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11 plus maths tuition in Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Council describes its 11 plus in a sentence worth reading slowly: "Although it closely relates to the curriculum that children are taught in schools, the level of difficulty may go beyond the levels that children are expected to be achieving by the end of Key Stage 2." Two claims sit in that sentence, and they point in the same direction. The content is familiar. The difficulty is not. So the answer is not to race ahead into secondary topics but to go deeper into primary ones, especially the kind of question that needs several steps, each easy on its own, in the right order. This page sets out what the council publishes about the test shared by Warwickshire's six grammar schools, then teaches that kind of question: multi-step problems with rates and scaling, straight from the Year 5 curriculum.

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In short

Warwickshire County Council says the county has six selective grammar schools, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Alcester and Rugby, all allocating places by the 11+, which is free to sit. The test is shared with the grammar schools of Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Shropshire: two multiple-choice tests of about 60 minutes each, covering English, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics. The council says it "closely relates to the curriculum" but that its difficulty "may go beyond the levels" expected by the end of Key Stage 2. Registration opens on 7 May each year for children in Year 5 and closes on 30 June; for 2027 entry the test was on 12 and 13 September 2026, with results on the Parent Portal on 16 October. We teach the maths deeply, live online. The first lesson is free; afterwards lessons cost USD 100 a month in a small group or USD 150 a month individually.

Starting points in Warwickshire

Three courses for a harder paper

The test is harder, not broader. Choose by how your child handles a problem with three steps.

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11 plus maths, in depth

Year 5 content taken to the difficulty the council describes, through multi-step problems.

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WARKS / 2

Stretch and challenge

For confident children who need problems with no obvious first step.

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WARKS / 3

Number facts at speed

Every step goes faster when the arithmetic inside it is automatic.

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The Warwickshire test

What Warwickshire County Council publishes

The council coordinates the 11+ for its six grammar schools and publishes the schedule, format and schools. Read on 26 September 2026.

Warwickshire's 11+ schedule for September 2027 entry, from the county council
DateStepDetail
7 May 2026Registration opensThrough the council's Parent Portal, for children in Year 5.
30 June 2026Registration closesAlso the deadline for access arrangements and evidence.
Week of 10 August 2026InvitationsLetters to the test sent out.
12 and 13 September 2026TestsEarly in Year 6.
16 October 2026ResultsAvailable on the Parent Portal.

The council says the test "is currently operated as a shared test between the Warwickshire, Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Shropshire Grammar Schools", with the same papers used across all of them. Results can be shared across authorities if the relevant box is ticked on time.

It describes "four sections: English, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Mathematics", in "multiple-choice format". "Each of the two tests will take around 60 minutes to complete (including spoken instructions at the start and explanations of the practice items)." Raw marks are standardised and weighted into a total score.

Registration follows a standing rule: it "opens on 7 May each year for those children currently in Year 5. Candidates must register by the deadline of 30 June." For today's Year 5, that points to 7 May to 30 June 2027; the council will confirm the dates.

Places depend on each school's admission arrangements and on whether a score meets the minimum standard set for that year. That is for the council and schools to explain, and we do not.

Sources: Warwickshire County Council, the 11+ test, with its pages on grammar schools in Warwickshire, registering for the test and applying; the GL familiarisation guide hosted by the council. Modern Age Coders has no connection with the council, GL Assessment or any school.

Harder, not newer

What "may go beyond Key Stage 2" does and does not mean

The council's sentence is easy to misread as "includes secondary maths". Read with the familiarisation guide, it says something more useful.

What it does not mean

The council says the test "closely relates to the curriculum that children are taught in schools". The familiarisation guide it hosts says "The Mathematics section will draw upon what you have been taught in class". Neither suggests algebra, ratio or other topics that arrive later.

So a family that responds by teaching Year 7 maths to a nine-year-old is solving the wrong problem. The content is primary. What changes is how the content is asked.

What it does mean

The same guide adds that "there may be some questions that are more challenging than what you are used to". In practice, harder questions on familiar content usually mean more steps, less signposting and numbers that do not come out neatly.

That is exactly what the Year 5 curriculum calls "multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why". Deciding is the hard part. Each individual calculation is ordinary.

There is a practical reason depth matters for this test in particular. With four kinds of question in each paper and a spoken timetable guiding the sections, there is little time to puzzle over what a maths question wants. A child who has met many multi-step problems recognises the shape quickly and spends the time on the steps.

The lesson

Multi-step problems with rates and scaling

The Year 5 curriculum asks children to solve problems "including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates". Here is how a single idea becomes a harder question.

One topic at rising levels of difficulty (our own questions)
LevelQuestionSteps and answer
One stepA box holds 35 crayons. How many crayons are in 6 boxes?6 × 35 = 210
Two stepsA class has 500 crayons and gives away 6 boxes of 35. How many are left?210 given away, then 500 - 210 = 290
Three stepsA pack of 8 batteries gives 240 hours of use in total. Another brand gives 35 hours per battery. How many more hours per battery does the other brand give?240 ÷ 8 = 30 hours; 35 - 30 = 5 more hours per battery
ScalingA recipe for 12 biscuits uses 150 g of butter. How much for 30 biscuits?150 ÷ 12 = 12.5 g each; × 30 = 375 g. Or 150 × 2.5 = 375 g
RateA tap fills a 24-litre tank in 8 minutes. How long for a 60-litre tank?3 litres a minute; 60 ÷ 3 = 20 minutes

Every step in that table is a calculation a Year 5 child can do. The difficulty the council describes lives in the choosing: which operation first, what to do with the answer, when to stop. The battery question in the third row is the same topic as the first, made harder only by needing a per-battery figure, a comparison and a subtraction.

On a multiple-choice paper, the wrong options for a question like that are usually the answers you get by stopping one step early: 30, or 240, or 35. A child who knows what the question asks for at the end does not fall for them.

We teach one habit for multi-step problems: write down what the question wants before calculating anything. "Extra hours per battery." Then work backwards: to find a difference per battery I need two per-battery figures; I have one; the other needs a division. The plan is three short lines, and the arithmetic follows.

Scaling problems reward flexibility. The biscuit recipe can be solved per biscuit or by noticing that 30 is two and a half times 12. Children who can see both routes check one against the other, which is a quiet advantage on a harder paper.

Source: national curriculum in England, mathematics, Year 5 addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division (statutory requirements). The questions are written by Modern Age Coders.

A shared test

The same papers across the West Midlands

Because Warwickshire shares its test with Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Shropshire, what is published about the test elsewhere applies here too.

Same papers

The council says the same test papers are used across all the authorities, so a child in Rugby sits what a child in Sutton Coldfield sits.

Same rules

The familiarisation guide lists the same equipment rules for everyone. Our Birmingham page looks at what having no ruler or protractor means for geometry.

Same maths

Mathematics is one of four sections in each paper. We teach that section only, and in depth, since the council says it may be harder than usual.

For more on the test from the Birmingham side, including the audio-timed sections and the equipment rules, see our Birmingham 11 plus page.

We write our own questions and do not reproduce GL familiarisation material or any test content.

English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning make up the rest of each paper. We do not teach them for the test, and say so plainly before anyone books.

The council also points some families to a free online Key Stage 2 learning and familiarisation programme run with a partner. Check the council's registration page to see whether your child qualifies before paying anyone, us included.

Warwickshire's six

Stratford, Alcester and Rugby, taught online

The council names the six grammar schools. We reproduce the list only to show which test this page covers.

Warwickshire's grammar schools, as the county council lists them
SchoolTownAs described
King Edward VI SchoolStratford-upon-AvonBoys only
Stratford Girls' Grammar SchoolStratford-upon-AvonGirls only
Alcester Grammar SchoolAlcesterBoys and girls
Lawrence Sheriff SchoolRugbyBoys only
Rugby High SchoolRugbyGirls only; not to be confused with fee-paying Rugby School
Ashlawn SchoolRugbyA bi-lateral school with one selective class

Lessons are live on video, in groups of five to ten matched by level, so a child in Warwick, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton or Kenilworth learns the same way as one in Stratford or Rugby.

For coding in the county, see our UK coding page, which lists every area we cover.

The council notes that the schools are free to attend and that there is no cost to sit the test.

We have no connection with the council, GL Assessment or any of these schools, and we do not advise on applications or places.

Source: Warwickshire County Council, grammar schools in Warwickshire, read 26 September 2026.

Towards September 2027

Four stages, getting deeper each term

For today's Year 5, registration should open in May 2027 and the test fall early in Year 6.

From single steps to several
WhenStageSigns of progress
Autumn, Year 51. Secure factsTables, money and place value handled without hesitation
Winter, Year 52. Two-step problemsChooses the right two operations and checks the answer makes sense
Spring, Year 53. Three steps and morePlans a solution in writing before calculating
Summer holiday4. Timed sectionsMulti-step questions answered within a section's time

Starting later

Even a spring start helps if facts come first. Multi-step work collapses when the single steps are slow.

We will tell you honestly at the first lesson how far the time can go.

After October

Multi-step reasoning is the core of secondary maths and science. Some pupils carry on with maths through coding, where every program is a multi-step problem.

Others enjoy the problem-solving challenges on our competitions calendar.

Courses

Maths and coding for Warwickshire families

By stage, each linked to a full syllabus.

I

For the Warwickshire 11+

Years 3 to 5

WKM / ii

Challenge maths for keen pupils

Multi-step, non-routine problems.

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WKM / iii

Mental arithmetic course

Fast steps inside long problems.

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II

Secondary

Year 6 on

WKM / v

Key Stage 3 mathematics

Ratio, algebra and problem solving.

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III

Coding

Steps in code

WKM / viii

Maths through coding

Break a problem into steps a computer follows.

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WKM / ix

Scratch coding, beginners

Sequencing and logic in blocks.

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IV

Later

Teenagers

WKM / xi

Vedic calculation methods

Speed, once understanding is firm.

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WKM / xii

AI and machine learning, teens

Multi-step thinking, automated.

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When lessons run

Scheduled for a Warwickshire school week

Teaching is live from India. Primary pupils have lessons after school or on weekend mornings, set in UK time; the twice-yearly clock change is handled at our end.

After school, weekdays

Early, before tiredness.

Weekend mornings

For busy weekday diaries.

Holidays

Short extra sessions.

Same teacher

Continuity, so habits are noticed.

Honest notes

Short updates after lessons.

Five to ten children

Grouped by level.

Our own questions

No GL or council material copied.

One to one

For targeted help.

Maths only

No reasoning or English coaching; no admissions advice.

Student work

Where multi-step thinking leads

Four projects published by students at our school, each built step by step from primary maths. More on the student labs page.

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Warwickshire questions

What Warwickshire families ask us

What is in the Warwickshire 11+?

The council says the West Midlands Grammar Schools tests contain four sections, English, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics, in multiple-choice format, over two tests of about 60 minutes each.

Is the Warwickshire test the same as Birmingham's?

Yes. The council says it is a shared test with the Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Shropshire grammar schools, using the same papers.

Is the maths harder than Key Stage 2?

The council says the test closely relates to the curriculum, but that its level of difficulty may go beyond what children are expected to reach by the end of Key Stage 2. That means harder questions on familiar content, not new topics.

When do we register?

The council says registration opens on 7 May each year for children in Year 5 and closes on 30 June. For 2027 entry, the test was on 12 and 13 September 2026.

Which schools use the test in Warwickshire?

King Edward VI School and Stratford Girls' Grammar School in Stratford-upon-Avon, Alcester Grammar School, and Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby High School and Ashlawn School in Rugby.

Is Rugby High School the same as Rugby School?

No. The council notes that Rugby High School is a girls' grammar school and should not be confused with Rugby School, which is fee-paying.

Does it cost anything to sit the test?

No. The council says there is no cost for a child to sit the 11+ test.

Do you teach the reasoning sections?

No. We teach mathematics only, and we do not advise on applications or places.

Should my child learn secondary maths?

No. The council and the familiarisation guide both point to the curriculum children are taught; the extra difficulty is in how questions are asked. Depth in Year 5 maths is the preparation.

What do lessons cost?

The first lesson costs nothing. Continuing is USD 100 a month in a group or USD 150 a month one to one.

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