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 Wilmington Grammar School for Boys.
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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 Wilmington Grammar School for Boys.
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).
The school’s catchment/priority 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 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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