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Tunbridge Wells Girls’ 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
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School – 11 Plus Admissions Process
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School?
Is Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School Part of a Consortium?
Does Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School Have a Catchment Area?
How Does Place Allocation Work?
Admissions Policy Information
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
11 Plus Courses and Classes
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School – 11 Plus Exam Information
11 Plus Exam Dates
September of Year 6
11 Plus Exam Format
English 📝
Mathematics ➗
Verbal Reasoning 🧠
Non-Verbal Reasoning 🎲
Creative Writing 🖊️
11 Plus Exam Board
GL Assessment (The Kent Test)
11 Plus Exam Pass Mark and Target Score
The pass mark for each year is decided after the tests have been marked.
Other Exam information
Students will sit 2x 60-minute exams, followed by a 40-minute writing exercise.
The English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning 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. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School – 11 Plus Admissions
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Tunbridge Wells Girls’ 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 Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School part of a Consortium?
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School uses the Kent Test alongside all other grammar schools which fall under the Kent County Council.
Does Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School have a catchment area?
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School does have a catchment area, which is based on distance from the school. The catchment area consists of the parishes below or anyone living within a 4-mile proximity of the school:
Badger’s Mount, Bidborough, Brasted, Brenchley, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, East Peckham, Edenbridge, Hadlow, Halsted, Hever, Hildenborough, Horsmonden, Ightham, Kemsing, Knockholt, Lamberhurst, Leigh, Otford, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Penshurst, Plaxtol, Riverhead, Rusthall, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge with Ide Hill, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Westerham.
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:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care
Children living within the catchment area who are designated as receiving ‘Pupil Premium’.
Children living within the catchment area who have a sibling who will still be attending the school when the applicant joins.
Children with Health and Special Access Reasons for applying to the school.
Eligible girls who live within the catchment area.
Distance from home to school (outside the catchment area). With the closest given priority.
Governors’ Places (14 places) will be offered to girls living in the catchment area who would not otherwise be offered a place, who scored highest in the 11+ Kent test, places determined by combined rank order.
Admissions Policy Information
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
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