Procedure For Entry
To Secondary
Education (PESE)
Opening Dates For Application
In June , the children will receive a booklet from
Medway council giving details of all secondary
schools, including grammar and comprehensive.
At the back of this booklet is a Common
Application Form which needs to be filled out and
sent back to Medway- either by post or
electronically. If you wish your child to sit the
Eleven Plus exam then you must put down a
grammar school as one of your choices.
THE PROCESS
Opening dates for
application- June 2016
Dates Of Test- Tuesday
13th and Wednesday
14th September 2016
Verbal Reasoning 50
mins, Maths 50 mins
(both Multiple Choice)
and English (extended
writing) – usually an
essay 40 mins plus 10
mins planning – this
takes place in school.
There is no pass mark,
but is set at the 23rd
percentile of the
Medway cohort. The
qualifying mark in 2013
was 509, in 2014- 528
and in 2015 was 525.
Examiners are
NFER administered by
GL Assessment and the
score is standardised.
The pass mark in Medway is calculated as follows. Firstly the scores are standardised,
giving a minimum score of 70 and a maximum score of 140. Then the individual test
scores are weighted as follows:
The Verbal Reasoning test score is given a weighting of 1
The Maths and Extended Writing task are given a weighting of 2
Thus the test effectively consists of 20 percent Verbal Reasoning, 40 percent
Mathematics and 40 percent English.
SUBJECT
STANDARDISED SCORE
WEIGHTED SCORE
Verbal Reasoning
122
122
Mathematics
117
234
Extended Writing
119
238
TOTAL WEIGHTED SCORE
594
Before selecting schools it is
important that you visit themeach school will have an open
day which will be detailed in the
booklet. You may take your child
with you on the visit but please
ensure that you let the school
know.
RESULTS
Posted by letter Friday
October 2016 and
emails after 4pm (for
those who registered
online)
REVIEWS
These can be made if you feel the decision as to
whether or not your child has been deemed as
suitable for grammar is not correct. It is good
practice to speak with the child’s class teacher to
get accurate feedback and to ensure that the work
the child produces in class, substantiates the
review. From here you fill in an R1 form and
Medway will then alert the school so that they can
fill in the relevant paperwork and collect and
annotate the evidence. There is a very tight turn
around on this first stage.
Review In More Detail……
• Where a child does not achieve the minimum score required,
parents/carers can ask for the assessment decision to be reconsidered at
an academic review.
• For each review case, samples of work from the last two terms of Year 5
and the first term of Year 6 will be requested from the child’s current school
in the following areas: English, Maths and Science.
• A series of panels will consider all review requests. The review panels are
made up of senior representatives from Medway grammar schools and
Medway primary/junior schools. The review process will identify a number
of children (usually equivalent to up to 2% of the Medway cohort) who will
then be assessed as suitable for admission to a Medway grammar school.
• If they wish to request a review, parents/carers must submit the request
(using the form provided with the assessment decision letter) by the
deadline date. Primary/junior schools will be requested to submit review
work by 10am on the published date.
• Review decisions will be sent to parents/carers by letter on the published
date). No review decisions are sent via e-mail.
APPEALS
Parents/carers must…submit
any appeal request by March
2017. At this stage
parents/carers can only appeal
for the schools that they
originally named on their
application form.
To ensure that the process is
made easier for parents/carers,
a standard appeal form for any
school they named will be
included with the offer letter (for
those schools/academies that
have agreed to use such a
form). Appeal requests for
Academies, Foundation and VA
schools must be lodged with the
Clerk of the Governors at the
relevant school/academy.
HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD AT HOMEVERBAL REASONING.
Ensure you have a discussion with your child’s class teacher who will be able to advise you
as to the selection of secondary school you might make for your child.
Verbal reasoning is not taught as such in school but the children will have the opportunity
to practise in school at the beginning of year 6. It is worthwhile purchasing some materials
to help your children with this aspect of the test.
To Teach
IPS Verbal Reasoning Method and Technique Guide or
CGP – Verbal Reasoning Study Book
To Practise
IPS Verbal Reasoning Additional Practice Questions
ElevenPlusExams Vocabulary Builder App
To Test
PHI Learning Lab Series Introductory Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Book 1
PHI Learning Lab Series Introductory Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Book 2
AFN Verbal Reasoning 1-4 Multiple Choice
AFN Verbal Reasoning 5-8 Multiple Choice
IPS Verbal Reasoning Practice Papers Dual Format
The Tutors Verbal Reasoning paper 1B multiple choice
(12 papers in total)
CGP- Verbal Reasoning Practice Test Papers Multiple Choice
GL Assessment (NFER) Verbal Reasoning Multiple choice Pack 1
GL Assessment (NFER) Verbal Reasoning Multiple choice Pack 2
Walsh Verbal Reasoning 1 Papers 1-4 Multiple choice
Walsh Verbal Reasoning 2 Papers 5-8 Multiple choice
Walsh Verbal Reasoning 3 Papers 9-12 Multiple choice
PHI Learning Labs Verbal Reasoning 1 Multiple choice
PHI Learning Labs Verbal Reasoning 2 Multiple choice
Bright Sparks Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Pack 1
Bright Sparks Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Pack 2
ElevenPlusExams ‘First Past The Post’ Verbal Reasoning Multiple choice
MATHEMATICS PRACTICE MATERIALS
To Teach
IPS Verbal Reasoning Method and Technique Guide or
CGP – Verbal Reasoning Study Book
To Practise
IPS Verbal Reasoning Additional Practice Questions
ElevenPlusExams Vocabulary Builder App
To Test
PHI Learning Lab Series Introductory Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Book 1
PHI Learning Lab Series Introductory Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Book 2
AFN Verbal Reasoning 1-4 Multiple Choice
AFN Verbal Reasoning 5-8 Multiple Choice
IPS Verbal Reasoning Practice Papers Dual Format
The Tutors Verbal Reasoning paper 1B multiple choice
(12 papers in total)
CGP- Verbal Reasoning Practice Test Papers Multiple Choice
GL Assessment (NFER) Verbal Reasoning Multiple choice Pack 1
GL Assessment (NFER) Verbal Reasoning Multiple choice Pack 2
Walsh Verbal Reasoning 1 Papers 1-4 Multiple choice
Walsh Verbal Reasoning 2 Papers 5-8 Multiple choice
Walsh Verbal Reasoning 3 Papers 9-12 Multiple choice
PHI Learning Labs Verbal Reasoning 1 Multiple choice
PHI Learning Labs Verbal Reasoning 2 Multiple choice
Bright Sparks Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Pack 1
Bright Sparks Verbal Reasoning Multiple Choice Pack 2
ElevenPlusExams ‘First Past The Post’ Verbal Reasoning Multiple choice
ENGLISH PRACTICE MATERIALS
•The New First Aid in English
The New First Aid in English Answer Book
•CGP Study Book
•AE Tuition Creative Writing
(up to book 6)
•Tutor Master Helps You Write Stories 1
Tutor Master Helps You Write Stories 2
•ElevenPlusExams Vocabulary App
Medway Council
http://www.medway.gov.uk/
Tel: 01634 331110
Email: admissions@medway.gov.uk
Find more information in the Medway
Council admissions booklet
http://www.medway.gov.uk/schoolsandeducation
/themedwaytest.aspx