address and the nearest of the school’s three main entrances, using the Local Authority’s measurements. In the event of two students living at exactly the same distance, for instance with addresses in the same block of flats, a random draw will be made.

School Summary

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School was founded in 1947 and is a mixed grammar school. It is one of three grammar schools in Aylesbury. The school was named after Sir Henry Floyd, a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. It became an academy in 2011.

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School specialises in performing arts and science. It has an entire building dedicated to the performing arts, containing a theatre, music rooms and even its own recording studio.

The school became a leadership partner school in 2009 and has also won the Healthy Schools and Artsmark silver awards.

In 2019, 76% of GCSE entries received a grade 7-9.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2016. Find their reports here.

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

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.

Contact information

Website — https://www.sirhenryfloyd.co.uk/

Contact — https://www.sirhenryfloyd.co.uk/contact-us/

Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=104040912966685

Twitter — https://twitter.com/SirHenryFloyd

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

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Devonport High School for Boys Guide

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18 April 2024

Devon

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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 Devonport High 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 this page.

About the School

Address — Devonport High School for Boys, Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QP.

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school.

Headteacher — Mr Dan Roberts.

Cost — Free.

Pupils in school — 1229.

Places available in year 7 —180.

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Catchment area — Devonport High School for Boys does not have a catchment area however in the case of a tie, the location and distance of the child’s house to the school may be used to make the final decision, with the closest given priority.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, eligible students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school 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:

Looked after children and all children who were previously looked after who achieved a qualifying mark.
Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
174 candidates who achieve a qualifying mark in rank order.
Up to six students, who achieve a qualifying mark, who are registered and in receipt of the pupil premium at the date of testing. Evidence will be required at the time of allocation.
Other candidates who achieve a qualifying mark in rank order.

To resolve any tied positions within this list the following criteria will be used (strictly in this order):

Students who are registered and in receipt of the pupil or service premium at the date of testing. Evidence will be required at the time of allocation.
Children of a member of staff who 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 or Children of a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
The mark for the DHSB English paper.
If there is still a tie then distance from DHSB will be used to favour those living nearer to the school.

School Summary

Devonport High School for Boys was established in 1896 as a specialist engineering college. Today it is an all-boys’, grammar school in Plymouth, Devon. The school became an academy in 2011 and specialises in engineering, languages and applied learning.

The school was recognised as a High Performing Secondary School in 2007. Students are split into six houses: Campbell, Edison, Newton, Priestley, Smeaton and Winstanley.

The school’s vision is, no matter your role in the school or personal ambition, ‘Everyone Succeeds’.

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 and school written testing.

Exam types:

English (GL).
Maths (GL).
Creative Writing (school written).

Exam length — 3 x 40-50 minute exams.

Pass mark — Changes each year. An average of the two GL Assessment multiple choice papers (Mathematics and English reading) is used to rank each child as either A, B or C.

An A ranking means that your child has passed the tests and can apply for a place at the school.
A B ranking means that your child has passed the tests and can apply for a place at the school. Your child's rank in the tests means that he may be put on the waiting list for a place in Year 7.
A C ranking means that your child has not qualified and cannot be considered for a place at this selective school.

All candidates must also pass the school written English writing paper to be considered eligible. This pass mark also changes every year.

Other exam information:

All questions in the GL papers will be multiple choice.
The creative writing paper ask students to plan and write a descriptive/persuasive piece. Pupils will be marked on sentence structure, punctuation, composition, spelling and vocabulary.

Contact information

Website — https://www.dhsb.org/

Contact — https://www.dhsb.org/contact

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

Twitter — https://twitter.com/DHSBoys

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNmWqATBLn2OpdDRr292lw

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/devonport-high-school-for-boys-academy-trust/about/

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

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17 April 2024

Kent

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

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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 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 | Southend High School for Girls Guide

The Exam Coach

17 April 2024

Essex

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Southend High School for Girls

Practice Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

Exam Paper (Comprehension and Creative Writing)

English Paper 2

English 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 Southend High School for Girls.

About the School

Address — Southend High School for Girls, Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Jason Carey

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1178

Places available in year 7 — 180

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area — Southend High School for Girls does have a catchment area covering the following postcodes: SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7, SS8 and SS9.

Southend High School for Girls Catchment Area

You can check if your postcode is in the catchment area here.

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

Looked after children and previously looked after children who have passed the selection tests.
Children whose normal/habitual place of residence lies within the priority area subject to their passing the selection tests (in rank order). 144 places max.
Children whose normal/habitual place of residence lies outside the priority area subject to their passing the selection tests (in rank order).

In the event of pupils achieving the same mark for the last available place, priority will be given to any child entitled to ‘preferential consideration’; then, if this does not differentiate, to the pupil who lives closest to the school as measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s home to the nearest pupil entrance to the school.

Please note - 10% of places reserved for pupils living within the priority area and for pupils living outside the priority area are designated for children who exceed the pass mark and who are entitled to ‘preferential consideration’, including looked-after children and those entitled to Free School Meals.

School Summary

Southend High School for Girls was founded in 1913 and is situated in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is an all-girls grammar school with mixed sixth form. It became an academy in 2011.

The school specialises in languages with students having the option of learning either French, German or Spanish. It holds Healthy Schools status, the International School award and the Eco-Schools award. The school was most recently rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in all inspection areas.

The school is part of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex:

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

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

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Exam Information

Exam style — The Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).

Exam topics:

English and Verbal Reasoning
Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 2 × 1 hour exams (plus 10 minutes reading time).

Qualifying score — 303 (for inside the school’s catchment area, outside is often considerably higher).

Other exam information:

The English paper will consist of comprehension, grammar and vocabulary, creative/extended writing, and applied reasoning (literacy and verbal).
The Mathematics paper will consist of questions consistent with KS2 National curriculum and applied reasoning (mathematical/non-verbal).
The overall score will have a 50:50 weighting - English (50%) and Mathematics (50%).
Score will be aggregated and mathematically standardised for each candidate.

Contact information

Website — https://www.shsg.org/

Contact — https://www.shsg.org/page/?title=Contact+us&pid=2

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

Twitter — https://twitter.com/SHSGPE

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/officialshsg/?hl=en-gb

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/southend-high-school-for-girls-academy-trust/about/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Westcliff High School for Boys Guide

The Exam Coach

16 April 2024

Essex

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Westcliff High School for Boys

Practice Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

Exam Paper (Comprehension and Creative Writing)

English Paper 2

English 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 Westcliff High School for Boys.

About the School

Address — Westcliff High School for Boys, Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BP

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Headteacher — Mr Michael Skelly

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1266

Places available in year 7 — 185

Average applicants per place — 5 or more.

Catchment area — Westcliff High School for Boys does have a catchment area which gives priority based on location and distance from the school. It covers the following postcodes: SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7, SS8 and SS9.

Westcliff High School for Boys Catchment Area

You can check if your postcode is in the catchment area here.

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

Looked after children and previously looked after children who have passed the selection tests.
Children who live within the priority area (postcodes listed above), subject to their passing the selection tests. (184 spaces)
Children who live outside the priority area, subject to their passing the selection test

Please note - 10% of places reserved for pupils living within the priority area and for pupils living outside the priority area are designated for children who exceed the pass mark and who are entitled to ‘preferential consideration’, including looked-after children and those entitled to Free School Meals.

In the event of pupils achieving the same mark for the last available place, priority will be given to the child entitled to ‘preferential consideration’; then, if this does not differentiate, to the pupil who lives closest to the School as measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s normal/habitual place of residence to the nearest pupil entrance to the School, with those living nearest being given preference.

School Summary

Westcliff High School for Boys was established in 1920 and is a boys’ grammar school in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. The school became an academy in 2010.

Westcliff High School specialises in humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). It also holds the Healthy Schools award. In 2019, 97% of all GCSE students achieved a grade 5 or higher in both English and Maths.

The school encourages students to:

Be intellectually curious
Have personal integrity
Be collaborative and supportive
Be open to opportunity
Be globally aware
Be an effective communicator
Be a lifelong learner

The school is part of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex:

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 — The Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).

Exam topics:

English and Verbal Reasoning
Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 2 × 1 hour exams (plus 10 minutes reading time).

Qualifying score — 303 (a score of 341 is required for students living outside of the priority area).

Other exam information:

The English paper will consist of comprehension, grammar and vocabulary, creative/extended writing, and applied reasoning (literacy and verbal).
The Mathematics paper will consist of questions consistent with KS2 National curriculum and applied reasoning (mathematical/non-verbal).
The overall score will have a 50:50 weighting - English (50%) and Mathematics (50%).
Score will be aggregated and mathematically standardised for each candidate.

Contact information

Website — https://www.whsb.essex.sch.uk/

Contact — https://www.whsb.essex.sch.uk/contact

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

Twitter — https://www.facebook.com/WHSforBoys

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whsforboys/?hl=en

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgOpz7vqzPJOUbOPrrDsViA

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/westcliff-high-a27b1495/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith Guide

The Exam Coach

16 April 2024

Cumbria

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith

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 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith.

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 — Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith, Ullswater Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7EG

Type of school — Mixed grammar school.

Headteacher — Paul Buckland

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 912

Places available in year 7 — 160

Average applicants per place — 4 or more.

Please note that in 2015, 215 children sat the test.

Catchment area — Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith has a catchment area of feeder Primary Schools. These are:

Beaconside CE Primary School
Calthwaite CE School
Clifton Primary School
Culgaith CE School
Kirkoswald CE School
Langwathby CE School
Lazonby CE School
Lowther Endowed School
North Lakes School
Patterdale CE School
Penruddock Primary School
Plumpton School
Shap Endowed CE School
Skelton School
St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School
Stainton CE Primary School
Yanwath Primary School.

You can find a map here.

Over-subscription policy — Applicants who have an Education, Health and Care Plan which names Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and who meet the academic standard are admitted with the highest priority.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated based on 11+exam rank order.

Where two or more applicants achieve the same test score, rank order will be determined as follows:

Looked after children (Children in public care) or previously looked after children.
Children eligible for Pupil Premium and/or Service Premium.
Children resident within or attending state schools* within the catchment area.
Scores in the verbal reasoning elements of the entrance test.
Scores in the non-verbal reasoning elements of the entrance test.
By distance from the school, with priority given to children who live nearest to the school as measured by postcode.

School Summary

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) was founded in 1564 and is a mixed, grammar School in Cumbria. The school became an academy in 2011. It is the only grammar school in Cumbria.

QEGS specialises in maths and computing. It has won several awards including:

The Healthy Schools Award
The International School Award

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 Assessment.

Exam types:

English
Mathematics
Verbal Reasoning
Non-verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 2x 50 minute exams.

Pass mark — Changes each year.

Other exam information:

All questions will be multiple choice and must be answered in a separate booklet.
All exam results will be combined to create the final result.

Scores will be standardised and age-weighted.

Contact information

Website — https://qegs.website/

Contact — https://qegs.website/contact-us/

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/QEGS-Penrith-1537915363148855/

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

Instagram —https://www.instagram.com/qegspenrith/?igshid=1mbfoq8ow7lz3

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/queen-elizabeth-grammar-school-penrith/about/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Guide

The Exam Coach

16 April 2024

West Midlands

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

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 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (from 2022 onwards).

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 this page.

About the School

Address — King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7QJ

County — West Midlands

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Headteacher — Linda Johnson

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1079

Places available in year 7 — 150

Average applicants per place — 5 or more.

Catchment area — Catchment area map

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:

Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children who achieve the qualifying score. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score and then by distance from the school.
Children attracting the Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying score and live within the school catchment area*. Applicants in this category will be ranked by distance from the school.
If fewer than 35 places (25% of the PAN) are filled by applicants in category 2, offers will be made to children attracting the Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying score and live outside the catchment area, until a total of 35 children attracting the Pupil Premium have been offered. If 35 or more places are filled by applicants in category 2, there will be no offers made from this category. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score. Where scores are equal, priority will be given to those with a sibling at the school; then by distance from the school.
Applicants who achieve the priority score and live within the school catchment area. Applicants in this category will be given priority if they have an older sibling at the school; then ranked by distance from the school.
Applicants achieving the qualifying score. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score. Where scores are equal, priority will be given to those with a sibling** at the school; then ranked by distance from the school.

School Summary

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls (KEVI) is an all-girls, selective grammar school, founded in 1883. The school shares its campus with its sister school, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys.

The school has specialisms in Computing, Languages and Mathematics and became an academy in 2011.

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 for the West Midlands Grammar Schools’ partnership.

Exam types:

English
Mathematics
Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 2 exams lasting around 1 hour each.

Pass mark — Different each year.

Other exam information — Each exam will cover a combination of all topics. The paper will be split into sections including maths, comprehension, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.

Contact information

Website — http://kechg.org.uk/

Contact — http://kechg.org.uk/contact/

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

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

The Exam Coach

15 April 2024

Kent

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

The Exam Coach

15 April 2024

Kent

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

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 Fort Pitt 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 below:

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

The Exam Coach

15 April 2024

Kent

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: St Olave’s 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 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.

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 — 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

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 Girls’ 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 — 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 | The Spires College Guide

The Exam Coach

15 April 2024

Devon

Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | The Spires College

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 The Spires College.

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 this page.

About the School

Address — The Spires College, Westlands Lane, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 3PE

Type of school — Mixed, partially selective, grammar school.

Headteacher — Ms Alex Newton.

Cost — Free.

Pupils in school — 1092.

Places available in year 7 — 210 (60 of which are selective).

Average applicants per place — 3 or more.

Catchment area — The Spires College has a catchment area which it calls its designated area. A map can be found below.

Oversubscription policy — There are up to 60 selective places available in each year group. If any of these places remain following the allocation process they will be used to increase the number of non-selective places in the College.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be determined as follows:

Looked after Children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order.
Children whose home address is inside the designated area.
Children whose home address is outside of the designated area.

When there are more applications than available places, categories 2 and 3 above will be

prioritised in the following order:

A sibling already attends The Spires College.
The application is for a child of a member of staff (as per criteria set out in the School Admissions Code).
All other applications.

School Summary

The Spires College was established in 2002 and is a mixed, partially selective, grammar school in Torquay, Devon. The school has a specialised unit for students with hearing impairments.

The Spires College encourages students to get involved in every aspect of College life beyond the classroom: extra-curricular clubs and trips are always available. Their students leave the College as rounded, confident, independent young adults, ready to take up their places in society and equipped with the means to seize their futures.

Ofsted rated this school as ‘good’in 2017. Find their reports here.

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

Exam Information

Exam style — GL Assessment.

Exam types:

English
Mathematics

Exam length — 2x 50 minute exams.

Pass mark — Changes each year. There is no threshold score that has to be achieved in each skill tested – it is the overall score that will be used to rank the student.

Other exam information —

All questions will be multiple choice.
All the tests are set to reflect what has been taught in the primary schools according to the National Curriculum for Year 5.
There will be a short break between the two papers.

Scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://www.thespirescollege.com/

Contact — https://www.thespirescollege.com/contacts/main-contact-details

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

Twitter — https://twitter.com/SpiresCollege

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

YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmSKRvdsYYwn1X5rxcCxgag

LinkedIn — https://in.linkedin.com/company/the-spires-college

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Ilford County High School Guide

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15 April 2024

Essex

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Ilford County High School

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 Ilford County 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.

About the School

Address — Ilford County High School, Fremantle Road, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex, IG6 2JB

Type of school — Boys grammar school

Headteacher — Mrs Rebecca Drysdale

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1092

Places available in year 7 — 200

Average applicants per place — 7 or more.

Catchment area — Ilford County High School does have a catchment area but places preference on 11+ test grades. The catchment area gives priority based on location and distance from the school.

You can find a map of the school’s catchment area here.

Over-subscription policy — Year 7 admissions at Ilford County High School are managed by the London Borough of Redbridge (LBR).

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.
Applicants with exceptional medical or psychological needs.
Applicants with a sibling already at the school.
Applicants who live closest to the school.

School Summary

Ilford County High School (ICHS) was founded in 1901 and is an all-boys, selective grammar school in Redbridge, North East London. The school specialises in science.

Since 2012, the school has been part of the Leading Edge Partnership, which encourages schools to work together and learn from each other in order to improve education standards.

The school’s most recent Ofsted report described ICHS as ‘a vibrant and dynamic school that has not stood still since the last inspection. Students and their parents hold it in very high regard’.

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 for the Redbridge Grammar Schools.

Exam types:

English
Verbal reasoning
Mathematics
Non-verbal reasoning

Exam length — 2 × 60 minute exams.

Pass mark — 104.

Other exam information — The two papers will each test two subjects. One will test English and verbal reasoning, the other mathematics and non-verbal reasoning.

Ilford County High School uses the same 11+ Entrance Test as Woodford County High School for Girls. The test will be taken at the school.

Scores will be standardised.

Contact information

Website — https://www.ichs.org.uk/

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

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/ilford-county-high-school/

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Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers | Woodford County High School For Girls Guide

The Exam Coach

15 April 2024

Essex

11 Plus Past Papers & Answers: Woodford County High School For Girls

Our Practice Papers and Answers

GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1