Lawrence Sheriff School | Eleven Plus (11 Plus) Exam
Contents:
Lawrence Sheriff School – 11 Plus Entrance Exam Information
11 Plus Exam Dates
11 Plus Exam Format
11 Plus Exam Board
11 Plus Exam Pass Mark and Target Score
Lawrence Sheriff School – 11 Plus Admissions Process
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Lawrence Sheriff School?
Is Lawrence Sheriff School Part of a Consortium?
Does Lawrence Sheriff School Have a Catchment Area?
How Does Place Allocation Work?
Admissions Policy Information
Lawrence Sheriff School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
11 Plus Courses and Classes
Lawrence Sheriff School – 11 Plus Exam Information
11 Plus Exam Dates
September of Year 6
11 Plus Exam Format
English 📝
Mathematics ➗
Verbal Reasoning 🧠
Non-Verbal Reasoning 🎲
11 Plus Exam Board
GL Assessment
11 Plus Exam Pass Mark and Target Score
The pass mark for each year is decided after the tests have been marked.
The weightings are 50% for English and verbal reasoning, 25% for non-verbal reasoning and 25% for mathematics.
Other Exam information
All questions are multiple choice.
Students will sit two papers, each lasting 50–60 minutes.
Lawrence Sheriff School – 11 Plus Admissions
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Lawrence Sheriff School?
Applications to sit the entrance exam must be made on the school website over the summer before your child begins Year 6. You can register here.
You must also formally apply for a place at the school before midnight on the 31st of October (when your child is in Year 6) to be considered. You can find out more about applying for secondary schools in your local area here.
Is Lawrence Sheriff School part of a Consortium?
Lawrence Sheriff School is part of the West Midlands Grammar Schools’ partnership which is made up of the Grammar Schools in Birmingham, the Shropshire/Wolverhampton/Walsall Consortium and the Warwickshire Consortium.
Does Lawrence Sheriff School have a catchment area?
Lawrence Sheriff School does have a catchment area which is split into two. However, entry to the school is based on the scores achieved in the 11+ tests.
Eastern Priority Area: Rugby, Dunchurch, Cawston, Thurlaston, Leamington Hastings, Birdingbury, Grandborough, Wolfhamcote, Willoughby, Binley Woods, Brinklow, Brandon and Bretford, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Bubbenhall, Wolston, Church Lawford, Long Lawford, Stretton-on Dunsmore, Princethorpe, Frankton, Marton, Bourton and Draycote, Churchover, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Combe Fields, Cosford, Easenhall, Harborough Magna, Kings Newnham, Little Lawford, Monks Kirby, Newton and Biggin, Pailton, Stretton-under-Fosse, Wibtoft, Willey, Withybrook.
Priority Circle: a circle with a radius of 10.004 miles from the Rugby Water Tower.
How Does Place Allocation Work?
Where qualifying applications exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Looked After Children and all previously looked after children who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry, or between one and twenty marks below the Automatic Qualifying Score, or who achieve the minimum score or above for the waiting list, whichever is the lower.
30 places will be allocated to children who were eligible for the Pupil Premium at the point of registering to sit the entrance test living in the Eastern area of Warwickshire or the priority circle (the centre of which is the Rugby Water Tower and has a radius of 10.004 miles), who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above.
5 places will be allocated to children who were eligible for the Service Premium at the point of registering to sit the entrance test living in the Eastern area of Warwickshire or the priority circle (the centre of which is the Rugby Water Tower and has a radius of 10.004 miles), who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above.
Children living in the Eastern Area of Warwickshire who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry.
Children living in the priority circle (the centre of which is the Rugby Water Tower and has a radius of 10.004 miles – this also includes the Eastern Area) who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry.
Children living outside of the priority areas who achieve the Automatic Qualifying Score or above for this school for this particular year of entry.
Children living inside or outside of the priority areas who achieve the minimum score or above for the waiting list for this school for this particular year of entry.
Admissions Policy Information
Lawrence Sheriff School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
New 11+ practice papers are sent out via email every Friday. You can sign up to receive these, every week, using the form above.
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