The Kent 11+ Exam | Key Details | Preparation Tips & Resources

The Kent Test is an examination used to assess whether Year 7 grammar school entry is a suitable option for your child. It is used by most, but not all, ... 10%offordersabove£70.20%offordersabove£250. Use code: EPPDISCOUNT Reviews About Blog Contact MyDashboard Basket 0 0 TUITION PAPERS COURSES MOCKEXAMS MARKSCHEMES MASTERCLASSES 6+ 7+ 8+ 9+ 10+ 11+ 12+ 13+ 16+ PRETESTS SATs GCSE Papers 6+PAPERS 7+PAPERS 8+PAPERS 9+PAPERS 10+PAPERS 11+PAPERS 12+PAPERS 13+PAPERS 16+PAPERS PRETESTS SATs GCSE Tuition ForParents ForTutors MyDashboard COURSES MOCKEXAMS MARKSCHEMES MASTERCLASSES ABOUT BLOG CONTACT REVIEWS TheKent11+(11plus)Exam:Howtoprepareyourchildforsuccess! GrammarSchools 11+ TableofContents IntroductionWhatistheKentTest?WhenistheKentTesttaken?HowmanycandidatestaketheKentTest?WhatiscoveredintheKentTest?WhatisVerbalReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?WhatisNon-VerbalReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?WhatisSpatialReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?HowisMathematicstestedinthe11plusKenttest?HowisEnglishtestedinthe11plusKenttest?WhatcanIdotohelp mychildpasstheElevenPlusKentTest?HowcanExamPapers Plushelp?Recommendations:VerbalReasoningRecommendations:Non-VerbalReasoningRecommendations:MathematicsRecommendations:EnglishRecommendations: 11+KentPracticeTestsKentDealBundleKent–FullPracticeTestsMathematicsEnglishNon-VerbalReasoningVerbalReasoning Introduction   Thisarticleexplainseverythingyouneedtoknowaboutthe11+KentTest,including: Acompletebreakdownoftheactualexamtimingsandquestiontypes SampleKent11+questions forallsubjects Experttipsandsuggestionson howtoprepareyourchildtopassthetestwithflyingcolours!   WhatistheKentTest?   TheKentTestisanexaminationusedtoassesswhetherYear7grammarschoolentryisasuitableoptionforyourchild.Itisusedbymost,butnotall,ofthe35whollyselectiveand4partiallyselectivegrammarschoolsintheregion.Clickheretoviewalistoftheschoolsthatusethe11+KentTestaspartoftheirYear7admissionsprocess.   WhenistheKentTesttaken?   TheKentexamistakenbystudentsatthebeginningofYear6,inSeptember.Theexamusuallytakesplaceinthefirsttwoweeksofthemonth.   HowmanycandidatestaketheKentTest?   Unfortunately,therearefarmoreapplicationsthanplacesavailableatKentgrammarschools.Between14,000and17,000studentstaketheexameveryyear.Thedemandforplacesandnumberofapplicantstendstoincreaseannually.   WhatiscoveredintheKentTest?   Theexaminationconsistsofthree separateassessments:   Section1:Thisexamis1hourlongandtestsReasoning.ItisbrokenintothreeshortersectionsaddressingVerbalReasoning,SpatialReasoningandNon-VerbalReasoning.   Section2:Thisexamis1hourlongandtestsEnglishandMathematics.   Section3: Awritingtaskof40minutes,including10minutesofplanningtime.Thisisnot markedandonlyusedbyHeadteachersinborderlineassessmentcases.   Sections1and2oftheKentTestare multiple-choiceexaminations.Eachquestionwillhave5answerchoicesandyourchildwillneedtomarktheirresponsesonaseparateanswersheet.Yourchildwillneedtodrawalinethroughthecorrectansweronagridlikethis:     WhatisVerbalReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?   VerbalReasoningquestionscancontainwords,lettersandnumbersandassesstherelationshipamongstandbetweenthem.   TheKent11plusVerbalReasoningassessmentbeginswithatimed10-minutepracticesection.Thiswillbefollowedbya20-minuteVerbalReasoningexam.Therewillberoughly32questionsinthissection,whichmeansstudentswillhavearound40secondstoanswereachquestion.Speedis,therefore,oftheessence!   TheVerbalReasoningexamwillcontainvariousdifferentquestiontypes.Forexample,itmaycontain4differenttypesofVRproblems,eachtestedwith8questions.   Hereareafewexample11+VerbalReasoningquestions:     WhatisNon-VerbalReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?   Non-VerbalReasoningquestionsassesstherelationshipsbetweenshapes,suchastheirsimilarities,differencesandsequence.   TheKent11plusexamcontainsaseriesofshortNVRtests,eachlasting4-5minutes.Therewillmostlikelybe3shortNVRsubtestsintotal.Eachsubtestwillfocusonadifferentquestiontypeandbeprecededbyanuntimedpracticesection.Therewillbe8-10questionsineachsection,soyourchildwillhaveroughly30secondstoanswereachquestion.   Becomingfamiliarwiththequestiontypesbeforehandisthekeytosuccess.We’veincludedafewsamplequestionsbelow:   Analogy   Codes     Sequences   OddOneOut   WhatisSpatialReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?   SpatialReasoningassesseshowwellastudentcanmanipulateshapesandspaceintheirhead.   The11+KentTestcontainsaseriesofshortSpatialReasoningtests,eachlasting4-5minutes.Therewillprobablybe2SpatialReasoningsubtests.Eachofthemwillfocusonadifferenttypeofskillandwillhaveanuntimedpracticesectionprecedingit.Therewillbebetween8and10questionsineachsubtest,givingthestudentabout30secondstoanswereachquestion.   BelowyouwillfindanexampleofeachofthetwomainSpatialReasoningquestiontypesthatmaybeusedintheKent11plustest:   FigureRecognition   FigureAnalysis   HowisMathematicstestedinthe11plusKenttest?   TheMathstestintheKent11+examis25minuteslongandisprecededbya5-minutepracticesection.Itwillmostlikelycontain25questions,soyourchildwillhave1minutetoanswereachquestion.ThetestwillcovertopicslearntuptothebeginningofYear6butwillalsocontainaseriesofmoretrickierproblems.   HereareafewsampleMathsquestionsthatareattheKent11+standard:           HowisEnglishtestedinthe11plusKenttest?   TheEnglishtestbeginswitha5-minutepracticesectionfollowedbya25-minuteexam.Thetestwillmostlikelycontain24or25questions,soyourchildwillroughlyhave1minutetoanswereachquestion.   TheKent11+Englishexamwillcontainashortreadingcomprehension.Yourchildwillneedtoreadapassageandansweraseriesofquestionsbasedonit.TherewillalsobequestionsthattestClozeskills,wherethestudentmustchoosewhichwordbestcompletesasentence,aswellasquestionsthattestspelling,punctuationandgrammar.   Hereareafewsample11+KentstyleEnglishquestions: WhatcanIdotohelp mychildpasstheElevenPlusKentTest?   Aswithmostthingsinlife,practicemakesperfect!TheKentexamistimepressuredandthekeytodoingwellisansweringthequestionsquicklyandaccurately.Thebestwaytoincreasespeedandaccuracyistofamiliariseyourchildwiththecontentofthetestandthevariousquestiontypestheywillhavetodealwith.Thisway,theywillapproachtheexamwithconfidenceastheywillknowwhattoexpectandwhatisexpectedofthem.   HowcanExamPapers Plushelp?   Weproducehighlyaccurate andeffective exampracticepapersandhaveanexcellenttrackrecordinhelpingchildrensucceedintheir11+exams.Our rangeoftriedandtestedresourceswillhelpyourchildacetheKent11plusexam! 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IntroductionWhatistheKentTest?WhenistheKentTesttaken?HowmanycandidatestaketheKentTest?WhatiscoveredintheKentTest?WhatisVerbalReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?WhatisNon-VerbalReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?WhatisSpatialReasoningandhowisittestedintheKent11+exam?HowisMathematicstestedinthe11plusKenttest?HowisEnglishtestedinthe11plusKenttest?WhatcanIdotohelp mychildpasstheElevenPlusKentTest?HowcanExamPapers Plushelp?Recommendations:VerbalReasoningRecommendations:Non-VerbalReasoningRecommendations:MathematicsRecommendations:EnglishRecommendations: 11+KentPracticeTestsKentDealBundleKent–FullPracticeTestsMathematicsEnglishNon-VerbalReasoningVerbalReasoning ByExamPapersPlus FromtheBlog BKHS(BablakeandKingHenryVIIISchool)11Plus(11+)EntranceExamInformation 11+ BourneGrammarSchool|LateTransfer(Mid-Year12+and13+)EntryInformation 12+ 13+ GrammarSchools Pate’sGrammarSchool|LateTransfer(In-Year12+and13+)EntryInformation 12+ 13+ GrammarSchools 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