About the Medway Test

If you would like your child to be considered for a Medway grammar school they will need to sit the Medway Test (Medway's 11+).

A child can take the Medway Test whether they live in Medway or not.

If you live in Medway but are considering grammar schools in another area you’ll need to contact them and take their own version of the 11+ instead.

Registration and placement

Once your child is registered, they will sit the Medway Test and get their results before the closing date for secondary school applications.

You must register your child for the Medway Test on time if you would like them to be considered for a grammar school in Medway. Your child cannot register or sit the Medway Test at a later date.

We are unable to provide a test for a child living outside of the UK, this includes British embassies or consulates abroad.

A child cannot sit any of the test papers remotely or anywhere else in the UK. A child must sit their test in a Medway Council test venue in Medway.

Passing the Medway Test does not guarantee a place in a Medway grammar school. Like other schools, grammar schools can get more applications than they have places for. If this happens, the schools must use their oversubscription criteria to decide who can be offered a place. You can read the schools' oversubscription criteria for more information.

Medway Test papers

The Medway Test is made up of 3 papers:

English
Mathematics
Reasoning

There is a minimum of a 20 minute break between test papers.

These tests are written specifically for Medway Council.

Our test provider is GL Assessment. Any test materials found online or in retailers, other than on the GL website are not official and are not supported or endorsed by GL or Medway Council.

Test information and timing

Test paper	Number of practice questions	Time taken to answer practice questions	Overall duration of the timed test that is marked (excluding administration and practice questions)	Test elements	Timed sections
English	3	5 minutes	30 minutes	Comprehension Punctuation Grammar	No. The whole test must be completed in the 30 minutes.
Mathematics	2	2 minutes	50 minutes	Mathematical elements	No. The whole test must be completed in the 50 minutes.
Reasoning	Spatial Reasoning/Non-Verbal Reasoning: 4 Verbal Reasoning: 2	Spatial Reasoning/Non-Verbal Reasoning: 30 seconds each Verbal Reasoning: 2 minutes	Spatial Reasoning/Non-Verbal Reasoning: 20 minutes Verbal Reasoning: 25 minutes total timed test: 45 minutes	Spatial Reasoning Non-Verbal Reasoning Verbal Reasoning	Yes. Four timed sections for Spatial Reasoning/Non-Verbal Reasoning and one timed section for Verbal Reasoning.

A clock (analogue or digital) must be available, working and clearly visible in the test room. It's the test venue’s preference on the type of clock to be used. A test venue can use a countdown or timer alongside the clock. However, using both a countdown and timer alongside the clock is not permitted.

Remark, resit or appeals

There is no resit and there is no remarking of any Medway Test papers. There is no appeal process for a remark of any paper.

Medway Test: 11+