Our Practice Papers and Answers
GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
The test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as stage 1 11 Plus assessments by Sutton Grammar School.
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Other Practice Papers and Answers
2025 English Familiarisation (Stage 1)
2025 Maths Familiarisation (Stage 1)
English Familiarisation (Stage 1)
Maths Familiarisation (Stage 1)
The 11 Plus test papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Sutton Grammar School.
About the School
Address — Sutton Grammar School, Manor Lane, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4AS
Type of school — Boys grammar school
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1000+
Places available in year 7 — 130+
Average applicants per place — 10 or more
Please note, this school is heavily oversubscribed. In recent years, the school has had 2600+ applicants, 900+ of which qualified for the 2nd stage test and 700+ ended up eligible for only 130+ places per year.
Catchment area — Sutton Grammar School does have a catchment area but candidates will only be considered eligible for admission if they achieve a qualifying score in their 11 Plus exams.
The catchment area gives priority based on location and distance from the school. The following postcodes are given priority:
SM1-7
KT4
KT17
CR0 4
CR4
Over-subscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Boys who are looked after or have previously been looked after. Supporting evidence will be required.
Boys who achieved the highest combined score in the SET and Sutton Grammar School’s second stage tests AND whose home address is in one of the following postcodes — SM1-7, KT4, KT17, CR0 4, CR4 (up to 75 places).
Boys who achieved the highest combined scores in the SET and Sutton Grammar
School’s second stage tests, where the home address of the boy may be in any postcode (up to 60 places).
Proximity of the boy's home address from the School (where scores are equal).
School Summary
Sutton Grammar school was founded in 1899 and is an all-boys selective grammar school with a mixed sixth form. The school has had several names over the years including ‘Sutton County Grammar School’ and ‘Sutton Manor School’. It changed to its current name when it became an academy in 2011. The school specialises in science.
Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.
Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.
Exam Information
Exam style — Selective Eligibility Test (SET) for the Sutton Schools and the Sutton Grammar School second stage entrance test.
The schools have not announced their exam board in order to make the exams fair for all candidates.
Exam types:
English
Mathematics
Exam length — 40-50 minutes each.
Pass mark — The pass mark is decided by the school after the tests have been marked.
Please note that parents are not informed of the exact score their child achieved. They are only told whether their child has passed.
Children who are unsuccessful will sometimes be informed of their marks.
Other exam information —
There are two stages of exams.
Maths and English exams are taken back to back on the same day.
In the first stage of exams, all questions are multiple choice in both the English and Maths exams.
The second stage consists of an extended English writing task and a standard Maths paper. In this stage the tests will not include verbal reasoning or non-verbal reasoning. These tests are not multiple choice.
Candidates record their answers on a separate answer sheet.
The scores from all tests are combined to create the overall entrance test score.
Please note that candidates must achieve the minimum qualifying score in the SET (first stage of testing) to be invited back to sit the second stage tests.
Scores will be standardised.
The standardised scores of the four exams will be weighted in the ratio 2:2:3:3, with the first round of exams being weighted as 2 and the second round as 3.
Contact information
Website — https://www.suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk/
Contact — https://www.suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk/Contact-Us
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sutton-Grammar-School/107731799250266
Twitter — https://twitter.com/suttongr?lang=en
Twitter (Year 7 info) — https://twitter.com/sgsyr7?lang=en
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/sutton-grammar-school-trust/about/
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