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Borden Grammar School: 11+ entrance exam
Boys’ grammar school in Sittingbourne.
Borden Grammar School · Boys’ grammar school · SittingbourneAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Borden Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Saturday 12 September 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 1 July 2026. Source Source
Saturday 12 September 2026 at Borden Grammar School. Registration (paper form, no online registration) 9am 1 June to 4pm 1 July 2026; late registration with evidence up to 8 July 2026 (per the KCC criteria). Boys must also have sat the Kent Test. Results mid-October 2026.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
What the school says
- What it tests
- English, reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
- The papers
- Paper one: English and verbal reasoning, 60 minutes; Paper two: mathematics and non-verbal reasoning, 60 minutes. Source
Two paper booklets of about 60 minutes each in one session with a short break; Quest papers normally use OMR answer sheets (multiple choice), but the format for this test is not stated in words. Calculator use not stated. - How places are decided
- Pass marks depend on local results, anticipated to correspond approximately to the top 25% nationally. Source Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
- Interview Inferred
- No. Source
No interview is mentioned in the admission arrangements.
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every Quest plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing and science. Remelia for Quest maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
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.
The last fortnight
The plan works to September of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
11+ A shared test
Kent Test
Borden Grammar School is also one of the 34 schools that take Kent Test (Kent PESE 11+). The 34 schools share one test: set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and a piece of writing.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Borden Grammar School admissions criteria 2027-2028 (via Kent County Council) checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The school will also admit boys through success in the Borden Assessment procedure where a boy has been unsuccessful in the Kent testing process. ... Testing will take place at Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne on Saturday, 12th September 2026. The assessment tests will comprise of: Four paper-based tests which will assess verbal ability, numerical/mathematical reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and English”
- Admissions & Borden Assessment Procedure, Borden Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Our Borden Test is provided by Quest Assessments.”
“Click the button below for information and guidance on sitting a Quest assessment. https://www.questassessments.com/grammar-guidance”
- The Borden Assessment Procedure for Admissions to Year 7 (Optional) September 2027, Borden Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The Borden test is designed by Quest Learning. Quest 11+ is designed to access what students have covered in primary school up to the end of Year 5.”
“A paper-based test which will consist of two papers”
“a) English (reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, spelling) b) Mathematics (problem-solving, arithmetic, reasoning) c) Verbal Reasoning ... d) Non-Verbal Reasoning”
“A pass in either of the tests will mean that you are assessed as ‘Grammar’ and can apply to Borden. You must however have sat the Kent Test.”
“they need to register to do so between 9.00am Monday, 1st June 2026 and 4.00pm on Wednesday, 1st July 2026. ... Testing will take place at Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne on Saturday,12th September 2026.”
- The Borden Assessment Procedure (Borden Test): a guide for parents and carers, Quest Assessments and Borden Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Your child will sit two papers ... Both papers will be sat in the same session ... Most Quest 11+ papers use an OMR”
“Paper one: assesses English and verbal reasoning Paper two: assesses mathematics and non-verbal reasoning Both papers will be sat in the same session, and your child will have a short break between them. Each paper will last approximately 60 minutes.”
“Familiarisation Booklets These booklets provide sample questions so your child can become familiar with the question format and filling in an OMR answer sheet.”
- Secondary schools with individual admissions criteria 2027/28, Kent County Council checked 22 September 2026
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