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

April 12, 2024 The Exam Coach

Practice Papers and Answers

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

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About the School

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Address — Westcliff High School for Girls, Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1300+

Places available in year 7 — 190+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

Catchment area — Westcliff High School for Girls does have a catchment area which gives priority based on location and distance from the school. It covers the following postcodes: SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7, SS8 and SS9.

Westcliff High School for Girls’ 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 who have passed the selection tests.
Children who live within the priority area (postcodes listed above), subject to their passing the selection tests. (184 spaces)
Children who live outside the priority area, subject to their passing the selection test

Please note - 10% of places reserved for pupils living within the priority area and for pupils living outside the priority area are designated for children who exceed the pass mark and who are entitled to ‘preferential consideration’, including looked-after children and those entitled to Free School Meals.

In the event of pupils achieving the same mark for the last available place, priority will be given to the child entitled to ‘preferential consideration’; then, if this does not differentiate, to the pupil who lives closest to the School as measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s normal/habitual place of residence to the nearest pupil entrance to the School, with those living nearest being given preference.

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School Summary

Westcliff High School for Girls was established in 1920 and is a girls’ grammar school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The school became an academy in 2011 and has a sixth form which accepts both boys and girls.

Westcliff Girls’ has specialised in science and engineering since 2003. The school is a National Teaching School and has previously won both the Healthy Schools Award and the Diana Award.

The school’s key aims are:

To foster enthusiasm for life-long learning and the pursuit of excellence.
To develop in each student the skills, knowledge and qualities needed to play an active role in a changing world.
To give students the confidence to apply knowledge, experiment and embrace challenge.
To provide opportunities for personal reflection and to encourage a deeper awareness of spiritual, cultural, ethical and social issues.
To establish a community where students, staff, parents and governors work as partners with mutual respect and shared responsibility.
Our status as a Science and Engineering College allows us to promote high quality learning opportunities for our pupils using new technologies as they become available.

The 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.

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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 — 303 (a score of 338 is required for students living outside of the priority area).

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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