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 Howard 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.
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 The Howard School.
About the School
Address — The Howard School, Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
Type of school — Boys’ bilateral school
Headteacher — Mrs Clare Brinklow
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1495
Places available in year 7 — 250 (of which 0 are selective in 2021).
Average applicants per place — 2 or more.
Catchment area — The Howard School does have a catchment area which it calls it’s ‘access area’. You can find a map of this here. Priority is given based on distance from the school.
The furthest distances from the school that were awarded a place at the school in 2020 and 2019 were 4.18 miles and 3.04 miles respectively.
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 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.
Where the child resides within the access area. Priority given to those nearest the school.
Nearness of child's home. Distance will be measured by the shortest available safe walking route between home and school as measured by Medway Council's Geographical Information System.
School Summary
The Howard School was founded in 1975 when Rainham Boys’ Secondary School and Gillingham Boys’ Grammar School joined together to create a new school. It was named after Dorothy Howard, a key member of the local community. Today the school is an all-boys bilateral school with mixed sixth form in Gillingham, Kent. The school has specialised in sports since 2007 and became an academy in 2014.
While the school is technically bilateral, it has not recruited any students via the 11+ Medway Test for many years. There is currently no grammar stream meaning admission is not dependent on the 11 plus entry exams at the moment but this may change.
The Howard School is the lead school in the Howard Academy Trust which works with other local schools and the community to make a difference to the lives of young people based on their values.
The school’s motto is “To Strive and Achieve is to Succeed”.
Ofsted rated this school as ‘good’ in 2016. 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 — http://www.thehowardschool.co.uk/
Contact — http://www.thehowardschool.co.uk/6/contact-us
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/TheHowardTHAT/
Twitter — https://twitter.com/TheHowardThat
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/thehowardthat/?hl=en
YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwFa-I5lQXd29tlqrhNHDw
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehowardschool-kent/
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