--- title: "11 Plus Maths Tuition Medway | Medway Test Maths, Online" description: "Live online 11 plus maths for the Medway Test: a 50-minute maths paper counted twice, the rules Medway Council publishes, and Year 5 written methods taught well." canonical: https://learn.modernagecoders.com/11-plus-maths-tuition-medway source: src/pages/11-plus-maths-tuition-medway.html --- > Live online 11 plus maths for the Medway Test: a 50-minute maths paper counted twice, the rules Medway Council publishes, and Year 5 written methods taught well. In short Medway Council runs the Medway Test for the six Medway grammar schools, and says it is used only by them. GL Assessment writes it "specifically for Medway Council". There are three multiple-choice papers with breaks of at least twenty minutes: English (30 minutes), Mathematics (50 minutes, with no timed sections inside it) and Reasoning (45 minutes). The council's total counts the English and Mathematics standardised scores twice and Reasoning once, so maths is two fifths of the total. Questions are based on Key Stage 2 up to and including Year 5, and calculators and timers are not allowed. For 2027 entry, registration ran from 18 May to 12 June 2026, Medway primary pupils sat the test on 15 and 16 September 2026, and results arrive on 14 October 2026. We teach the maths, live online. Try a first lesson free; after that it is USD 100 a month in a group or USD 150 a month one to one. Medway starting points ## Three courses for a 50-minute maths paper A long, double-weighted paper rewards reliable methods. Choose by where the errors come from. [![11 Plus Maths Prep course thumbnail](/images/eleven-plus-maths.webp) MEDWAY / 1 Medway Test maths course Year 5 content and written methods, practised in fifty-minute blocks. Open the syllabus →](/courses/11-plus-maths-preparation-course-uk)[![Mental Maths for Kids course thumbnail](/images/mental-maths-kids.webp) MEDWAY / 2 Mental maths for estimating Quick estimates that check written answers without a calculator. Open the syllabus →](/courses/mental-maths-mastery-kids)[![Elementary Maths for Grades 1-5 course thumbnail](/images/elementary-maths.webp) MEDWAY / 3 Solid number foundations For Year 4 children whose tables and place value need firming up first. Open the syllabus →](/courses/elementary-mathematics-complete-masterclass) The Medway Test ## What Medway Council publishes Medway Council runs registration and testing and publishes the papers, timings, marking and dates. Read on 26 September 2026. | Paper | Marked time | What it covers | | --- | --- | --- | | English | 30 minutes | Comprehension, punctuation, grammar | | Mathematics | 50 minutes, one block | Mathematical elements, Key Stage 2 to Year 5 | | Reasoning | 45 minutes | Spatial and non-verbal (20 minutes), verbal (25 minutes) | | Step | Date | Detail | | --- | --- | --- | | Registration | Monday 18 May to Friday 12 June 2026 | The council suggests talking to the child's teacher first. | | Test, Medway primaries | Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 September 2026 | At the child's own school. | | Test, other children | Saturday 19 or Sunday 20 September 2026 | At a Medway test centre. | | Results | Wednesday 14 October 2026 | By email, after 10am. | The council says "These tests are written specifically for Medway Council. Our test provider is GL Assessment." It adds that materials found online or in shops, other than on GL's website, "are not official and are not supported or endorsed by GL or Medway Council". The familiarisation booklet says "All of the tests are multiple-choice", that the maths "will cover what you have been taught in class" with some more challenging questions, and that questions are "based on the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum up to and including Year 5". The marking formula is published: "English test standardised score x 2 + Mathematics test standardised score x 2 + Reasoning test standardised score x 1 = Total weighted score." A minimum total is set each year; the council's recent figures put about a quarter of each cohort in the grammar band. We mention that as background, never as a target. The council says the Medway Test is used only by the six Medway grammar schools. Chatham Grammar also accepts a Kent Test assessment. Admissions after the test are for the council and the schools. Sources: [Medway Council, Medway Test (11+)](https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200137/schools_and_learning/1049/medway_test_11), including its pages on registration, dates, results, how the test is marked and children outside Medway; the Medway Test familiarisation booklet (GL Assessment, 2026). Modern Age Coders has no connection with Medway Council, GL Assessment or any Medway school. Fifty minutes, one block ## Pacing a long maths paper without a watch Most 11 plus maths comes in short sections with an audio file or an invigilator calling time. Medway's does not. ### What the rules add up to For its maths paper, the council's timing table is plain: "No. The whole test must be completed in the 50 minutes." The familiarisation booklet lists among things not allowed "any type of timer" and a calculator "including watches and any other device with this facility". So a child meets fifty minutes of maths as one stretch, and the decisions about speed are theirs. Some children rush the first half and run out of care; others linger on an early question and never reach the last page. ### What we practise We build stamina in steps: twenty-minute maths blocks in the autumn, thirty-five by spring, the full fifty by summer. Children learn to check the time only at natural points, such as the end of each page, using whatever clock the test room provides, rather than constantly. We also teach the simplest pacing rule there is: halfway through the time, be at least halfway through the questions. A child who is well behind at that moment speeds up on familiar questions and saves the longest for last. The double weighting makes this matter. With maths counted twice in the total, a paper that goes well for thirty minutes and badly for twenty costs more than it would in a test where maths is a small section. Stamina is part of the maths here. The lesson ## Written methods that do not wobble With no calculator for fifty minutes, the formal written methods of Year 5 carry the paper. The curriculum asks children to "multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers". | Calculation | Estimate first | Exact answer | | --- | --- | --- | | 347 × 26 | About 350 × 25 = 8,750 | 9,022 (6,940 + 2,082) | | 1,208 × 7 | About 1,200 × 7 = 8,400 | 8,456 | | 2,436 ÷ 6 | About 2,400 ÷ 6 = 400 | 406: note the zero in the tens | | 4,005 - 1,687 | About 4,000 - 1,700 = 2,300 | 2,318 | | 58 × 49 | 58 × 50 = 2,900, minus 58 | 2,842 | Every row starts with an estimate, and that is deliberate. On a multiple-choice paper, an estimate often rules out most of the options before the written method starts. After the method, it confirms that the answer is the right size. It is the calculator-free equivalent of checking your work. The division row shows the classic trap: 2,436 ÷ 6 is 406, not 46. Children who forget the placeholder zero get an answer ten times too small. The estimate, about 400, catches it at once. The last row shows a mental shortcut the curriculum encourages: "multiply and divide numbers mentally, drawing upon known facts". 58 × 49 is 58 × 50 minus 58, which is quicker and safer than long multiplication. A fifty-minute paper rewards children who know when a written method is needed and when it is not. Subtraction across zeros, as in 4,005 - 1,687, is where exchanges go wrong. We teach it until it is boring, which is exactly the point: boring methods do not wobble at minute forty. Source: [national curriculum in England, mathematics](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study), Year 5 multiplication and division, and addition and subtraction (statutory requirements). The examples are ours. Our approach ## Methods, stamina, and nothing unofficial Medway Council's warning about unofficial materials shapes how we prepare children, too. ### Every Year 5 strand Number, fractions, measures, geometry and statistics, each taught until quick and correct. A fifty-minute paper has room for all of them. ### Methods first Formal written methods for all four operations, checked by estimation, practised until they are automatic. ### Stamina last Timed blocks that grow towards fifty minutes, so accuracy at the end matches accuracy at the start. The council points families to GL's website and its own familiarisation booklet for the format. Use those. We do not reproduce them, and our practice questions are written by us to the Year 5 curriculum. English is also counted twice, and reasoning once. We teach only the maths, and families should plan for the other papers separately. The council asks families to talk to their child's teacher before registering, to see whether the test is right for them. We agree, and our free lesson ends with an equally honest view of the maths. Medway and Kent run different tests on different timetables; our [Kent Test maths page](/11-plus-maths-tuition-kent) covers the county's own test. The six schools ## Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Rainham Medway Council's school directory names the six grammar schools that use the Medway Test. We list them only to show which test this page covers. | School | Note | | --- | --- | | Chatham Grammar | Also accepts the Kent Test | | Fort Pitt Grammar School | Medway Test | | Holcombe Grammar School | Medway Test | | Rainham Mark Grammar School | Medway Test | | Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School | Medway Test | | The Rochester Grammar School | Medway Test | Lessons are live on video, so a child in Strood, Gillingham, Hoo or Walderslade is taught the same way, in groups of five to ten matched by level. For coding in the area, see our [UK page](/coding-classes-in-united-kingdom), which lists every city and county we cover. The council says children who do not live in Medway can sit the Medway Test, and explains on a separate page what families outside Medway should consider before registering. We have no connection with Medway Council, GL Assessment or any of these schools, and we do not advise on applications or places. Source: Medway Council, secondary schools directory and Medway Test pages, read 26 September 2026. Towards September 2027 ## Four stages to fifty steady minutes For today's Year 5, registration should fall in late spring 2027 and the test early in Year 6. The council publishes the dates. | When | Stage | What secure looks like | | --- | --- | --- | | Autumn, Year 5 | 1. Number facts and place value | Tables instant, numbers to a million read and rounded correctly | | Winter, Year 5 | 2. Written methods | Long multiplication and short division right first time, checked by estimate | | Spring, Year 5 | 3. The rest of Year 5 | Fractions, measures, shape and data as secure as number | | Summer holiday | 4. Fifty minutes | A full paper, paced without a watch, as accurate at the end as the start | ### A later start If time is short, methods and stamina come first: they carry the most marks on a long paper. We will tell you honestly at the free lesson what the time allows. ### After October Reliable written methods are the backbone of secondary maths. Many pupils continue with [maths through coding](/courses/maths-through-coding). Children who love problems can try the challenges on our [competitions calendar](/uk-coding-maths-and-ai-competitions-calendar). Our courses ## Maths and coding for Medway families By stage, each with its full syllabus. I ### For the Medway Test Years 3 to 5 MDM / 1 #### 11 plus maths for Medway Year 5 maths for a 50-minute paper. [Open the syllabus](/courses/11-plus-maths-preparation-course-uk) MDM / 2 #### Mental maths and estimation Checks without a calculator. [Open the syllabus](/courses/mental-maths-mastery-kids) MDM / 3 #### Primary maths to Year 5 Foundations first. [Open the syllabus](/courses/elementary-mathematics-complete-masterclass) MDM / 4 #### Abacus arithmetic course Number sense by hand. 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Medway Council says it has three papers: English (30 minutes), Mathematics (50 minutes) and Reasoning (45 minutes), with at least twenty minutes' break between them. All are multiple choice. ### How much does maths count? The council's formula counts the English and Mathematics standardised scores twice each and Reasoning once, so maths is two fifths of the total weighted score. ### Is the maths paper split into timed sections? No. The council says the whole maths test must be completed in the 50 minutes. ### Can my child wear a watch? The familiarisation booklet lists any type of timer, and calculators including watches with that facility, among items not allowed. Check the booklet for the full list. ### What maths is tested? The booklet says all questions in the English and Mathematics tests are based on the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum up to and including Year 5. ### When is the Medway Test for September 2028 entry? Not published when we checked on 26 September 2026. For 2027 entry, registration ran from 18 May to 12 June 2026 and Medway primary pupils sat the test on 15 and 16 September 2026. ### Is the Medway Test the same as the Kent Test? No. They are different tests. The council says the Medway Test is used only by the six Medway grammar schools, though Chatham Grammar also accepts a Kent Test assessment. ### Are shop-bought practice papers official? No. The council says materials found online or in retailers, other than on the GL website, are not official and not endorsed by GL or Medway Council. ### Do you teach English or reasoning? No. We teach maths only, and we do not advise on applications or places. ### How much are lessons? The first lesson is free. Then it is USD 100 a month for a group or USD 150 a month for one to one. 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