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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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

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English Paper 1

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

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Homewood School

About the School

 

Address — Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LT

Type of school — Mixed partially-selective grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 2000+

Places available in year 7 —  400+ (around 20% selective)

Average applicants per place — 2 or more

Catchment area —  Homewood 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.

  2. 20% of the overall intake will be admitted with reference to ability or aptitude (78 spaces).

  3. Current Family Association – a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts.

  4. All other children by distance from the school.

School Summary

 Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre is a mixed, partially-selective school in Tenterden, Kent. It is one of the largest secondary schools in the UK and has a large attached sixth form.  The school specialises in the arts and became an academy in 2011.

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, 16,000+ 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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Dauntsey's School | 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 Dauntsey's School.

ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST ENGLISH PAPER 1

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

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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 Dauntsey's School’s use of school’s own testing for Year 7 entry, click here.

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Parkside School | 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 Parkside 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:

  • English

  • Maths

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the exams.

Other exam and entry information

  • Application forms should be submitted online before the closing date, along with a non-refundable fee of £100.

  • All applicants will be invited to participate in a taster day. Assessments will take place on this day.

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Downside School | 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 Downside School.

CAT4 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

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CAT4 PARENT’S GUIDE

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Exam Information

Exam style — CAT4.

Exam types:

  • CAT4 (verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative 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 day alongside a non-refundable registration fee of £100.

  • The assessment exam will be held in the January of Year 6.

  • After successfully completing the entrance exam, the applicant will be invited to interview with a senior staff member in the following January.

  • Offers will be sent to successful candidates after the assessments, and the acceptance forms must be returned by the closing date specified, along with a deposit of £1000.

For information on Downside School’s use of the ISEB Common Pre-Test for Year 9 entry, click here.

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Quinton House 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 Quinton House School, Northamptonshire.

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 exam.

Other exam information:

  • Booking a private tour is recommended for your child to experience the school. They will get to meet headmaster, other staff members and pupils.

  • Registration forms must be filled out online before the deadline, along with a £75 registration fee.

  • Following the registration, your child will be invited to a taster day, where your child will take the assessment exam.

  • As part of the application process, an updated report from the child's current school is required, along with a reference.

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Colchester County High School for Girls | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

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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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The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Colchester County High School For Girls (CCHSG).

11 Plus Preparation Resources For Colchester County High School For Girls

About the School

 

Address — Colchester County High School For Girls, Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school 

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1100+

Places available in year 7 —  200+

Average applicants per place — 6 or more

Catchment area —  Colchester County High School for Girls does not have a 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:

  1. Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children who score 320 or above in the selection test.

  2. Up to 20 places will be allocated to the highest scoring candidates on the Order of Merit List who are eligible for the pupil premium on the date that the 11+ test is taken and who achieve a standardised test score of 320 or above.

  3. Places will then be allocated in descending score order from the Rank Order of Merit List, highest scoring first, until all places are filled. 

Where two or more applicants achieve the same rank, preference will first be given to the child eligible for the pupil premium if they have not already been offered a place, followed by the girl living closest to the school by straight line measurement, measured from the school main entrance front doors.

School Summary

Colchester County High School for Girls is a selective, girls, grammar school in Colchester, Essex. The school was established in 1909 and moved to its current site in 1957. 

The school always ranks well in exam league tables. It became an academy in 2011 and specialises in Science and Languages, offering French, German and Latin.

This school is part of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex:

CSSE Members. (Source)

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

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

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 —  Changes each year.

In 2016, the lowest qualifying score was 350.

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.

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Sherfield School | 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 Sherfield School.

CAT4 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions

CAT4 PARENT’S GUIDE

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Exam Information

Exam style — CAT4.

Exam types:

  • CAT4 (verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning)

Exam length — 72 minutes.

The CAT4 test is composed of 8 short tests assessing the following subsections of the four areas above:

  1. Figure Classification (10 mins)

  2. Figure Matrices (10 mins)

  3. Verbal Classification (8 mins)

  4. Verbal Analogies (8 mins)

  5. Number Analogies (10 mins)

  6. Number Series (8 mins)

  7. Figure Analysis (9 mins)

  8. Figure Recognition (9 mins)

Pass mark — There is not a fixed pass mark for the admissions test.

Other exam and entry information

  • CAT4 is an online cognitive abilities test that examines skills in verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning.

  • A non-refundable fee of £100 is paid to the school for registration.

  • All applicants are expected to attend a taster day.

  • A school report will be required as a part of the admissions process.

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The Laurels 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 The Laurels School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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Other Practice Papers and Answers

The Laurels School Sample English Paper

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The Laurels School Sample Maths Paper

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

Exam length — 2x 1 hour exams.

Pass mark —  There is no fixed pass mark for these exams.

Other exam information:

  • The registration fee costs £100 and is non-refundable.

  • Entrance exams take place in January of the year of entry.

  • Offer letters are sent out in February.

  • The English paper contains a section for reading and a section for writing. The reading section tests comprehension skills through examining a text. The writing section looks for originality and creativity.

  • The Maths paper looks for problem-solving and numerical skills.

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Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

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

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About the School

 

Address — Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Glen Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 7BJ

Type of school — Mixed grammar school 

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1300+

Places available in year 7 — 180+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area —  Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School does have catchment area but candidates will only be considered eligible for admission if they achieve a qualifying score in their 11 Plus exams.

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

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children.

  2. Children holding a Statement of Special Educational Need/Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school.

  3. Pupils attending Area 1 primary schools* (ranked in order of overall entrance examination mark).

  4. Pupils attending Area 2 primary schools** (ranked in order of overall entrance examination mark).

  5. Pupils not attending Area 1 or 2 primary schools (ranked in order of overall entrance examination mark).

*Area 1 Primary Schools

  • Balladen Primary, Rawtenstall

  • Britannia Community Primary, Bacup

  • Constable Lee St. Paul’s CE Primary, Rawtenstall

  • Crawshawbooth Primary, Crawshawbooth

  • Holy Trinity CE Primary, Stacksteads

  • Newchurch CE Primary, Newchurch

  • Northern Primary, Bacup

  • Sharneyford Primary, Bacup

  • St. Anne’s Edgeside CE, Waterfoot

  • St. James the Less RC Primary, Rawtenstall

  • St. Joseph’s RC Primary, Stacksteads

  • St. Mary’s CE Primary, Rawtenstall

  • St. Mary’s RC Primary, Bacup

  • St. Peter’s RC Primary, Newchurch

  • St. Saviour’s Community Primary, Bacup

  • Thorn Primary, Bacup

  • Water Primary, Water

  • Waterfoot Primary, Waterfoot

**Area 2 Primary Schools

  • Broadway Primary, Haslingden

  • Edenfield CE, Edenfield

  • Haslingden Primary, Haslingden

  • Helmshore Primary, Helmshore

  • Our Lady & St Anselm’s RC Primary, Whitworth

  • St. Batholomew’s CE Primary, Whitworth

  • St. James CE Primary, Haslingden

  • St. John’s Stonefold CE Primary, Accrington

  • St. John with St. Michael CE Primary, Shawforth

  • St. Mary’s RC Primary, Haslingden

  • St. Veronica’s RC Primary, Helmshore

  • Stubbins Primary, Stubbins

  • Tonacliffe Primary, Whitworth

School Summary

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (BRGS) was founded in 1701 as Newchurch Grammar School. It moved to its current site in 1913 and was renamed after the two towns on either side of Waterfoot — Bacup and Rawtenstall. The school is a mixed, selective grammar school and sixth form.

BRGS specialises in mathematics and computing. It’s also a designated Training School. It became an academy in 2012. The school has a reputation for great exam results and it constantly ranks well in school league tables.

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

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

Exam Information

Exam Board — GL Assessment.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

  • Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 3x 50 minute exams.

Other exam information — Each exam will cover one topic and all will consist of multiple choice questions.

Scores will be standardised.

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Northwood College for Girls | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

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Northwood College for Girls 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

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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LONDON 11+ CONSORTIUM FAMILIARISATION TEST

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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 £100 is charged to sit the 11+ entrance exam for Northwood College for Girls.

  • Registrations must be submitted by the end of November when your child is in Year 6.

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Thomas's Battersea Senior School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

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Thomas's Battersea Senior School do not release any sample papers for their 11+ entrance exam. The papers we’ve shared below contain similar content to the exams typically delivered as 11 Plus pre-test assessments by Thomas's Battersea Senior School.

CEM ENGLISH & VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

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CEM MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answering Booklet

Answers

CEM Select Online Familiarisation Test

Online Test

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Exam Information

Exam style — CEM Select.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • Verbal reasoning

  • Non-verbal reasoning

Exam length — 75 minutes.

Other exam information

  • The assessment is completed online. All questions are in a multiple-choice format.

  • As part of the application process, your child must attend a ‘Discovery Day’ in the January of Year 6.

  • A report and recommendation from the student’s current school are also required.

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King's School Rochester | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

11+ Papers and Answers

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

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

Test Paper

Model Answers

Mark Scheme

INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

Answers

11 Plus Preparation Resources For King’s School Rochester

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — Unknown.

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

Other exam and entry information

  • Candidates will all be invited to attend a taster day at the school.

  • A reference from the child’s current school will be requested as part of the admissions process.

  • Assessments take place between the November and March of year 6.

For information on King's School Rochester’s use of the ISEB Common Pre-Test for Year 9 entry, click here.

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Northampton High School GDST | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

Test Paper

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Mark Scheme

INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Mathematics

  • English

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark —  There is no fixed pass mark for the exam.

Other exam information:

  • Visiting the school on an open day is recommended for the parent and child to experience the school environment and meet the headmistress.

  • Registration forms must be filled out online before the deadline, along with a registration fee of £75.

  • The English paper consists of multiple choice questions.

  • The assessment exams will be taken in the January of year 6.

  • Your daughter will have lunch at the school on exam day and participate in team-building activities following the exam, including the ‘getting to know you‘ session.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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About the School

 

Address — Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington Grange, Parsons Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7BB

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 900+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area —  Wilmington Grammar School for Girls does have a catchment area with priority given to boys living within 1.5 miles of the school or living within the parishes listed below:

  • Ash Cum Ridley

  • Badgers Mount 

  • Bean

  • Crockenhill 

  • Darenth 

  • Dartford

  • Dunton Green 

  • Eynsford 

  • Farningham

  • Fawkham 

  • Halstead 

  • Hartley

  • Hextable 

  • Horton Kirby & South Darenth 

  • Istead Rise (ward)

  • Kemsing 

  • Longfield & New Barn 

  • Meopham

  • Otford 

  • Shoreham 

  • Southfleet

  • Stanstead 

  • Stone 

  • Sutton at Hone & Hawley

  • Swanley 

  • Swanscome & Greenhithe 

  • West Kingsdown

  • Wilmington 

  • Wrotham

Other priority areas:

  • Children receiving Pupil Premium who live within a 3-mile radius of the school will also be given priority.

  • Governor places will be awarded to girls who have shown exceptional performance in the Mathematics paper of the Kent test who also live within a 5-mile radius of the school. (15 places).

The school’s catchment/priority areas.

Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.

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

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

  2. Children with a sibling who will be attending the school or Wilmington Grammar School for Boys when the applicant joins.

  3. Children of staff at the school.

  4. Governor places - awarded to girls who have shown exceptional performance in the Mathematics paper of the Kent test and live within a 5-mile radius of the school. (Up to 10% of the PAN - 15 places).

  5. Girls who live within 1.5 mile proximity of the school and girls living within the parishes listed in the catchment area.

  6. Children receiving Pupil Premium who live within a 3-mile radius of the school.

  7. All other eligible girls  – those living closest to the school first.

Furthest distance offered a place 2020 - 2.750 miles.

Furthest distance offered a place 2019 - 2.003 miles.

Furthest distance offered a place 2018 - 3.346 miles.

School Summary

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (WGSG)  was established in 1958 and is an all-girls grammar school in Wilmington, Kent. The school’s sixth form is co-educational and admits both boys and girls. WGSG became an academy in 2011.

The school specialises in computing and maths. WGSG works with Wilmington Grammar School for Boys to expand the number of courses on offer to their sixth form students. 

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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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Mathematics

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length— 3x 45-60 minute exams.

Pass mark —  There is no fixed pass mark for the exams.

Other exam information:

  • The entrance exams will take place end of January or early February of year 6.

  • A report from your child's present school will also be required.

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INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

  • Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 3x 30 minute exams + 1x 45 minute exam (verbal reasoning).

Pass mark — There is no fixed pass mark for the exam.

Other exam and entry information

  • The assessment exams are held in the November of Year 6.

  • All exams are taken online, apart from the verbal reasoning paper.

  • Academic scholarship applicants must also take an additional 30-minute mathematics exam.

  • Applicants will be required to submit a reference and updated report from their current school.

  • Acceptance letters will be sent to parents shortly after the assessment is complete.

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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MATHS PAPER 1

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About the School

 

Address — Watford Grammar School for Girls, Lady's Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0AE

Type of school — Girls, partially selective, grammar school 

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1400+

Places available in year 7 — 210+ (25% of which are selective)

Average applicants per place — 4 or more

Catchment area —  Watford Grammar School for Girls has a catchment area.

The admission area comprises the Watford area and the ‘rest of the admission area’. The postcodes in each area are not listed in priority order. All postcodes are treated equally within each area unless there is a need to operate the tie-break.

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 determined as follows:

Community places:

  1.  Looked After Children and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order). 

  2. Girls whose normal home address is nearest to the school and who would not be allocated a place under any other criterion (up to 21 places, 10% of the total admissions). 

  3. Girls with a parent who is a permanent member of the school staff. To qualify, the member of staff must either have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made or have been recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

  4. Girls with a sibling (sister) enrolled at the school, excluding sisters who first entered the school in the Sixth Form (Year 12 or Year 13). 

  5. Girls with a sibling (brother) enrolled at Watford Grammar School for Boys, excluding brothers who first entered the school in the Sixth Form (Year 12 or Year 13). 

  6. Places will then be allocated to girls in increasing distance order using straight line distance between the family’s normal home address and the school.

    Specialist (selective) places 

  7. Girls selected on the basis of aptitude for music as measured by the school's assessment procedures, in merit order (up to 21 places, 10% of total admissions). 

  8. Girls selected by academic ability as measured by the school’s assessment procedures, in merit order (52 places, 25% of total admissions).

School Summary

Watford Grammar School for Girls was established in 1704 and is an all-girls, partially-selective grammar school in Watford, Hertfordshire. The school became an academy in 2010 and is part of the South West Herts School Grammar School Consortium.

The school specialises in visual arts, maths and computing. The school works closely with Watford Grammar School for Boys and the two schools share a lot of joint courses and activities. Extracurricular activities play a key role at the school with students being encouraged to take part in three or more extra-curricular clubs per week.

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

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

Exam Information

Exam style — South West Herts Consortium Schools Exam (GL Assessment).

Exam types:

  • Verbal reasoning 

  • Mathematics

Exam length — 2x 1 hour exams.

Pass mark — N/A - No minimum score will be required to gain admission, places are offered strictly in descending order of each applicant's standardised test score.

Other exam information — 

  • There will be two separate exam papers - one for maths and one for verbal reasoning.

  • Both tests take approximately one hour to deliver and are provided by GL Assessment.  

  • Both exams are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.

Scores will be standardised. 

Please note - Watford Grammar School for Girls is a partially selective school, meaning only 25% of available places in year 7 will be available based on academic ability each year.

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST ENGLISH PAPER 1

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

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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 Culford School’s use of school’s own testing for Year 7 entry, click here.

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ENGLISH INDEPENDENT STYLE PAPER 1

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam and online test.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Verbal Reasoning

  • A computer-based assessment (similar to CEM Select)

Exam length — Unknown.

Pass mark —  There is no fixed pass mark for the exams.

Other exam information:

  • The entrance exams will take place in the November of year 6.

  • As part of the application process, the school will require a copy of the child's birth certificate and a report from your child's current school.

  • Two weeks following the assessment, parents will be notified in writing of their child’s results.

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST ENGLISH PAPER 1

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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ISEB COMMON PRE-TEST VERBAL REASONING PAPER 1

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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 City of London Freemen's School’s use of school’s own testing for Year 7 entry, click here.

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