Withington Girls' 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 Withington Girls’ School.

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Verbal Reasoning

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — Maths (Paper 1 - 30 minutes, Paper 2 - 40 minutes) + English (Essay paper - 35 minutes, Comprehension paper - 45 minutes).

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

Other exam information:

  • Exams take place in the January of year 6.

  • The maths and English exams are split into two, shorter papers.

  • After the exams, students are invited to interviews within 3/4 weeks.

  • There is a non-refundable registration fee of £50 required.

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Queenswood | 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 Queenswood.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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English Writing Sample Paper

Maths Sample Paper

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 1x 60 minute maths exam + 1x 70 minute English exam.

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

Other exam and entry information: 

  • Only students from schools not offering the ISEB Common Pre-Test must sit the papers in English and maths.

  • All potential students must sit the verbal reasoning exam.

  • The assessments take place in the November of year 6.

  • Offers are released in December.

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Queen’s Gate School | Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Papers and Answers

11+ Papers and Answers

Queen’s Gate School is part of the London 11+ Consortium. No previous or sample papers have been released for this examination apart from the familiarisation test below

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 £150 is charged to sit the 11+ entrance exam for Queen’s Gate School.

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

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Shrewsbury High 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 Shrewsbury High School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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CEM SELECT ONLINE FAMILIARISATION TEST

Online Test

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 20-25 minute exams + CEM Select.

Interviews — Interviews take place in the January of year 6, following the exams.

Other exam and entry information: 

  • The entry exams take place in the January of year 6.

  • The English exam tests comprehension and writing skills.

  • The maths exam tests problem-solving and arithmetic skills.

  • The online test is similar to CEM Select and assesses verbal, non-verbal and numerical reasoning.

  • A £100 non-refundable registration fee is required.

  • Bursaries and scholarships are available.

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Christ's Hospital 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 Christ's Hospital School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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CAT4 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

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CAT4 Parent’s Guide

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Christ’s Hospital Example English Paper

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Christ’s Hospital Example Maths Paper

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam and CAT4.

Exam types:

  • Stage one — CAT4 Select (verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning)

  • Stage two — English and maths

Exam length — 72 minutes (CAT4), then 2x 1 hour exams (English and maths).

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 no fixed pass mark for these exams but you must pass the CAT4 exams in order to be invited back for the second stage of examinations.

Other exam information —

  • The CAT4 Test is an online assessment that examines verbal, non-verbal, spacial and quantitive reasoning.

  • The Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4) is administered in October of Year 6, and the school's own English and maths exams are set in January of Year 6.

  • Only after passing this, will your child be invited back to take the school’s own English and maths exams.

  • A registration fee of £65 is required to be paid before testing.

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KENT ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 1

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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

About the School

 

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

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1200+

Places available in year 7 — 180+

Average applicants per place — 5 or more

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

  • Ash-cum-Ridley 

  • Bean 

  • Crockenhill

  • Darenth 

  • Eynsford 

  • Farningham 

  • Fawkham 

  • Hartley 

  • Hextable 

  • Horton Kirby and South Darenth 

  • Longfield and New Barn 

  • Southfleet 

  • Stone

  • Sutton at Hone and Hawley

  • Swanley

  • Swanscombe and Greenhithe

  • West Kingsdown

  • Wilmington

Dartford Grammar School for Girls Catchment Area

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

School Summary

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

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

Dartford works around its principal values:

  • Respect

  • Responsibility

  • Excellence

  • Dedication 

  • Creativity

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

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

Exam Information

Exam style —GL Assessment/The Kent Test

Exam topic:

  • Reasoning

    • Verbal, non-verbal and spatial

  • English and maths

  • Creative writing

Exam length — 2 x 1 hour exams + a 40-minute writing exercise.

Pass rate — In recent years, 15,000+ applicants took the Kent test; only 6,500 passed.

Other exam information:

  • The reasoning, English and maths tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.

  • The first test will be an English and Maths paper. Each section will include a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.

  • The second test will be the reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.

  • Finally, there will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

Scores:

  • Your child will get three standardised scores (one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning) and a total (aggregate) score.

  • Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Pass mark:

To qualify, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 108. Test scores range from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.

If your child did not reach this threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.

Please note that a score of over 332 does NOT mean your child is guaranteed a place at your chosen school.

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Chase Grammar 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 Chase Grammar School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

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New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

Exam length — 2 exams totalling 1 hour.

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

Other exam and entry information: 

  • Applicants will be required to participate in a trial day as part of the assessment process.

  • Applicants will be required to provide a current report from their current school and sit an interview with a senior staff member.

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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 2

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English Paper 3

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Maths Paper 1

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Maths Paper 2

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Maths Paper 3

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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

Kent College, Canterbury | 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 Kent College.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

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Kent College Sample Papers

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Maths Sample Paper

Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 3x 45 minute exams.

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

Other exam and entry information: 

  • The entry exams take place in the January of year 6.

  • The English paper tests writing only.

  • A copy of the candidate’s recent school report will be requested.

  • An interview with both the pupil and parents will take place as part of the admissions process. You will interviewed by either the headteacher or a senior member of staff.

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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 College School.

INDEPENDENT ENGLISH PAPER 1

Test Paper

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INDEPENDENT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Test Paper

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King's College School Sample Papers

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Maths Sample Paper (Part 1)

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • Maths

  • English

  • Verbal Reasoning

Exam length — 3x 50 minute exams.

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

Other exam and entry information: 

  • A non-refundable fee of £150 will be paid to the school for registration.

  • The English exam will be composed of a comprehension, grammar and creative writing questions.

  • The school recommends the parents to register their child early in order not to miss a chance of entry to the school.

  • The entrance exam will be held in the December of Year 6.

  • References from the applicant's current school will be requested as part of the application process.

  • Applicants who perform well on the entrance exams will be invited for an interview the following January.

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GL ENGLISH PAPER 1

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GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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MATHS PAPER 1

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MATHS PAPER 3

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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 Budmouth Academy.

About the School

 

Address — Budmouth Academy, Chickerell Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9SY

Type of school — Mixed, partially-selective, grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1500+

Places available in year 7 —  260+

Average applicants per place — 3 or more

Catchment area — Budmouth Academy has a catchment area. Enter your postcode here to check your eligibility. 

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:

  1. Children who are or have been in care or are looked after by the Local Authority, or who have been adopted after having been in care.

  2. Up to 30 students will be admitted following the sitting of ability tests. Remaining non-selective places up to the planned admission number of 260 will be allocated according to the following criteria in the order set out below.

  3. Children who will have a sibling(s) already attending the Academy at the time of admission. 

  4. Children of staff.

  5. Children living within the catchment area for, or attending, Portesham Primary School.

  6. Other children.

School Summary

Budmouth Academy  was established in 1900 and is a mixed, partially-selective, grammar school in Weymouth, Dorset. The school became an academy in 2019. It is named after the semi-fictional town of Budmouth (which was based on Weymouth) in Thomas Hardy’s novels.

Budmouth is known for producing above average GCSE results. It is excellent facilities including: extensive playing fields covering 12 acres (49,000 m2), netball and tennis courts, several design studios, a photography workshop, greenhouses and numerous ICT suites.

Find the most recent Ofsted reports here.

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

Exam Information

Exam style — School written exam.

Exam types:

  • Verbal reasoning 

  • Numerical reasoning/maths 

  • Non-verbal reasoning 

Pass mark — Changes each year.  

Other exam information:

  • The tests are all taken online and begin with a five-minute practice session.

Scores will be standardised. 

Please note - Budmouth Academy is a partially selective school, meaning only 30 places in year 7 will be available based on academic ability each year.

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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 Parmiter’s School.

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 1

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 2

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Verbal Reasoning Paper 3

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MATHS PAPER 1

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MATHS PAPER 2

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MATHS PAPER 3

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

About the School

 

Address — Parmiter's School, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0UU

Type of school — Mixed, partially selective grammar school 

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1500+

Places available in year 7 —  200+ (25% of which are selective)

Average applicants per place — 8 or more

Catchment area —  Parmiter’s School’s catchment area places priority on location and 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 determined as follows:

  1. “Children Looked After”, “Children Previously Looked After” or “Children in Public Care”.

  2. 10% of places will be allocated based on the straight line distance measurement provided by Hertfordshire County Council’s computerised mapping system. Hertfordshire County Council’s ‘straight line’ distance measurement system is used for all home to school distance measurements. Distances are measured using a computerised mapping system to two decimal places.

  3. Children with a sibling attending the school and residing at the same family household from Monday to Friday at the time of application. 

  4. Children with a parent who is a current employee at Parmiter's School with at least two years service at the time of application and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

  5. Children for whom it can be demonstrated that there is a compelling medical reason for attending the school.

  6. 25% of places shall be available in merit order by reference to academic ability. In order to be considered under this criterion, a verbal reasoning test and a mathematics test must have been taken, the results of which will be used to assess academic ability. No minimum score will be required to gain admission, places being offered strictly in descending order of each applicant's standardised test score.

  7. Up to 10% of places to be allocated on the basis of proven aptitude in music to be determined by prescribed tests. 

  8. Remaining places will be allocated on the basis of proximity to the school. 

School Summary

Parmiter’s School was founded in 1681 by Thomas Parmiter. Today, the school is a large, mixed, partially-selective secondary school in Watford, Hertfordshire. The school became an academy in 2011 and has a large, attached sixth-form. 

Parmiter’s is part of the South West Herts School Grammar School Consortium. It specialises in technology, music and languages. Due to its consistent high performance at GCSE and A-Level, it is ones of the most oversubscribed schools in Hertfordshire. 

The school states that it is committed to:

  • The pursuit of excellence in all that we do.

  • Providing a broad education designed to enable every young person to achieve their full potential and make the most of their talents.

  • Creating a healthy, happy, disciplined and supportive environment which promotes an independent work ethic and a love of learning.

  • Engendering respect for individuality and difference so that all will feel secure and equally valued.

  • Nurturing a sense of social responsibility and spiritual and personal development.

  • Fostering integrity, confidence, resilience, creativity, good manners and sensitivity to the needs of others.

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 - Parmiter’s School 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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About the School

 

Address — Highworth Grammar School, Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD

Type of school — Girls’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1500+

Places available in year 7 — 210+

Average applicants per place — 2 or more

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

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

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

  1.  Children who are in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children in receipt of Pupil Premium. 

  3. Children who have a sibling who will be attending the school when the applicant joins.

  4. Children with any medical, health, social and special access reasons will be applied in accordance with the school’s legal obligations, in particular those under the Equality Act 2010.

  5. Children who live the nearest to the school. (Using the distance between the child’s permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line).

School Summary

Highworth Grammar School was established in 1904 and is an all-girls grammar school in Ashford, Kent. The school’s attached sixth from is co-educational and admits both boys and girls from the age of 16. In 2011 the school became an academy and has specialised in music since 2005.

The school’s motto is: REACH FOR THE STARS!

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 — CEM Select.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

  • Reasoning

Exam length — 60 minute online reasoning assessment.

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

Other exam and entry information: 

  • A reference and report from the child’s current school will be required.

  • Assessments take place in either the December or January of year 6.

  • Offers are released in February.

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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 exam.

Other exam and entry information: 

  • There is a non-refundable application fee of £100.

  • Candidates must pass the entrance exams and provide a report from their current school to be considered eligible.

  • Exams are held in the January of year 6.

  • All candidates must attend an interview with the senior leadership team.

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Exam Information

Exam style — School’s own exam.

Exam types:

  • English

  • Maths

Exam length — Unknown

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

Other exam information:

  • There is an application fee of £40 required.

  • Upon passing the entrance exams, your child will be invited to an interview with the headmaster.

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

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About the School

 

Address — Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Abbey Place, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7BQ

Type of school — Mixed grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1000+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 8 or more

Catchment area —  Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. 

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

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

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

  2. Children in receipt of Pupil Premium/Free School Meals.

  3. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of entry to the school.

  4. Children of staff, where the member of staff has been employed at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School on a permanent contract for 2 years or more, or has been recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

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

  6. Nearness of children’s homes to the school (measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point. Distances are measured from a point defined as within the child’s home to a point defined as within the school as specified by the NLPG.)

School Summary

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (known as QE or QEGS) was founded in 1967 when Faversham Grammar School for Boys, the William Gibbs School for Girls and the Wreights School merged to form a single school. It is now a co-educational grammar school which became an academy in 2011.

The school specialises in mathematics, computing and languages. QEGS has also been identified as a high performing school.

The school aims to:

  • Provide high quality teaching across a broad range of academic disciplines, allowing for student choice and specialisation.

  • Enable every student to achieve high quality academic qualifications.

  • Develop supportive, responsible and productive relationships both within the school and across the wider community.

  • Provide excellent extra-curricular opportunities for all students, encouraging them to participate in a wide range of activities within and beyond the classroom.

  • Foster a sense of engagement in, and enjoyment of, learning.

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

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

About the School

 

Address — Gravesend Grammar School, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PR

Type of school — Boys’ grammar school

Cost — Free

Pupils in school — 1200+

Places available in year 7 — 150+

Average applicants per place — 3 or more

Catchment area —  Gravesend Grammar School does have a catchment area which is based on distance from the school. Priority is given to:

  • Children living within the Borough of Gravesham. (Criterion 5)

  • Children who live within the civil parishes of Ash-cum-Ridley, Bean, Fawkham, Hartley, Longfield and New Barn, Southfleet, Swanscombe and Greenhithe and Stansted.(Criterion 6)

  • Children who live within the civil parishes of Stone, Darenth, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Cliffe and Cliffe Wood. (Criterion 7)

Gravesend Grammar School Catchment Area

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

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

  1.  Children who are in Local Authority Care.

  2. Children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school.

  3. Children who have a brother (or sister in the 6th Form) who will be attending the school when the applicant joins.

  4. Children who have a parent who is a member of staff.

  5. Children who live within the Borough of Gravesham.

  6. Children who live within the civil parishes of Ash-cum-Ridley, Bean, Fawkham, Hartley, Longfield and New Barn, Southfleet, Swanscombe and Greenhithe and Stansted.

  7. Children who live within the civil parishes of Stone, Darenth, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods.

  8. All other Eligible Children. 

Within each criterion, children in receipt of Pupil Premium will be ranked highest. Where there is more than one, priority will be determined by the distance of the child’s home to the school.

School Summary

Gravesend Grammar School was established in 1892 and is an all-boys grammar school for boys in Gravesend, Kent. Girls are admitted into the sixth form. The school specialises in languages, maths and computing, It became an academy in 2011. 

Gravesend is also a Leadership School for the National College of School Leadership. 

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

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