Kent Test and Hilltop Information Session Year 5 Kent Test and Hilltop Information Session Tuesday 14th May 7.00pm

How do I register my child for the Kent Test? Online at www.kent.gov.uk/ola You can register on paper by contacting the KCC Secondary Admissions Team on 03000 41 21 21

You must register your child between Monday 3rd June and Wednesday 3rd July 2019.

Key Dates Registration opens Monday 3rd June 2019 Closing date to register for tests Wednesday 3rd July 2019 Children sit the Kent Test Thursday 12th September 2019 Kent Test results emailed / posted to parents Thursday 17th October 2019 (letters to arrive Friday 18th October) National SCAF closing date Thursday 31st October 2019 National Offer Day Monday 2nd March 2019 (letters to arrive Tuesday 3rd March) Waiting List Requests Monday 16th March 2020 Acceptances / Refusals Appeals Friday 27th March 2020

Kent Test The test has: English Test 30mins and Maths Test 30mins (multiple choice) Reasoning Test 60mins (multiple choice) one Verbal reasoning section and four Non-Verbal, separately timed. Written exercise. The multiple choice test papers are marked by an automated marking machine. The written test will not be marked, but may be used by a local headteacher panel to review borderline cases.  The test is on one day and there is no Practice Paper. There are practice questions at the beginning of each paper.

Kent Test In 2018 the pass mark was: An aggregated score of 323 or more, with no single score lower than 107. Score standardisation ran from 69 to 141 in the Maths and Reasoning tests, and from 69 to 138 in the English. 420 is therefore the maximum score any pupil can achieve. NFER Scores are based on 120 – 141 being the expected standard.

Please help manage anxiety (pupil and parent) and workload! There is much useful information on the following websites: www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/kent-test www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/14513/Kent-Test-familiarisation-booklet.pdf Please help manage anxiety (pupil and parent) and workload!

We will complete a verbal and non-verbal reasoning paper in June We will complete a verbal and non-verbal reasoning paper in June. This will be for all children. It will be in the hall under exam conditions to replicate the day of the test. We will also complete a writing task early in September in the hall to again replicate exam conditions. We return to school, after the summer holidays, on Tuesday 3rd September. We will complete NFER tests in English (reading comprehension) and Maths in June. Both these tests are under formal exam conditions and help the children get used to being timed. The standardised scores and discussion with your child’s teacher, will help inform your decision on whether to enter the test. We have an equal balance of English and Maths teaching which should prepare the children well for each test. We are aware of any gaps in the Year 5 summer term maths National Curriculum and these have been integrated into our curriculum.

Parental Support Year 5 Parents’ Evening 17th and 18th June 2019. Opportunity to discuss your child’s current attainment, recent NFER test scores and verbal and non verbal test scores in relation to entering the Kent Test. Mr Reid or other members of staff always happy to meet and discuss your child at anytime. It is a parental decision to enter for Kent Test not the school’s. We hope to be able to support you so that you can make an informed choice. To decide on possible secondary schools, you must visit them with your child. We encourage these visits!

If your child took the test and was successfully grammar school assessed, a grammar school will consider your application. However, this does not guarantee your child will be offered a place. If more children qualify for places than the number of places available, the school will use its admissions criteria to decide which children to offer places to. If you are not offered a place at a preferred grammar school you can appeal to explain why you think that school is a suitable option for your child. You can only go on the waiting list for schools that you applied to. If your child was not successfully grammar school assessed, the grammar school will turn down your application, and you'll be offered a different school. You have the right to appeal (if you name a grammar school as one of your four preferences) to explain why you think grammar school is a suitable option for your child. You can not go on the waiting list for a grammar school if you child didn’t pass the test.

Amherst Pupils Attending Sept 2018 School Amherst Pupils Offered Sept 2019 Amherst Pupils Attending Sept 2018 Sevenoaks School 5 4 Hillview Girls 8 The Judd School 13 Knole Academy 15 Hayesbrook 2 St Gregory’s 3 The Skinners’ School 7 Tonbridge Girls Grammar 10 T Wells Boys Grammar 16 14 T Wells Girls Grammar 1 Weald of Kent Girls Grammar 11 The Trinity School 12 Other Independent ? Bennett Memorial 55% of Year 6 passed the Kent Test in Sept 2018.

Now for something lighter! Hilltop 2020 Now for something lighter! Monday 8th June – Friday 12th June 2020

Hilltop Film

If you have any concerns over payment please speak to Mr Reid. Cost will be approx. £490. This can be paid in three instalments: Oct, Jan and April. If you have any concerns over payment please speak to Mr Reid.