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 Tonbridge 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 Tonbridge School.
About the School
Address — Tonbridge Grammar School, Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR
Type of school — Girls’ grammar school
Headteacher — Ms Rosemary Joyce
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1179
Places available in year 7 — 180
Average applicants per place — 4 or more.
Catchment area — Tonbridge School does have a catchment area which is made up of an inner and outer area.
The inner area consists of the following three local council areas (for Council Tax purposes):
Tonbridge & Malling Borough
Tunbridge Wells Borough
Sevenoaks District
The outer area is defined as being outside the inner area (described above).
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 who meet the required score in the 11 Plus (135 Area places / 35 Governor places)
Students who are eligible for Pupil Premium (10 places)
Area places - (up to 135 places)
Girls with a selective assessment through the Kent PESE 11+ Test who are also resident in the inner area will be admitted based on their 11+ test score (highest first).
In the result of a tie, the child who home address is closer to the school will be admitted first.
Governor places - (35 places)
Girls with a selective assessment through the Kent PESE 11+ Test who are NOT resident in the inner area will be admitted based on their 11+ test score (highest first).
In the result of a tie, the child who home address is closer to the school will be admitted first.
School Summary
Tonbridge School was established in 1905 with only 19 students. Today it is an all-girls’ grammar school teaching over 1100 girls in Tonbridge, Kent. Boys are also admitted into the school’s sixth-form. The school became an academy in 2011
Located in a 14-acre campus, the school specialises in maths and computing. It is part of the Leading Edge Partnership Programme and an International Baccalaureate World School.
Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2019. 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.tgs.kent.sch.uk/
Contact — https://www.tgs.kent.sch.uk/contact-us
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