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 Henrietta Barnett School.
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Other GL Sample Papers and Answers
English Paper 1
English Paper 2
English Paper 3
Maths Paper 1
Maths Paper 2
Maths Paper 3
Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by The Henrietta Barnett School.
About the School
Address — The Henrietta Barnett School, Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, NW11 7BN
Type of school — Girls’ grammar school
Headteacher — Del Cooke
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 792
Places available in year 7 — 100.
Average applicants per place — 10 or more.
Please note this school is heavily oversubscribed. The school received 3000 applications for Year 7 places in 2020.
Catchment area — The Henrietta Barnett school does not have a catchment area; anyone can apply to take the exam. However, when determining the places, applications living within 3 miles of the school are prioritised.
Over-subscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Children in care, or those who have previously been in care.
Children eligible for Pupil Premium funding (up to 20 students).
All remaining candidates in overall entrance exam score order.
School Summary
The Henrietta Barnett School (HBS) was established in 1911 and is an all-girls, selective grammar school. The school is one of the best state schools in the UK. It became an academy in 2012.
The school specialises in Music and English. It was voted the top girls’ state school in November 2019 by The Sunday Times Parent Power GCSE/A level League Table.
Over 50% of A-level results in 2020 achieved an A* and 86% achieved an A* or A.
87% achieved an A* at GCSE and 98% an A* or A in 2020.
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 & school written testing.
Exam types:
First Round Entrance Exam types:
Verbal reasoning
Non-Verbal reasoning
English
Second Round Entrance Exam types:
English
Mathematics
Other exam information —
The results of all parts of the first round of entrance exams are combined and ranked to determined who is invited back to round two.
Only the top 300 students will be invited to progress to the second round of testing.
The results of both sets of exams will be used to determine the final rankings and place allocations for the school.
Scores will be standardised.
Contact information
Website — https://www.hbschool.org.uk/
Contact — https://www.hbschool.org.uk/contact
Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=108295645860894
Twitter — https://twitter.com/thehbschool
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