Spalding Grammar School | Eleven Plus (11 Plus) Exam
Contents:
Spalding Grammar 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
Spalding Grammar School – 11 Plus Admissions Process
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Spalding Grammar School?
Is Spalding Grammar School Part of a Consortium?
Does Spalding Grammar School Have a Catchment Area?
How Does Place Allocation Work?
Admissions Policy Information
Spalding Grammar School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
11 Plus Courses and Classes
Spalding Grammar School – 11 Plus Exam Information
11 Plus Exam Dates
September of Year 6
11 Plus Exam Format
Verbal Reasoning 🧠
Non-Verbal Reasoning 🎲
11 Plus Exam Board
GL Assessment
11 Plus Exam Pass Mark and Target Score
The pass mark is 220 or higher.
Other Exam information
Students will sit two 60-minute exams.
All tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
Spalding Grammar School – 11 Plus Admissions
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Spalding Grammar 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 Spalding Grammar School part of a Consortium?
Spalding Grammar School is part of the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.
Does Spalding Grammar School have a catchment area?
Spalding Grammar School does have a catchment area, which is based on distance from the school. The schools gives priority to those living in the following parishes:
Algarkirk, Cowbit, Crowland, Deeping St Nicholas, Fleet, Fosdyke, Gedney, Gedney Hill, Gosberton, Holbeach, Little Sutton, Long Sutton, Lutton, Moulton, Pinchbeck, Quadring, Spalding, Surfleet, Sutterton, Sutton Bridge, Sutton St Edmund, Sutton St James, Tydd St Mary, Weston and Whaplode.
However, entry to the school is based firstly on the scores achieved in the 11+ tests.
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.
Children who live in Lincolnshire County Council’s designated transport area for the School, defined as Spalding and the feeder Parishes of South Lincolnshire.
Children who live outside of Spalding and it’s feeder Parishes.
Admissions Policy Information
Spalding Grammar 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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