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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

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11 Plus Preparation Resources For St Olave’s Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — St Olave’s Grammar School, Goddington Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9SH

Type of school — Boys grammar school 

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1100+

Places available in year 7 — 120+

Average applicants per place — 8 or more

Catchment area —  St Olave’s Grammar School does not have a catchment area but places preference on 11+ test grades. 

Over-subscription policy —  Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

  1. Boys who are Children Looked After (registered in public care) or who were Looked After but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements orders or special guardianship order by rank order.

  2. A maximum of 10 places will be available for boys in receipt of Pupil Premium by rank order.

  3. Should there be insufficient applicants eligible for a place as outline above, the remaining places will be allocated purely according to rank order.

Please note that the school offers up to four ‘choristerships’ a year for boys to join St. Olave’s as Wakeham Choristers at The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy. Applicants must still pass the entrance exams but will also have a voice test. Successful candidates will commence as Wakeham Choristers one year prior to joining Year 7 at St Olave’s. Find out more here.

School Summary

St Olave’s Grammar School (previously St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School) is an all-boys, selective grammar school in Bromley, South East London. The school has a large sixth form which accepts both boys and girls.

The school specialises in maths and computing.

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

Exam style: St. Olave’s Grammar School’s Selective Eligibility Test (SET).

Exam types:

  • English 

  • Maths 

  • Verbal Reasoning

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length:

Stage one — 1 x 1 hour exam.

Stage two   2 x 1 hour exams.

Pass mark —  Pass mark changes every year.

Other exam information:

  • There are two stages of tests. Only candidates who pass the first stage will be invited back for the second.

  • The initial Selective Eligibility Test (SET) consists of multiple-choice questions on English comprehension, mathematics, verbal and non-verbal reasoning.

  • The second stage consists of two exams:

    • English — one hour long, covering multiple choice comprehension questions and a creative/persuasive writing exercise or essay.

    • Mathematics — one hour long, covering a range of maths topics.

  • Stage 1 and 2 results are standardised to rank the candidates. The top 124 will immediately be offered a place. 

  • If there is a tie, it will be determined using the results of the mathematics paper, then the creative/persuasive writing, then the English comprehension and finally the SET.

Scores will be standardised.

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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

  • Science

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions tests.

Other exam and entry information

  • Candidates are invited to an interview and trial day at the school as part of the admissions process.

  • A reference from the candidate’s current school is requested.

  • A deposit and registration fee of £100 are required to confirm acceptance of a place at Beechwood after an offer is received.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.

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English Paper 2

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English Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys

About the School

 

Address — Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XB

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1300+

Places available in year 7 — 300+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys does have a catchment area with priority based on location and distance from the school.

The catchment area consists of children who live within a 3-mile radius of the school, following by children living in the named parishes below:

Badgers Mount, Bidborough, Brasted, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Hadlow, Halstead, Hever, Hildenborough, Ightham, Kemsing, Knockholt, Leigh, Otford, Pembury, Penshurst, Plaxtol, Riverhead, Rusthall, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge with Ide hill, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Westerham.

Catchment Area.

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care

  2. Children with a sibling who will still be attending the school when the applicant joins.

  3. Children with Health and Special Access Reasons for applying to the school.

  4. Children who live within a 3-mile radius of the school 

  5. Children who live in the named parishes of the catchment area (please see above).

  6. Distance from home to school (outside the catchment area). With the closest given priority.

School Summary

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys (TWGSB) was established in 1956. It is an all-boys grammar school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The school’s sixth form is co-educational and admits both boys and girls. 

The school's Latin motto is Faber est quisque suæ fortunæ meaning "Every man is the maker of his own fortune". The school operates over its Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks sites. The school specialises in humanities.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test 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 Folkestone School for Girls.

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Kent Test - English Paper 1

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11 Plus Preparation Resources For The FOlkestone School For Girls

About the School

 

Address — The Folkstone School for Girls, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3RB

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1200+

Places available in year 7 — 180+

Average applicants per place — 2 or more

Catchment area —  The Folkestone School for Girls does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. It is made up of the District of Folkestone & Hythe.

The Folkestone School for Girls Catchment Area.

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:

  1. Children who are looked after and previously looked after children.

  2. Children who reside in the District of Folkestone & Hythe - in the event of the number of successful students in Folkestone & Hythe exceeding the number of places available, the nearness of a child’s home to school will apply.

  3. Other girls who satisfy the selection requirements, with those living nearest to the school being given the higher priority.

School Summary

The Folkestone School for Girls was established in 1905 and is an all-girls’ grammar school in Folkestone, Kent. It became an academy in 2012 and has a large sixth form. Students are split across six houses: Austen, Curie, Johnson, Lovelace, Pankhurst and Seacole.

The school specialist in maths and computing. It is also a registered training school. FGS works with the local boys’ grammar school (The Harvey Grammar School) to extend the range of sixth form programmes to students in both schools. The school also has a partnership with Marsh Academy.

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

There are two different 11 plus exams for entry to this school, The Shepway Test and the Kent Test. Both tests are different. Children must take both tests.

THE SHEPWAY TEST

Exam style — CEM Select

Exam topic:

  • Reasoning

    • Verbal, non-verbal and spatial

  • English and maths

  • Creative writing

Exam length — 1 hour written exam. 45 minutes online exam.

Pass rate — Changes each year but is usually higher than The Kent Test as students do not need to achieve a minimum mark in any one section to pass (unlike the Kent test). As long as their overall mark is high enough, they are eligible for entry.

Other exam information:

  • The Folkestone School for Girls and the Harvey Boys Grammar School run ‘The Shepway Test’. 

  • The written test is marked by the school. The online test is marked by CEM.

  • The written test consists of half an hour of creative writing and half an hour of other questions.

  • The online test is a computer based test which assesses verbal reasoning, non verbal reasoning and mathematics.

    •  The test consists of several sections. They are timed. 

    • The questions move between topics and are not split into seperate sections. 

  • The Shepway Test effectively gives students a second chance to show that they are of selective ability. Students only have to achieve the required standard on one of the tests in order to be deemed selective.

  • The Shepway test is held at the Folkestone School for girls.

THE KENT TEST

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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Chatham Grammar.

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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MATHS PAPER 1

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11 Plus Preparation Resources For Chatham Grammar School For Girls

About the School

 

Address — Chatham Grammar, Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 800+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Chatham Grammar does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. 

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children with a sibling at any UKAT academy at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted. 

  3. Children, assessed as selective, of staff at any UKAT academy (where the member of staff has been employed for one year or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).

  4.  Distance from the student’s home as determined using Medway Local Authority measure.

School Summary

Chatham Grammar was established in 1907 and is an all-girls grammar school in Chatham, Kent. The school has an attached sixth form which admits both boys and girls. It became an academy in 2011. 

The school is a member of the University of Kent Academies Trust. It won the Spanish School of the Year award from the Spanish Embassy in 2008. The school has a reputation for producing consistently great GCSE and A Level results.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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. 

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School.

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English Paper 1

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English Paper 2

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English Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School, Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1000+

Places available in year 7 — 145+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School does have a catchment area with priority based on location and distance from the school.

 The catchment area consists of the parishes below or anyone living within a 4-mile proximity of the school:

Badger’s Mount, Bidborough, Brasted, Brenchley, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, East Peckham, Edenbridge, Hadlow, Halsted, Hever, Hildenborough, Horsmonden, Ightham, Kemsing, Knockholt, Lamberhurst, Leigh, Otford, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Penshurst, Plaxtol, Riverhead, Rusthall, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge with Ide Hill, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Westerham. 

Catchment Area.

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care

  2. Children living within the catchment area who are designated as receiving ‘Pupil Premium’.

  3. Children living within the catchment area who have a sibling who will still be attending the school when the applicant joins.

  4. Children with Health and Special Access Reasons for applying to the school.

  5. Eligible girls who live within the catchment area.

  6. Distance from home to school (outside the catchment area). With the closest given priority.

Governors’ Places (14 places) will be offered to girls living in the catchment area who would not otherwise be offered a place, who scored highest in the 11+ PESE Kent test, places determined by combined rank order.

School Summary

Tunbridge Wells Girl’s Grammar School (TWGGS) was established in 1905 and is an all-girls’ grammar school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The school specialises in English and music.

TWGGS works with Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys and The Skinners’ School to broaden their sixth form’s curriculum. The school also holds the Sportsmark and Healthy Schools awards.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Kent College.

CEM SELECT ONLINE FAMILIARISATION TEST

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Exam Information

Exam style — CEM Select

Exam types:

  • CEM Select (verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning)

Exam length — 45 minutes.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions tests.

Other exam and entry information

  • Assessments are nationally standardised and taken online.

  • Candidates are interviewed by senior members of staff in groups as part of the admissions process.

  • A reference from the candidate’s current school is requested.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

Test Paper

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent/Medway Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Holcombe Grammar School.

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

Exam Paper

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 2

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 3

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GL MATHS PAPER 1

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GL MATHS PAPER 2

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GL MATHS PAPER 3

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GL VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

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GL VERBAL REASONING PAPER 2

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GL VERBAL REASONING PAPER 3

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GL NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

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GL NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 2

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GL NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Holcombe Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Holcombe Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Holcombe Grammar School, Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6JB

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 800+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Holcombe Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. 

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted. 

  3. Children who attend any of the following Thinking Schools’ Academy Trust Medway primary schools: The Gordon Children’s Academy, New Horizons Children’s Academy, All Faiths Children’s Academy, Cedars Children’s Academy.

  4. Children of staff at the school (where the member of staff has been employed for three years or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).

  5.  Child’s health reasons.   Written medical evidence from a General Practitioner or hospital consultant must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires the child to attend “Holcombe Grammar School”. 

  6. Children who live closest to the school.

School Summary

Holcombe Grammar School (previously known as Chatham Grammar School for Boys) was founded in 1817 and is an all-boys grammar school in Chatham, Kent. The school has an attached sixth form which admits both boys and girls. It became an academy in 2011.

Students are split into four houses: Barfleur, Conquest, Guardian and Shannon (all named after ships built at the local dockyard). 

The school calls themselves ‘a Thinking School’, aiming to equip students for life so they can thrive in a world outside of academia.

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.

Exam Information

There are two different possible 11 plus exams for entry to this school, The Kent Test and the Medway Test. Both tests are different, but children do not need to take both tests.

THE KENT TEST

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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

THE MEDWAY TEST

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. 

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Dartford Grammar School for Girls.

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English Paper 1

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English Paper 2

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 1

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Dartford Grammar School for Girls.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Dartford Grammar School For Girls

About the School

 

Address — Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Shepherds Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2NT

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1200+

Places available in year 7 — 180+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area —  Dartford Grammar School for Girls does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. It consists of:

  • Ash-cum-Ridley 

  • Bean 

  • Crockenhill

  • Darenth 

  • Eynsford 

  • Farningham 

  • Fawkham 

  • Hartley 

  • Hextable 

  • Horton Kirby and South Darenth 

  • Longfield and New Barn 

  • Southfleet 

  • Stone

  • Sutton at Hone and Hawley

  • Swanley

  • Swanscombe and Greenhithe

  • West Kingsdown

  • Wilmington

Dartford Grammar School for Girls Catchment Area

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:

  1. Eligible students who are presently or were previously in Local Authority care.

  2. Eligible students in receipt of Pupil Premium at the time of entry to the school.

  3. 100 places will be reserved for girls residing in Dartford or one of the named parishes in the catchment area.

  4. Remaining eligible girls seeking a school place, irrespective of their address

If the school is oversubscribed within any of the above oversubscription categories, students will be ranked in the following order:

  1.  Those performing best in the Kent Test (highest aggregate score).

  2. In the case of tied scores, preference is given to the applicant living nearest to the school.

School Summary

Dartford Grammar School for Girls was founded in 1904 and is a girls’ grammar school in Dartford, Kent. The school specialises in science, maths and IT. It became an academy in 2017.

The school has a large attached sixth form which consistently scores well. 

Dartford works around its principal values:

  • Respect

  • Responsibility

  • Excellence

  • Dedication 

  • Creativity

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Fort Pitt Grammar School.

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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MATHS PAPER 1

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MATHS PAPER 2

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MATHS PAPER 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Fort Pitt Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Fort Pitt Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Fort Pitt Grammar School, Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6TJ

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 800+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Fort Pitt Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. 

Girls residing within 2 miles of the school will be prioritised first, followed by girls residing in the following local parishes:

  • Allhallows

  •  Cliffe and Cliffe Woods

  • Cooling

  • Cuxton

  • Frindsbury Extra (includes Wainscott and Upnor)

  • Halling

  • High Halstow

  • Hoo St Werburgh (includes Chattenden)

  • St James

  • Isle of Grain

  • St Mary Hoo 

  • Stoke

Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted. 

  3. Children attending Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling (FPTA) Junior Academies (namely, Balfour Junior Academy and Phoenix Junior Academy).

  4. Children of staff at the school (where the member of staff has been employed for three years or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).

  5. Children residing within 2 miles of the school.

  6. Children residing in one of the named parishes above. 

  7. All other eligible girls seeking a school place.

School Summary

Fort Pitt Grammar School was established in 1929 and it is an all-girls grammar school in Chatham, Kent. The school gets its name from the Napoleonic fort which was once built on the site as part of the defences overlooking the River Medway. It became an academy in 2010.

The school’s ethos is founded on the four ‘excellences’: academic, community, appearance and environment. The school believes that together these values create a school where achievement and happiness go hand in hand.

Fort Pitt specialises in science and maths. Since 2012, the school has worked with other local schools as part of the Fort Pitt Grammar School Academy Trust. Fort Pitt has Leading Edge status and is a National Support School.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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. 

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Rainham Mark Grammar School.

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

Exam Paper

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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MATHS PAPER 1

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MATHS PAPER 2

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MATHS PAPER 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Rainham Mark Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Rainham Mark Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Rainham Mark Grammar School, Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7AJ

Type of school — Mixed grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1400+

Places available in year 7 — 240+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area — Rainham Mark Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. 

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children who are designated as receiving ‘Free School Meals’. Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form so that checks can be made to determine eligibility.

  3. Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted. 

  4. Child’s health reasons, supported by medical evidence, which requires the child to attend this school.

  5. Children of staff at the school (where the member of staff has been employed for three years or more at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage).

  6. Nearness of the children’s homes to the school.

School Summary

Rainham Mark Grammar School (previously known as Gillingham Grammar School) was established in 1967 and is a mixed grammar school in Medway, Kent.  It became an academy in 2011 and specialises in science. 

 The school has received the Prince’s Teaching Institute Mark in Art, Music, History and Languages. The headteacher, Mr Simon Decker, has also been awarded The Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) Schools Leadership Mark.

RMGS recognises that “moral goodness is not like a switch that is simply turned on, but rather it is like a plant that needs to be cultivated”. So they encourage our students to practise the 6 core RMGS character traits.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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. 

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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Answers

The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Borden Grammar School.

Other Sample Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

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English Paper 2

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 1

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Borden Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Borden Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Borden Grammar School, Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 800+

Places available in year 7 — 120+

Average applicants per place — 2 or more

Catchment area —  Borden Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school.  Priority is given to children residing in postcode areas beginning with ME9, ME10, ME11, and ME12, followed by children who reside in the postcode areas beginning ME8 & ME13.

Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

  1. Children in local authority care or who were previously in local authority care.

  2. Up to 15% of places for admission into Year 7 will be reserved for children in postcodes ME9, ME10, ME11 and ME12 who have been eligible for Free School Meals at any time during KS2.

  3. Children with a brother (or sister in the Sixth Form) attending the school when the child joins year 7.

  4. Children with health and special access reasons who have a demonstrable and significant need to attend this particular school.

  5. Children who reside in the postcode areas beginning with the following: ME9, ME10, ME11, and ME12.

  6. Children who reside in the postcode areas beginning ME8 & ME13.

  7. Children living in any other area.

School Summary

Borden Grammar School was founded in 1878 and is a boy’s grammar school in Sittingbourne, Kent. The school has a large attached sixth form which accepts both boys and girls. It became an academy in 2012.

The school specialises in both sports and languages. It focuses on three core aims,

  • To Support: For Borden to be a happy and vibrant community, providing the skills, aptitudes, self-discipline and independence needed for future success.

  • To Inspire: For all students to have high aspirations and to become ethical leaders of their future.

  • To Achieve: For every student to aim, and achieve, higher.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Dane Court Grammar School.

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English Paper 1

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Dane Court Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Dane Court Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT

Type of school — Mixed grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1300+

Places available in year 7 — 170+

Average applicants per place — 2 or more

Catchment area —  Dane Court Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) who name this school will be admitted.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

  1. Eligible students who are presently or were previously in Local Authority care.

  2. Eligible students who demonstrate health and special access reasons. 

  3. Eligible students with a brother or sister already at the school.

  4. Eligible students, on the basis of distance of the children’s home to the school, with those living nearer to the school receiving priority.

School Summary

Dane Court Grammar School was founded in 1957 and is a mixed grammar school in Broadstairs, Kent. It became an academy in 2011 and has a large attached sixth form which is part of the Thanet Sixth Form Consortium.

The school has specialised in languages since 2003.  It has completed a £20 million rebuilding programme, meaning the school now has state-of-the-art facilities.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Gad’s Hill School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

Test Paper

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Mark Scheme

INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answers

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions test but on average only 22% of pupils are offered a place.

Other exam and entry information

  • There is a £40 non-refundable registration fee.

  • Applicants are offered a taster day at the school.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

The test 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.

Other Sample Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

Exam Paper

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English Paper 2

Exam Paper

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English Paper 3

Exam Paper

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Maths Paper 1

Exam Paper

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

Exam Paper

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

Exam Paper

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Tonbridge School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Tonbridge Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Tonbridge Grammar School, Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1200+

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care

  2. Children who meet the required score in the 11 Plus (135 Area places / 35 Governor places)

  3. 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 1200 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.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Weald of Kent Grammar School.

Other Sample Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

Exam Paper

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English Paper 2

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 1

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Weald of Kent Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Weald of Kent Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tudeley Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JP

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1700+

Places available in year 7 — 270+

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Weald of Kent Grammar School does have a catchment area with priority based on location and distance from the school.

The catchment area is split into two categories - A and B. Priority is given to category A followed by category B.  

Category A -  Tonbridge Town*, the District of Sevenoaks**, and the Parishes of Ightham, Ivy Hatch, Kings Hill, Pembury, Platt and St Mary’s Platt, Plaxtol and Shipbourne. 

*Tonbridge Town is made up of TN9, TN10, TN11 and TN12 and the Parishes of Ightham, Ivy Hatch, Kings Hill, Pembury, Platt and St Mary’s Platt, Plaxtol and Shipbourne.

**The following Parishes within the Sevenoaks district are included: Brasted, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Godden Green, Halstead, Hever, Kemsing, Knockholt, Leigh, Otford, Penshurst, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks town, Sevenoaks Weald and Underriver, Shoreham, Sundridge and Ide Hill, Westerham and Crockham Hill

Category B - All other Postcodes.

Category A parish boundaries

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:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care

  2. Children with a sibling who will still be attending the school when the applicant joins.

  3. Children with Health and Special Access Reasons for applying to the school.

  4. Children eligible for Pupil Premium who have passed the Kent Selection Test (18 places).

  5. Children of Permanent Members of Staff.

  6. Children who live within category A of the catchment area.

  7. Children who live within category B of the catchment area.

School Summary

Weald of Kent Grammar School was founded in 1982 and is an all-girls grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent. The school became an academy in 2012; it specialises in science and languages.

The school became a National Teaching School in 2014. In October 2015, the government gave permission for the school to create an "annexe" in Sevenoaks meaning the school now runs over two campuses.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Barton Court Grammar School.

Other Sample Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

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English Paper 2

Exam Paper

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English Paper 3

Exam Paper

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Maths Paper 1

Exam Paper

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

Exam Paper

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

Exam Paper

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

Exam Paper

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

Exam Paper

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

Exam Paper

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

Exam Paper

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Barton Court Grammar School.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Barton Court Grammar School

About the School

 

Address — Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PH

Type of school — Mixed grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1000+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area —  Barton Court Grammar School does have a catchment area, which is based on distance from the school.

Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

  1. Children in Local Authority Care or who were previously in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children who are designated as receiving ‘Pupil Premium’.

  3. Children with a brother or sister already at the school.

  4. Health and Special Access Reasons –. Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend this particular school.

  5. Nearness of children's homes to school - we use the distance between the child’s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line.

School Summary

Barton Court Grammar School was established before World War II and is a mixed grammar school in Canterbury, Kent. It became an academy in 2011.

The school specialises in languages and since 2007 the school has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) in the sixth form instead of A-Levels/BTECs. In recent years, around 38% of GCSE students achieved 9–7 grades (A**/A*/A grades), with 20% of students achieving 8 or more 9–7 grades (A**/A*/A) and 40% of students achieving 5 or more 9 – 7 grades (A**/A*/A).

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to the Kent Test papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.

Other Sample Papers and Answers

English Paper 1

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

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English Paper 2

Exam Paper

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English Paper 3

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

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Maths Paper 1

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

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Maths Paper 2

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

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Maths Paper 3

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

Exam Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Maidstone Grammar School For Girls

About the School

 

Address — Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1200+

Places available in year 7 — 180+

Average applicants per place — 3 or more

Catchment area —  Maidstone Grammar School for Girls does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. 

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:

  1.  Eligible girls who are looked after and previously looked after children.

  2. Children previously in Care outside of England.

  3. Students in receipt of Pupil Premium.

  4. Governor places: The top places for 30 students ranked in order of the TOTAL aggregate score in the Kent 11+ assessment tests. 

  5. Current family association: This is defined as a sister or brother attending either Maidstone Grammar School for Girls or Maidstone Grammar School when the child starts.

  6. Distance from home to school: Determined by straight line with those eligible girls living nearest being accorded highest priority.

School Summary

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (MGGS) was established in 1887 and is an all-girls’ grammar school in Maidstone, Kent. The school has a large attached sixth form which admits both boys and girls. MGGS specialises in science. It has won the Healthy Schools, Quality in Study Support and Investors in People awards.

MGGS students achieve outstanding examination results each year. The Department for Education measures the progress students make over KS3 and KS4 with a Progress 8 score. The school’s results always place them ‘well above average’ and they are currently in the top 2% of schools in the country.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

Have a listen to our 11 Plus Vocabulary Podcast and expand your child’s vocabulary one word at a time.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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The test 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 Skinners’ School.

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English Paper 1

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English Paper 2

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 1

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by The Skinners’ School.

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About the School

 

Address — The Skinners’ School, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1100+

Places available in year 7 — 160+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area —  The Skinners’ School does have a catchment area which is made up of an inner and outer area. Up to 140 places will be offered to children in the ‘West Kent Area’, which covers the area within

The inner area consists of the area three miles of the school measured by straight line distance, plus the following named parishes:

Badgers Mount Bidborough Brasted

Brenchley Capel Chevening

Chiddingstone Cowden Dunton Green

Edenbridge Goudhurst Hadlow

Halstead Hever Hildenborough

Horsmonden Ightham Kemsing

Knockholt Lamberhurst Leigh

Otford Paddock Wood Pembury

Penshurst Plaxtol Riverhead

Rusthall Seal Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks Weald Shipbourne Shoreham

Southborough Speldhurst Sundridge with Ide Hill

Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Westerham

The outer area is defined as being outside the West Kent Area described above, but within the mainland of the United Kingdom.

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.

140 places are allocated to students resident in the inner area.

20 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:

  1. Up to 8 places for pupils, from the defined West Kent Area, registered in that academic year for the Pupil Premium.

  2. Up to 132 places to other pupils from the defined West Kent Area, prioritised as follows. Those living in the West Kent Area with a PESE (11+) score of 360 or more, ranked in order of 

    1. Siblings attending the school at the time of application; 

    2. Sons of members of staff with at least two years’ service at the time application for admission is made, or if the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 

    3. Those living the shortest distance from the school.

Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of outer area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:

  1. Up to 2 places for pupils, from outside  the defined West Kent Area, registered in that academic year for the Pupil Premium.

  2. Up to 18 places to other pupils from outside the defined West Kent Area, prioritised as follows. Those living in the West Kent Area with a PESE (11+) score of 360 or more, ranked in order of 

    1. Siblings attending the school at the time of application; 

    2. Sons of members of staff with at least two years’ service at the time application for admission is made, or if the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 

    3. Those living the shortest distance from the school.

Please note - The furthest outer area place offered in recent years was around 7.8 miles straight line distance from the school (not including siblings or those on Free School Meals).

School Summary

The Skinners’ School was established in 1887 and is an all-boys grammar school in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Skinners’ (as it is commonly known) was previously known as the Skinners’ Company’s Middle School for Boys as it was founded by the Worshipful Company of Skinners (a livery company from London). The school specialises in maths and science.

The school has a large attached sixth form and became an academy in 2014.

Find the most recent Ofsted 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 recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 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.

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The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Cobham Hall School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions test.

Other exam and entry information

  • The English paper tests comprehension and writing.

  • A report from your child’s current school will be requested.

  • Results from exams will be released in November.

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