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Medway Test (11+)

The 6 schools share one test: set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar, maths, spatial reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and verbal reasoning.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: the date is not yet published.

Checked against the sources below on 29 September 2026. Dates and arrangements change: the schools’ own admissions pages are always the final word.

How Remelia helps with this test

What Remelia covers, in full

Covered

  • Maths
  • English
  • Reading
  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • Spatial reasoning
  • The test itself
  • English papers in this test’s style

Each exam plan is dated from your child’s year group: Remelia works to the sitting for the September they start Year 7. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

Key dates

When it is sat.

The dates the schools have published, in order. Where a day is not yet published, the guide says so.

  1. Tuesday 15 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 12 June 2026. Source Source
    Registration opened Monday 18 May 2026 and closed Friday 12 June 2026. Medway primary pupils sit 15–16 Sep 2026 in their own school (special arrangements 17–18 Sep); others 19 or 20 Sep 2026 at a Medway test centre (one day allocated). Results 14 Oct 2026.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source

Remelia and this exam

What Remelia covers, and what it does not.

Choose any of these schools when you set your child up, or later in Controls, and this is the plan.

What Remelia covers

Key Stage 2 maths and English to the end of Year 5, and verbal and non-verbal reasoning, counted towards the exam.

  • Maths

    The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 5, in the order your child’s school teaches them, counted towards the exam.

  • English

    Grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary questions most days, Years 3 to 5, counted towards the exam.

  • Reading

    From the autumn of Year 5, a weekly reading day: one unseen passage and 9 questions on it, from a bank of 130 passages.

  • Verbal reasoning

    21 of the question types in GL Assessment’s verbal reasoning familiarisation papers (letter and number series, codes, logic puzzles, word puzzles and word meanings), mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year.

  • Non-verbal reasoning

    13 question types from the providers’ own sample material (shape series and grids, pairs, similarities, odd one out, codes, rotation, reflection, hidden shapes, folding and punching, and nets), each a drawing with five options, mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year, and from provider to provider.

  • The last fortnight

    In the last 14 days before the exam date the plan works to, sessions are shorter and nothing new is introduced. The plan works to September of Year 6; until the schools publish the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

Spatial reasoning and the test’s own format.

  • Spatial reasoning

    Remelia does not teach spatial reasoning.

  • The test itself

    Remelia practises the content, not GL Assessment’s own screens, papers or timings: the familiarisation materials, where there are any, show those.

  • English papers in this test’s style

    The printable English practice papers in the parents’ app are in the style of the FSCE test’s multiple-choice paper, not GL Assessment’s own.

The schools

Six schools, one test.

Each school takes its own applications and decides its own offers. Places are as each school’s page gives them, where it does.

The exam

What the schools say.

Each line links to the page it comes from. A line marked Inferred is read from the page, which does not say it in so many words; the note under it says how.

Who sets it
GL Assessment. Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source Source Source
Paper test: question booklets with separate computer-scored answer sheets marked in pencil, sat at Medway schools and test centres.
What it tests
English, reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar, maths, spatial reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and verbal reasoning. Source
The papers
English, 30 minutes, multiple choice, no calculator; Mathematics, 50 minutes, multiple choice, no calculator; Reasoning, 45 minutes, multiple choice, no calculator. Source Source
Minutes are the marked timed test, excluding practice questions; at least a 20-minute break between papers. All papers multiple choice on separate computer-scored answer sheets (pencil); calculators not allowed.
How places are decided
A standardised score at or above a threshold. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
No interview in the Medway Test process.
What has changed
From 2025 admissions (test sat September 2024) the Medway Test replaced the writing test with an English test (now English, maths and reasoning papers), removed the academic review process, and raised the share assessed grammar from 23% to 25% of the Medway cohort (26% by the current rules). Provider remains GL Assessment. Source Source Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

Every page our research read for this exam, with the date it was checked; under each, the words it quoted from it.

  1. Chatham Grammar — Medway Council school directory checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “PAN: max. no. of pupils in each year group 150”

  2. Proposed Medway Council Co-ordinated Scheme for Secondary Admissions 2027/28 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The entry requirement for these schools is to be assessed as grammar via the Medway Test: Holcombe Grammar School Rainham Mark Grammar School Chatham Grammar Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School Fort Pitt Grammar School The Rochester Grammar School”

  3. Fort Pitt Grammar School — Medway Council school directory checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “PAN: max. no. of pupils in each year group 150”

  4. Holcombe Grammar School — Medway Council school directory checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “PAN: max. no. of pupils in each year group 180”

  5. Rainham Mark Grammar School — Medway Council school directory checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “PAN: max. no. of pupils in each year group 235”

  6. Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School — Medway Council school directory checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “PAN: max. no. of pupils in each year group 203”

  7. The Rochester Grammar School — Medway Council school directory checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “PAN: max. no. of pupils in each year group 205”

  8. About the Medway Test — Medway Council checked 29 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “These tests are written specifically for Medway Council. Our test provider is GL Assessment.”

    “Our test provider is GL Assessment.”

    “A child must sit their test in a Medway Council test venue in Medway.”

    “The Medway Test is made up of 3 papers: English Mathematics Reasoning ... English ... Comprehension Punctuation Grammar ... Spatial Reasoning Non-Verbal Reasoning Verbal Reasoning”

    “English 3 5 minutes 30 minutes Comprehension Punctuation Grammar ... Mathematics 2 2 minutes 50 minutes ... Spatial Reasoning/Non-Verbal Reasoning: 20 minutes Verbal Reasoning: 25 minutes total timed test: 45 minutes”

  9. Medway Test Familiarisation Booklet — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “All of the tests are multiple-choice. You will choose the answer you think is correct and mark it on the answer sheet. ... You are not allowed to take the following into the test room: ... calculator – including watches and any other device with this facility”

    “an example of how to record answers on the separate answer sheets; ... how the test questions and an answer sheet are presented”

  10. Medway Test dates — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “If your child goes to a primary or junior school in Medway, they’ll sit the test at their own school.”

  11. How the test is marked — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
  12. Medway Test results — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “You’ll be given the right of appeal for any schools you put on your application form, including grammar schools.”

  13. Register for the Medway Test — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “You can also view our familiarisation booklet to help your child become familiar with the test.”

  14. Children get their Medway Test results (16 Oct 2024) — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “There is no longer an academic review process for the Medway Test. Instead, an additional two per cent of the cohort were assessed as eligible for a grammar school place through the test. ... The minimum score is determined by 25 per cent of the total Medway cohort this year, whereas this was 23 per cent prior to this year.”

  15. Key dates for applying for secondary school - September 2027 entry — Medway Council checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “5pm on Friday 12 June 2026 Registration for the Medway Test closes. ... Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 September 2026 Medway Test dates for children who attend Medway primary and junior schools. Saturday 19 or Sunday 20 September 2026 Medway Test date for children from non-Medway schools. ... Wednesday 14 October 2026 Results of the Medway Test.”

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