Kent 11+ - Children's Educational Material 11+ TM
Kent has a number of selective schools and partially-selective schools that use the Kent 11+ test from GL Assessment ®. The tests are not tutor-proof and are easy to prepare for. Complete solutions are available using WordBuilder.co.uk and CoolCleverKids.co.uk
The Kent11plus website provides advice and information about 11 plus exams and Children's Educational Material (CEM) for the 11+.
2025 Year 7 Entry for Kent Grammar Schools
Registration |
Register between 3 June and 1 July 2024 |
Test Dates |
12 September 2024 for children who go to school in Kent.
14-15 September 2024 for children who go to school outside of Kent. These have an advantage as they learn content via Kent children and tutors. |
Results |
Thursday 17th October 2024 |
Test Supplier |
GL Assessment ®
English (5 mins practice + 25 minutes): Comprehension & Literacy
Mathematics (5 mins practice + 25 minutes) &
Verbal & Non-verbal Reasoning (30 minutes each)
There is also a writing test (40 minutes)
The tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet. They are marked by an automated marking machine.
The first test will be an English and Maths paper and will take 1 hour. Each section will involve 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 a 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.
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. |
Your child will take the test in year 6 of primary school.
Your child will get three standardised scores, 1 for English, 1 for maths and 1 for reasoning.
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 into account each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.
Grammar school threshold 2016
To be given a grammar school assessment, children need to get a total score of 320 or more, with no single score lower than 106. The lowest possible score is 69 and the highest is 141 on each test. 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, their written piece will have been looked at. The panel will also have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work before a final decision was made.
Kent Test scores report
In response to a number of Freedom of Information requests, we have produced a report which shows the number of children who scored each total score, broken down by district and gender. The tabs in the report show grammar school and high school assessed pupils, as well as a total of both.
Where children have been assessed suitable for grammar school via their local Head Teacher Assessment panel, their score may be below the 320 total score threshold. Children may also score higher than 320, but still be assessed as suitable for high school in cases where 1 or more of their individual scores were below 106.
The Kent Test familiarisation booklet (PDF, 2.6 MB) gives a description of the different parts of the test and advice on approaching the types of questions asked.
Kent Grammar Schools
Kent Grammar School |
PAN |
Barton Court Grammar School, Canterbury (mixed) |
150 |
Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne (boys) |
120 |
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (mixed) |
180 |
Cranbrook School, Cranbrook (mixed) |
30 |
Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs (mixed) |
165 |
Dartford Grammar School, Dartford (boys) |
180 |
Dartford Grammar School for Girls (girls) |
180 |
Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover (boys) |
120 |
Folkestone School for Girls, Folkestone (girls) |
120 |
Gravesend Grammar School, Gravesend (boys) |
150 |
The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone (boys) Kent/Shepway Test |
150 |
Highsted Grammar School, Sittingbourne (girls) |
120 |
Highworth Grammar School for Girls, Ashford (girls) |
184 |
Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone (girls) |
192 |
Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone (boys) |
205 |
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone (girls) |
180 |
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (girls) Kent/CEM 11+ Test |
180 |
Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone (boys) |
160 |
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham (mixed) |
140 |
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury (boys) |
120 |
Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls, Canterbury (girls) |
165 |
Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich (mixed) |
142+8 boarding |
The Judd School, Tonbridge (boys) |
155 |
The Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford (boys) |
180 |
The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells (boys) |
150 |
Tonbridge Grammar School, Tonbridge (girls) |
180 |
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, Tunbridge Wells (boys) |
180 |
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells (girls) |
140 |
Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tonbridge (girls) |
265 |
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Wilmington (boys) |
150 |
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington (girls) |
150 |