School Details

Type of School Bilateral
Website http://www.homewood-school.co.uk
Address Ashford Road
Tenterden
TN30 6LT
Phone 01580764222
Email info@homewood.kent.sch.uk
Consortium Kent County Council
Location
Region Kent

Admissions

Admission Year Sept 2024
Gender in YEAR 7 Mixed

Calendar

Academic Exam 7 Sep 2023 - 9 Sep 2023

The Kent Test will take place on:

  • Thursday 7 September 2023 for children who go to school in Kent
  • the weekend of Saturday 9 September 2023 for children who go to school outside Kent.
Registration 1 Jun 2023 - 3 Jul 2023
Allocation Day 1 Mar 2024
CAF form 31 Oct 2023
Test Results Day 18 Oct 2023

Academic Selection

Number of Places 390
Standardised Yes
Age Standardised No
Total Number of Exams 3
Number of Rounds 1
Admission Policy View

78 places (20%) selected on general ability

10% places selected on musical aptitude

 

Standardisation is a statistical process which compares your child's performance with the average performance of other children in each test. A slight adjustment is made to take account of each child's age so that the youngest are not at a disadvantage.

Exam Boards

  • Granada Learning (GL)
  • Consortium (CONSORTIUM)

Exam Styles

  • Mixed (MC & STD)

The tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet. They are marked by an automated marking machine.

Sample Papers

Name Document or Link Subjects
Kent Familiarisation Paper View Mixed Subjects

https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/kent-test#tab-1,2,3,4,5

Exam Papers

Name Round From (mins) To (mins) Subjects
Multiple Papers 1 60 English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning

The first test will be an English and maths paper and will take 1 hour. Each section will involve a 5 minute practice exercise followed by a 25 minute test. The English section will involve a comprehension exercise as well as some additional questions drawn from a set designed to test literacy skills.

The second test will be a reasoning paper. It will take about 1 hour, including the practice sections and questions. It will contain a verbal reasoning section and a non-verbal reasoning section of roughly the same length. The non-verbal reasoning will be split into short sections, administered and timed individually.

There will also be a writing exercise which will not be marked but may be used by a local headteacher panel as part of the headteacher assessment stage of the process. 40 minutes will be allowed for the writing task, including 10 minutes planning time.

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