Medway Test 11+

What the test covers

• Reading comprehension
• Maths
• Verbal reasoning
• Non-verbal reasoning

One test for the six Medway grammar schools, separate from the Kent Test (only Chatham Grammar accepts either). English and maths count double; the reasoning paper includes spatial reasoning.

Last year's dates (September 2027 entry)

Based on last year's dates (September 2027 entry). Schools have not published dates for September 2028 entry yet, so always check each school's own website before you register.

Registration

18 May – 12 June 2026 (no late entries)

Test

15–16 September 2026 in Medway schools; 19 or 20 September at a test centre for other children

Results and offers

Results 14 October; offers 1 March 2027

See the full month-by-month timeline

Official free practice material

Medway Council publishes a free familiarisation booklet with sample questions for all three papers and the answers.

• Medway Test familiarisation booklet (opens in a new tab)Free practice

  Sample English, maths and reasoning questions for September 2027 entry, with answers at the back. (Medway Council)

• About the Medway Test (opens in a new tab)Admissions page

  The three papers, registration, dates and results. (Medway Council)

What to practise

• Reading comprehension: Read widely every day and answer questions about what the writer means, not only what happens.
• Maths: Keep arithmetic quick and accurate, and practise multi-step word problems up to the end of Year 6.
• Verbal reasoning: Build vocabulary and learn the common verbal reasoning question types: codes, hidden words, series and word links.
• Non-verbal reasoning: Practise shape patterns, codes, reflections, folding and cubes until the question types feel familiar.

Want to try some questions now? Get our free practice paper with answers.