Kent College, Tunbridge Wells | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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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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Holcombe Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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
GL ENGLISH PAPER 2
GL ENGLISH PAPER 3
GL MATHS PAPER 1
GL MATHS PAPER 2
GL MATHS PAPER 3
GL VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
GL VERBAL REASONING PAPER 2
GL VERBAL REASONING PAPER 3
GL NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
GL NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 2
GL NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 3
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.
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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:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted.
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.
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).
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”.
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.
Contact information
Website — https://www.holcombegrammar.org.uk/
Contact — https://www.holcombegrammar.org.uk/about/contact-us/
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/HolcombeGrammarSchool/
Twitter — https://twitter.com/holcombegrammar
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Bishop Challoner School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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The papers we’ve shared below are in similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Bishop Challoner School.
INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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Exam Information
Exam style — School’s own exam.
Exam types:
English
Maths
Verbal Reasoning
Exam length — 3x 1 hour exams.
Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for these exams however there are approximately 180 places available for Year 7.
Other exam information:
The English paper assesses reading ability as well as level of grammar, spelling and punctuation used in the written responses.
Prior to the entrance exams, your child will be invited to an interview with the headmaster to assess their academic potential and personal qualities.
Exams take place in January.
There is a non-refundable registration fee of £75.
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Brighton College | Free 11 Plus (11+) ISEB Pre-Test Practice Papers and Answers
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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST ENGLISH PAPER 1
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
ISEB Pre-Test Familiarisation Test
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Exam Information
Exam style — ISEB Common Pre-Test.
Exam types:
English (reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation).
Maths (in line with the National Curriculum up to Year 5).
Verbal reasoning (common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer, number codes, etc.).
Non-verbal reasoning (shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes, etc.).
Exam length — 4 exams totalling 2.5 hours.
Pass mark — There is not a fixed pass mark for the admissions test. On completion of the test, all candidates receive an age-adjusted and standardised score. The average score is 100. Schools will also be able to see each child’s score and the time taken for each section of the test.
If a child does well in their 11+ pre-test, they will usually be offered a place, contingent on them then passing the common entrance exam at 13+.
Other exam information:
The tests cover English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning separately.
All tests are completed online.
All questions are in multiple-choice format.
The English test takes 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes and verbal reasoning 36 minutes.
The four tests can either be taken together or at separate times. They can be taken in the candidate's own school, at the senior school for which he or she is entered or at an independent testing centre.
All candidates are registered by the senior school(s) for which they are entered.
Test results are available to all senior schools which register the same candidate and therefore a candidate need only sit the tests once for a range of senior schools.
An assessment fee of £24 applies and is non-refundable.
For information on Brighton College’s use of school’s own testing for Year 7 entry, click here.
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Hurstpierpoint College | Free 11 Plus (11+) ISEB Pre-Test Practice Papers and Answers
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The papers we’ve shared below contain similar content to the ISEB pre-test papers typically delivered as 11 Plus pre-test assessments by Hurstpierpoint College.
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST ENGLISH PAPER 1
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
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ISEB Pre-Test Familiarisation Test
Exam Information
Exam style — ISEB Common Pre-Test.
Exam types:
English (reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation).
Maths (in line with the National Curriculum up to Year 5).
Verbal reasoning (common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer, number codes, etc.).
Non-verbal reasoning (shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes, etc.).
Exam length — 4 exams totalling 2.5 hours.
Pass mark — There is not a fixed pass mark for the admissions test. On completion of the test, all candidates receive an age-adjusted and standardised score. The average score is 100. Schools will also be able to see each child’s score and the time taken for each section of the test.
If a child does well in their 11+ pre-test, they will usually be offered a place, contingent on them then passing the common entrance exam at 13+.
Other exam information:
The tests cover English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning separately.
All tests are completed online.
All questions are in multiple-choice format.
The English test takes 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes and verbal reasoning 36 minutes.
The four tests can either be taken together or at separate times. They can be taken in the candidate's own school, at the senior school for which he or she is entered or at an independent testing centre.
All candidates are registered by the senior school(s) for which they are entered.
Test results are available to all senior schools which register the same candidate and therefore a candidate need only sit the tests once for a range of senior schools.
An assessment fee of £24 applies and is non-refundable.
For information on Hurstpierpoint College’s use of school’s own testing for Year 7 entry, click here.
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Princethorpe College | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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The papers we’ve shared below are in similar style to those typically delivered as 11 plus assessments by Princethorpe College, Warwickshire.
INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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CEM SELECT ONLINE FAMILIARISATION TEST
Princethorpe College’s English Sample Paper
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Exam Information
Exam style — School’s own exam and CEM Select.
Exam types:
English
Maths
CEM Select (verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning)
Exam length — 2x 1 hour exams (English and maths) + 1x 50 minute exam (CEM Select).
Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions test. On completion of the tests, all candidates receive an age-standardized score.
Other exam information —
Entrance exams will take place in November of year 6.
The CEM Select is an online assessment that tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning.
The English exam includes a comprehension exercise and a piece of creative writing.
The maths exam is non-calculator. The school states that students must be familiar with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as:
Money calculations
Fractions and decimals
Directed numbers
Rounding and place value
Inequality signs
Time
Compass bearings
Reflection and translation
Averages
Simple graphs and statistical charts
Basic shapes (perimeter and area)
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Urmston Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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ENGLISH PAPER 1
ENGLISH PAPER 2
ENGLISH PAPER 3
MATHS PAPER 1
MATHS PAPER 2
MATHS PAPER 3
VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
VERBAL REASONING PAPER 2
VERBAL REASONING PAPER 3
NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 2
NON-VERBAL REASONING PAPER 3
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About the School
Address — Urmston Grammar School, Newton Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5UG
Type of school — Mixed grammar school
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1100+
Places available in year 7 — 150+
Average applicants per place — 6 or more
Catchment area — Urmston Grammar School has a catchment area that is defined in accordance of distance from the school to home address as per a straight line. Please note, postcodes M41 and M31 are prioritised, followed by the remaining candidates.
Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, eligible 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 determined as follows:
“Looked after” children, or who were previously looked after.
The 20 top scoring candidates, irrespective of home residence.
10 places will be allocated to the highest performing candidates who qualify for Pupil Premium, irrespective of distance.
Children who have parents who are serving members of Urmston Grammar staff, and who have had a permanent contract at UGS for at least eight continuous years will be offered a place.
All remaining places will be allocated in accordance with their distance from the school to their home address as per a straight line, firstly by M41 and M31 postcodes followed by the remaining candidates.
School Summary
Urmston Grammar School was established in 1929 and is a mixed grammar school in Manchester. The school became an academy in 2010 and specialises in science and languages.
The school was awarded High Performing Specialist School status in 2007 and can often be found in the top 5% of schools in the UK. It was one of the first converter academies 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 for the Trafford Grammar Schools’ Consortium.
Exam types:
Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning
Mathematics/numerical reasoning
Other exam information —
All questions will be multiple choice.
The exams are split into sections.
There will be a short break between the papers.
Scores will be standardised.
Contact information
Website — http://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk/
Contact — http://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk/contact-us
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/UrmstonGrammar/
Twitter — https://twitter.com/urmstongrammar
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/390197002/urmston-grammar?hl=en
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/urmston-grammar/about/
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Shoeburyness High School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
Practice Papers and Answers
English Paper 1
Mark Scheme (Creative Writing)
English Paper 2
Exam Paper (Comprehension and Creative Writing)
Mark Scheme (Creative Writing)
English Paper 3
Mark Scheme (Creative Writing)
Maths Paper 1
Maths Paper 2
Maths Paper 3
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About the School
Address — Shoeburyness High School, Caulfield Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9LL
Type of school — Partially selective, mixed grammar school
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1800+
Places available in year 7 — 310+ (around 10% of which are selective)
Average applicants per place — 4 or more
Catchment area — Shoeburyness High School has a catchment area. Please see the map below.
Shoeburyness High School Catchment Area
Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children.
Up to 31 pupils will be granted preferential admission on the basis of their performance in the selection test procedure organised by the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex.
If any selective places remain unfilled, the Governors should consider whether any of the remaining applicants who took the selection tests are eligible to be awarded a borderline selective place. In doing so, preference will be given to those students with the highest scores in order of merit (298 or above).
Pupils who live in the catchment area served by the school and who have an older sibling attending the school.
Pupils who live in the catchment area served by the school.
Pupils who live outside the catchment area served by the school and who have an older sibling attending the school.
Pupils who live outside the catchment area served by the school.
Within each category, priority will be given to a pupil in public care. Therefore, a pupil in public care living outside the catchment area for the school will get preference over a pupil not in public care living inside the catchment area.
School Summary
Shoeburyness High school is a partially selective, mixed, grammar school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The school became an academy in 2011 and has been a technology specialist college since 1999. It also has a CAD/CAM Centre.
In 2008, the school became a Leading Space Education School after the creation of a Year 8 Space Academy Course. The school works with local primary schools as part of this course.
Shoeburyness High School is a member of the Southend East Community Academy Trust (SECAT). It is also part of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex:
CSSE Members. (Source)
Exam Information
Exam style — The Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).
Exam topics:
English and Verbal Reasoning
Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning
Exam length — 2 × 1 hour exams (plus 10 minutes reading time).
Qualifying score — 298
Other exam information:
The English paper will consist of comprehension, grammar and vocabulary, creative/extended writing, and applied reasoning (literacy and verbal).
The Mathematics paper will consist of questions consistent with KS2 National curriculum and applied reasoning (mathematical/non-verbal).
The overall score will have a 50:50 weighting - English (50%) and Mathematics (50%).
Score will be aggregated and mathematically standardised for each candidate.
Contact information
Website — https://www.shoeburynesshigh.co.uk/
Contact — https://www.shoeburynesshigh.co.uk/page/?title=Contact+Us&pid=47
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shoeburyness-High-School/103108686396286
Twitter — https://twitter.com/Shoebury_High
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbHQGTQwnzH4bmwPEvzZkVg
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/shoeburyness-high-school
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Seaford College | Free 11 Plus (11+) ISEB Pre-Test Practice Papers and Answers
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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST ENGLISH PAPER 1
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1
ISEB Pre-Test Familiarisation Test
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Exam Information
Exam style — ISEB Common Pre-Test.
Exam types:
English (reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation).
Maths (in line with the National Curriculum up to Year 5).
Verbal reasoning (common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer, number codes, etc.).
Non-verbal reasoning (shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes, etc.).
Exam length — 4 exams totalling 2.5 hours.
Pass mark — There is not a fixed pass mark for the admissions test. On completion of the test, all candidates receive an age-adjusted and standardised score. The average score is 100. Schools will also be able to see each child’s score and the time taken for each section of the test.
If a child does well in their 11+ pre-test, they will usually be offered a place, contingent on them then passing the common entrance exam at 13+.
Other exam information:
The tests cover English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning separately.
All tests are completed online.
All questions are in multiple-choice format.
The English test takes 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes and verbal reasoning 36 minutes.
The four tests can either be taken together or at separate times. They can be taken in the candidate's own school, at the senior school for which he or she is entered or at an independent testing centre.
All candidates are registered by the senior school(s) for which they are entered.
Test results are available to all senior schools which register the same candidate and therefore a candidate need only sit the tests once for a range of senior schools.
An assessment fee of £24 applies and is non-refundable.
For information on Seaford College’s use of school’s own testing for Year 7 entry, click here.
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Dartford Grammar School for Girls | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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English Paper 1
English Paper 2
English Paper 3
Maths Paper 1
Maths Paper 2
Maths Paper 3
Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
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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:
Eligible students who are presently or were previously in Local Authority care.
Eligible students in receipt of Pupil Premium at the time of entry to the school.
100 places will be reserved for girls residing in Dartford or one of the named parishes in the catchment area.
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:
Those performing best in the Kent Test (highest aggregate score).
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.
Contact information
Website — https://www.dartfordgrammargirls.kent.sch.uk/
Contact — https://www.dartfordgrammargirls.kent.sch.uk/7/general
Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=107403885948710
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/dartford-grammar-school/
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St George's College | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
Other Practice Papers and Answers
CEM SELECT ONLINE FAMILIARISATION TEST
St George's College Sample English and Maths Papers
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Exam Information
Exam style — School’s own exam and CEM Select.
Exam types:
Verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning assessment (CEM Select)
Maths
English
Exam length — 45 minutes (maths exam), 60 minutes (English exam).
Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the exams.
Other exam information:
The assessment application form must be filled out online or by paper and mailed to the school by the end of November in year 6.
An English and maths papers are written by the school. The English paper focuses on writing, comprehension, and technical skills.
The family that are to the Christian, Catholic, Josephite ethos of St. George's are given priority.
Acceptance is based on satisfactory test score on the entrance exam, a positive report from their current school, the family must prove an interest in enrolment and attended an Open Morning, the applicant must have a sibling or family member who attended the school previously, and the candidate must be a pupil of the Junior School.
All applicants will be invited to sit an interview with a senior member of staff.
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Fort Pitt Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
MATHS PAPER 1
MATHS PAPER 2
MATHS PAPER 3
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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:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted.
Children attending Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling (FPTA) Junior Academies (namely, Balfour Junior Academy and Phoenix Junior Academy).
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).
Children residing within 2 miles of the school.
Children residing in one of the named parishes above.
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.
Contact information
Website — https://fortpitt.medway.sch.uk/new/
Contact — https://fortpitt.medway.sch.uk/new/contact-us/
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/fortpittgrammar
Twitter — https://twitter.com/fortpittgrammar
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/fort_pitt_grammar_school_/
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-pitt-grammar-school
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Stoke College | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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Exam Information
Exam style — School’s own exam.
Exam types:
Mathematics
English
Non-verbal reasoning
Exam length — Unknown.
Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the admissions test.
Other exam and entry information:
The online registration form must be filled out before the closing date alongside a non-refundable registration fee of £100.
Parents are encouraged to participate in an open event to visit the school and meet staff members.
Stoke College will request a reference and two recent reports from the applicant's current school.
Applicants will be invited to sit an informal interview with the headteacher as part of the admissions process.
Offers will be sent to successful candidates after the assessments, and the acceptance forms must be returned by the closing date. The mandatory deposit fee of £750 must be paid. It will be reimbursed when the pupil leaves the school.
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The Blue Coat School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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The Blue Coat School does not release any past or practice papers. The GL and independent style papers we’ve shared below contain similar content to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by The Blue Coat School.
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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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ENGLISH PAPER 1
ENGLISH PAPER 2
ENGLISH PAPER 3
MATHS PAPER 1
MATHS PAPER 2
MATHS PAPER 3
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About the School
Address — The Blue Coat School, Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 9EE
Type of school — Mixed grammar school
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1150+
Places available in year 7 — 180+
Average applicants per place — 7 or more
Catchment area — The Blue Coat School odes not have a catchment area.
Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be determined as follows:
Up to 27 places will be available to the highest scoring applicants who are eligible for free school meals and who achieve an Entrance Test score of 213 or more.
The remaining places will be available to all other highest scoring applicants.
School Summary
The Blue Coat School was established in 1708 and is a mixed grammar school in Liverpool, Merseyside. The school became an academy in 2012 specialises in science and maths. Blue Coat was originally a boarding school for boys but became a mixed school in 2002. It is the only grammar school in Liverpool.
In recent years, over half of the school’s GCSE grades were Grade 8 or above and over three-quarters where Grade 7 and above. At A-Level, nearly two-thirds of grades were Grade A or above and over three quarters were Grade B or above.
Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.
Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.
Exam Information
Exam style — CEM Select.
Exam types:
English
Mathematics
Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning
Exam length — 2 hours.
Pass mark — Changes every year. Places are awarded in order of the highest overall score.
Other exam information —
There are two rounds of tests.
English and maths
Verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning
Approximately 400 applicants will progress to Phase 2 based on their performance in Phase 1.
Scores will be standardised.
Contact information
Website — https://www.bluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk/
Contact — https://www.bluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk/contact-us/
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/bluecoatschoololdblues/
Twitter — https://twitter.com/LiverpoolBCS
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/229710294/united-kingdom/liverpool/liverpool-blue-coat-school/
YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngr1VNxteqMJ0ObTnrNBtw
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-blue-coat-school-old-blues-79b818a1/
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Reigate Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
Other Practice Papers and Answers
Reigate Grammar School Sample Papers
Reigate Grammar School English 2019 Sample Paper
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Exam Information
Exam style — Schools own exams.
Exam types:
Maths
English
Reasoning (verbal and non-verbal)
Exam length — Unknown.
Interviews — An interview with a staff member and group interview with the headteacher is required as part of the admissions process.
Other exam and entry information:
The online registration form must be filled out by the November of year 6, along with a non-refundable registration fee of £100.
As part of the application process, applicants will be required to provide a reference from their current school.
The entrance exams will be held in the January of year 6.
Both interviews will be held in January.
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Rainham Mark Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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Other Sample Papers and Answers
Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
MATHS PAPER 1
MATHS PAPER 2
MATHS PAPER 3
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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:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
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.
Children with a sibling at the school at the time of application or who will be still attending when the applicant is admitted.
Child’s health reasons, supported by medical evidence, which requires the child to attend this school.
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).
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.
Contact information
Website — https://www.rainhammark.com/
Contact — https://www.rainhammark.com/ (bottom of page)
Facebook — https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=104101276293887
Twitter — https://twitter.com/rmgs_pe?lang=en
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/271978774/rainham-mark-grammar-school?hl=en
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/school/rainham-mark-grammar-school/
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Pocklington School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1
INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
Other Practice Papers and Answers
Pocklington School Sample Papers
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Exam Information
Exam style — School’s own exam.
Exam types:
English
Maths
Exam length — 2x 1 hour exams.
Interviews — An interview may be held.
Other exam and entry information:
A non-refundable registration fee of £100 is payable to the school.
A school report from the child’s current school will be requested.
Entry to the school is dependent on vacancy in the school, successful performance on the entrance examination and the school report submitted.
The entrance exam will take place in the January of year 6.
The English paper tests comprehension and writing.
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Queen’s College, London | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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Queen’s College, London is part of the London 11+ Consortium. No previous or sample papers have been released for this examination apart from the familiarisation test below. However, our papers below contain similar content.
GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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Exam Information
Exam style — ATOM Learning’s online assessment for the London Consortium.
Number of exams — 1.
Exam types:
Maths
Non-Verbal Reasoning
English Comprehension
Verbal Reasoning
Problem Solving
Analysis
Exam length — 140 minutes (with a 30-minute break). This will be broken down into:
20 minutes of maths.
10 minutes of non-verbal reasoning.
30 minutes of English comprehension and verbal reasoning.
30-minute break.
15 minutes of problem-solving.
25 minutes for the final analysis component.
Interviews — Children who perform well in the entrance tests are called back for interview; reports from current schools are also taken into account.
Other exam and entry information:
The 11+ tests take place in the December of Year 6. Students will sit the tests in their current school.
The exam is fully online. An onscreen timer will count down how many minutes remain in each section.
Questions will be based on the National Curriculum for Year 5, but with opportunities for additional challenge built into the assessment.
New questions to assess problem-solving and analysis skills have been added for 2022.
The problem-solving section will test a child’s ability to use words and numbers to solve problems with multiple steps.
The analysis component asks candidates to use information from a variety of different given sources, in order to answer questions. The context of this section is likely to be unfamiliar to all candidates but in the event of a candidate being familiar with the context, they will not have any advantage.
The first three sections of the exam before the break will be adaptive, meaning questions change and are tailored to the student's performance in previous questions. The last two sections of the exam are non-adaptive, and all students will receive the same questions.
A non-refundable fee of £150 is charged to sit the 11+ entrance exam for Queen’s College, London.
Registrations must be submitted by the end of November when your child is in Year 6.
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Borden Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers
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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
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Other Sample Papers and Answers
English Paper 1
English Paper 2
English Paper 3
Maths Paper 1
Maths Paper 2
Maths Paper 3
Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
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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:
Children in local authority care or who were previously in local authority care.
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.
Children with a brother (or sister in the Sixth Form) attending the school when the child joins year 7.
Children with health and special access reasons who have a demonstrable and significant need to attend this particular school.
Children who reside in the postcode areas beginning with the following: ME9, ME10, ME11, and ME12.
Children who reside in the postcode areas beginning ME8 & ME13.
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.
Contact information
Website — https://website.bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk/
Contact — https://website.bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk/index.php/pages/contact-us-main
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/BordenGrammarSchool
Twitter — https://twitter.com/Bordengrammar
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/bordengrammar/?hl=en
YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0bvIQQlIdR72MkIBL1p1pg
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/borden-grammar-school-trust/
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Exam Information
Exam style — School’s own exam.
Exam types:
English
Mathematics
Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning
Exam length — Unknown.
Interviews — Candidates will be interviewed by the headteacher
Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the exams.
Other exam and entry information:
The entry exams take place in the January of year 6.
The English exam involves spelling, punctuation, grammar, inference etc.
The online diagnostic test involves English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. This is similar to CEM Select.
Bursaries and scholarships are available.
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