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Simon Langton Grammar School
11 Plus (11+) Exam Information
Key Information
Address: Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington Road, Canterbury, CT4 7AS
County: Kent
School Website: https://thelangton.org.uk/
School Type: Boys (mixed sixth form)
Number of Pupils: 1245
Number of Places in Year 7: 150
Open Day Date: Contact School
Exam Date: September
Exam Board Type: GL
About Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys was established in 1881. The school is larger than the average-sized secondary school which admits girls into its sixth form. A high number of students go on to secure places at prestigious universities such as Cambridge, Oxford and Russell Group universities.
The school specialises in science and maths and promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The school also has a purpose-built facility for scientific research.
Langton Boys has an excellent music department, with four members of teaching staff and over 20 instrumental teachers. Many of their students further their musical studies at top institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music.
Sports is an integral part of development at Langton Boys. The school has a floodlit 3G pitch with video analysis system, a 25m indoor pool, an indoor sports hall, a climbing wall, a fitness suite and a strength and conditioning facility. Students who take part in the school’s sports teams may also have opportunities to go on sports tours. Recent tours include: rugby in France, hockey in Holland and cricket in Barbados.
In their most recent Ofsted inspection (2013), the school was judged Outstanding.
Kent Grammar Schools
11 Plus Exams
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.
How to Prepare for the Kent 11+ Exam
Your child will need to develop the following skills:
Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning
Maths
English
Creative Writing
Kent Grammar School
Admissions Guide
In the first instance, parents must register their child to sit the Kent Test, which can be done online via Kent County Council. Once students have taken the test in September, parents will receive their results in October and must then submit their Secondary School Common Application Form (SCAF) via the Kent local authority website.
Kent 11+ Standardised Scores
Your child will get 3 standardised scores, one for English, one for maths and one for reasoning, and a total (aggregate) score.
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 account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.
The grammar school threshold for the test will not be published until the results have been sent out.
In order to calculate a standardised score the company producing and marking the tests will create a reference table – called a “look-up table” – for each test paper that is written, and the table is specific to that test paper, because it takes account of the difficulty of the paper. The minimum standardised score is derived from the look-up table and the actual number will vary depending on the average score of all those taking the test and the number of applicants.
Below is an example look-up table. The vertical axis is the “raw score”, i.e. the number (percentage) of actual questions that a child gets right on a paper. The horizontal axis represents the age of the child at the time of taking the exam, shown as years + months.
Kent 11+ Pass Mark
In 2021, children needed a total score of 332 or more, with no single score lower than 109 to be allocated a place at a Kent grammar school. Test scores ranged from 69 to 141. The highest possible total score is 423.
Kent Grammar Schools
Appeals Process
If your child did not reach the threshold score and their primary school referred their case to the local Head Teacher Assessment Panel, the panel will have looked at their achievement in school and examples of their work, including the writing task completed on the day, before a final decision was made.
If your child does not qualify, the Head does not seek a review or if the review is unsuccessful, you still have the right to have your child’s case heard by an Independent Appeals Panel. You are only able to appeal a decision after school allocations have been sent out to parents in March.
Kent Grammar Schools
Oversubscription
Every school has its own oversubscription criteria that it uses to decide which children can be offered a place at their school.
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Oversubscription Criteria
Before applying the oversubscription criteria, children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school will be admitted.
Pupils will be admitted in the following order:
1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children.
2. Boys whose Kent Test score is twenty or more marks above the pass mark in order of:
i) Boys whose parents can prove that attendance at the school is essential based on reasons of Health or Special Access.
ii) Siblings, who live in the same house, attend the school at the time of entry.
iii) Boys who are in receipt of Pupil Premium.
3. Boys living within a 9-mile radius of the school Boys whose Kent Test score is twenty or more marks above the pass mark in order of proximity to the boy’s home.
4. Other qualifying boys:
i) Boys whose parents can prove that attendance at the school is essential based on reasons of Health or Special Access.
ii) Siblings, who live in the same house, attend the school at the time of entry.
iii) Boys who are in receipt of Pupil Premium.
iv) Proximity to the boy’s permanent home address.
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Kent 11+ Past Papers
Use these papers to practise the question types for the Kent 11+ exam.
Verbal Reasoning Test 1
Verbal Reasoning Test 1 Answer Sheet
Verbal Reasoning Test 2
Verbal Reasoning Test 2 Answer Sheet
Verbal Reasoning Test 3
Verbal Reasoning Test 3 Answer Sheet
Verbal Reasoning Mark Scheme
Maths Test 1
Maths Test 1 Answer Sheet
Maths Test 2
Maths Test 2 Answer Sheet
Maths Mark Scheme
English Test 1
English Test 1 Answer Sheet
English Test 2
English Test 2 Answer Sheet
English Mark Scheme
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 1
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 1 Answer Sheet
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 2
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 2 Answer Sheet
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 3
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test 3 Answer Sheet
Non-Verbal Reasoning Mark Scheme
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