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Kent Schools Information On The 11plus Tests

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Choosing a school for your child is an important decision and the 11 plus exam (11+) will play a part in your choice of school. Grammar schools in the Kent Council area cater for children who are deemed selective under the 11+ exams.

Kent council provide an excellent booklet of advice for the parents of children who are about to sit their elevenplusexam. The booklet contains a wealth of information about selective and non-selective schools in their council area.

Children will take the following eleven plus tests:

Verbal reasoning test
Non-Verbal reasoning test
Mathematics test
English writing exercise

The tests are marked, the scores standardised and results issued.

Schools are asked not to coach children for the assessment process.

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Admission to secondary school

Kent test papers

Children will sit one verbal and one non verbal reasoning paper, and one maths and writing paper.

The verbal reasoning paper takes 50 minutes, the non-verbal 40 minutes. The maths and writing papers both take one hour each. The answer sheets for all but the writing are multiple-choice.

Kent grammar school testing - Secondary transfer 2012

The dates of the Kent grammar school test are 13/14 September 2011 for children attending a Kent Primary School and 17 September 2011 for out of county children.

Registration for the Kent Test opened on 1 June 2011 and closed at midnight on 1 July 2011. You can register online at www.kent.gov.uk/ola.

If you provide an e-mail address when registering online, you will receive your child's assessment decision via e-mail after 4pm on 17 October 2011.

Please view the Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) relating to the Kent Test for futher information.

You can also follow this link to view a guidance film, which parents may find useful:

Kent TV

The Secondary School Admissions Booklet 2011 will be available from Kent primary schools or from the LA in early September 2010.

If you have any questions, please contact the Secondary Admissions Team on 01622 696565.

Transfer to Secondary School - September 2012

Please use the links below to view:

Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Secondary Transfer Process for 2011.
Kent Secondary Transfer Scheme for 2012.

Applying online

Kent Online Admissions

Kent LA

Mr Graham Badman
Strategic Director - Education & Libraries, Kent County Council, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
Telephone: 01622 671411
Fax: 01622 694091
Email: E&LDirector@kent.gov.uk
Website: www.kent.gov.uk

Kent Grammar Schools

***you will need to complete the Local Authority Common Application Form and the school's Supplementary Form.

11+ in Kent