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 Judd School.
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Other 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 Judd School.
About the School
Address — The Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Type of school — Boys’ grammar school
Headteacher — Mr Jonathan Wood
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1317
Places available in year 7 — 180
Average applicants per place — 4 or more.
Catchment area — The Judd School does have a catchment area with an Inner and Outer area of priority.
The inner area is defined by the following postcodes:
TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, TN8, TN9, TN10, TN11, TN12, TN13, TN14, TN15;
ME18, ME19;
TN16 1** and TN16 2** (not TN16 3** or TN16 9**);
DA4 0** (not DA4 9**).
Plus the civil parish of Halstead (where this is not included above)
The Outer Area is defined as anywhere within the mainland of the UK but outside of the inner area.
View a map of the inner area here.
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.
157 places are allocated to students resident in the Inner Area.
23 places are allocated to students resident in the Outer Area.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of Inner Area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Academic Ability- This will be measured by ranked aggregate scores on the Kent PESE tests (the highest score being given the highest rank).
Distance - Where scores are the same, students will be further ranked by distance from home to school (with the nearest given the highest ranking).
Please note - Up to 5 of these places are made reserved for children in receipt of free school meals/pupil premium.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of Outer Area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Academic Ability- This will be measured by ranked aggregate scores on the Kent PESE tests (the highest score being given the highest rank).
Distance - Where scores are the same, students will be further ranked by distance from home to school (with the nearest given the highest ranking).
School Summary
The Judd School was established in 1888 and is an all-boys grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent. It has a large, attached sixth form which admits girls as well as boys. The school was named after Andrew Judd - the 16th century merchant who funded the school.
The Judd School specialises in music and maths. It was given High Performing Specialist School’ status in 2007.
Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2015. 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.judd.online/
Contact — https://www.judd.online/contact-us
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/thejuddschool/
Twitter — https://twitter.com/juddheadteacher
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/juddschool/?hl=en
YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOK-SwhxO8DLHNRXd-DkKcg
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