11+ Warwickshire
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Warwickshire LA
School Admissions Service
Telephone: 01926 742037 or 047
Fax: 01926 412746
Email: admissions@warwickshire.gov.uk
Website: www.warwickshire.gov.uk
Warwickshire Grammar Schools
- Alcester Grammar School
- King Edward VI Grammar School
- Lawrence Sheriff School
- Rugby High School for Girls
- Stratford Upon Avon Grammar School for Girls
The 11+ test
We do not release past papers and there are no practice papers available. Two weeks before the test, applicants will receive a sample sheet containing example questions.
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- The test is made up of two 45 minute papers with approximately 100 - 125 questions on each paper.
Priority areas for grammar schools
There are six grammar schools in Warwickshire.
South grammar schools
- Alcester Grammar
- King Edward VI School (KES) (boys only)
- Stratford Grammar School (girls only)
The Priority Area is a circle with a radius of approximately 17 miles. The centre of this circle is the clock tower in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Please call the Admissions Service to confirm your priority area if your address falls on the red/purple line on the priority area maps.
East grammar schools
- Ashlawn Selective
- Lawrence Sheriff School (boys only)
- Rugby High School (girls only)
There are two areas from which places can be offered.
50% of the places will be offered to children who reach the qualifying score in the selection test and reside within the Eastern priority circle (Area 1), This circle has a radius of approximately 10 miles.
50% of the places will be offered to children who reach the qualifying score in the selection test and reside within Rugby and the surrounding areas (Area 2). These areas are outlined below.
Rugby plus the parishes of Dunchurch, Thurlaston, Leamington Hastings, Birdingbury, Grandborough, Wolfhamcote, Willoughby, Binley Woods, Brinklow, Brandon and Bretford, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Bubbenhall, Wolston, Church Lawford, Long Lawford, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Princethorpe, Frankton, Marton, Bourton and Draycote, Churchover, Clifton-on-Dunsmore, Combe Fields, Cosford, Easenhall, Harborough Magna, Kings Newnham, Little Lawford, Monks Kirby, Newton and Biggin, Pailton, Stretton-under-Fosse, Wibtoft, Willey and Withybrook.
Within these areas, places will be offered as follows:
- Children in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, a local authority (under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) who meet the qualifying standard for the school.
- Children who meet the qualifying standard for the school.
- Children who have been considered by the Committee of Reference and placed as 'exceptions'.
Applying for a grammar school in other year groups
If you wish to apply for your child to move to a Warwickshire grammar school from their current secondary school, you must apply through your own local authority for a change of school.
If you live in Warwickshire, please see changing schools for the application form. However, you may also need to arrange testing. Testing will be arranged for you by Warwickshire County Council if your child has not taken the 11+ and is under 12 years old. For other applications, you will need to contact the school directly, unless your child comes under one of the following categories:
Testing is not required if:
- the child has previously taken the Warwickshire 11+
- applying for Ashlawn Selective School when child is over 12
- the child in year 10 or year 11
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King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon
Admissions Policy for entry in 2013
Each test will be of 45 minutes duration.
Paper 1 will include:
20 minutes verbal reasoning
10 minutes short maths questions
15 minutes comprehension
Paper 2 will include:
15 minutes longer maths questions
10 minutes data processing questions
10 minutes non verbal reasoning
10 minutes missing words in paragraph test (‘cloze test’)
Verbal reasoning involves the manipulation of verbal representations and the solving of verbally presented problems. Orthographic, syntactic and semantic abilities, as well as logic and other problem solving skills are needed in verbal reasoning.
Comprehension tests the ability to make inferences as to meaning within and between phrases, sentences and paragraphs; to derive the ‘gist’ of the meaning from a text; understand the vocabulary, and extract accurate interpretations of the written language.
Non-Verbal
Non-verbal reasoning tests eliminate cultural bias in intelligence testing and the possible bias against individuals who lack experience of a particular language or have difficulties with verbal elements.
The ‘Cloze Test’ consists of several short passages of prose. It needs an overall understanding of the passage, but it requires closer attention to the grammatical and syntactic elements of written language than in the comprehension test. The candidate selects the most appropriate word from a choice of three at various points in the passage so as to make sense of the phrase and/or sentence.
Mathematical Sections:
Short mathematical questions will test ability in mental arithmetic and recognition of mathematical patterns (as curriculum free as possible). A rigorous test of working memory skills with a speed element to this section. Not all the candidates will be expected to finish.
Longer mathematics problems explore numerical problem solving requiring more stages of processing with a greater verbal element involved than in the short maths questions.
One familiarisation paper will be issued to each candidate registered for the tests with the notice of allocation to a particular Test Centre.
A single testing session will include:
Test Paper 1 (45 minutes)
Short Break
Test paper 2 (45 minutes)
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Rugby High School for Girls
Additional information
The CEM Centre tests will be set in a morning session in test centres on 8th September 2012. If a second date is required, it will be 18th September 2012.
The test papers will include the three elements of Verbal Reasoning, Non Verbal Reasoning and Numeracy.
Verbal Reasoning involves the manipulation of verbal representations and the solving of verbally presented problems. Orthographic, syntactic and semantic abilities, as well as logic and problem solving skills are needed in verbal reasoning.
Included in this section is comprehension which tests the ability to make inferences as to meaning within and between phrases, sentences and paragraphs; to derive the ‘gist’ of the meaning from a text; understand the vocabulary, and extract interpretations of the written language.
The section also includes a ‘Cloze Test’ which consists of several short passages of prose.
It needs an overall understanding of the passage, but it requires a closer attention to the grammatical and syntactic elements of written language than in the comprehension test.
The candidate selects the most appropriate word from a choice of three at various points in the passage so as to make sense of the phrase and/or sentence.
Non-Verbal reasoning tests eliminate cultural bias in intelligence testing and the possible bias against individuals who lack experience of a particular language or have difficulties with verbal elements.
Numeracy questions will test ability in mental arithmetic and recognition of mathematical patterns. They will involve a rigorous test of working memory skills and a speed element. There will be questions which explore numerical problem solving requiring more stages of processing with a greater verbal element.
A sample/familiarisation paper will be issued to each candidate registered for the tests with the notice of allocation to a particular test centre.
A single testing session will include:
Test Paper 1 (45 minutes)
Break for refreshments and toilets
Test Paper 2 (45 minutes)
The test papers will include the three elements of Verbal Reasoning, Non Verbal Reasoning and Numeracy.
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