Syllabus
What your child will practise
Summit Maths covers the maths most 11+ papers test: 20 topics, from Year 3 and 4 basics up to the harder, multi-step problems the papers include.
The syllabus
The 11+ maths syllabus in 20 topics
Together they cover 143 skills, from Year 3 basics to 11+ stretch. Summit Maths practises most of them. Your child gets the questions that suit their level, and can focus on one topic or mix them all.
Place value and rounding
Years 3 to 6, plus 11+ stretchReading, writing and comparing numbers, rounding, negative numbers and Roman numerals.
- Value of a digitYear 3
- Numbers in words and figuresYear 4
- Number lines and scalesYear 4
- Negative numbersYear 6
- Digit puzzles11+ stretch
and 3 more
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Rounding · Place value and rounding
Round 6,382 to the nearest hundred.
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Not in Summit Maths yet: a few topics come up mainly in harder or independent-school papers, such as probability; speed, distance and time; and circles.
How far the 11+ goes
From Year 3 basics to 11+ stretch
Most 11+ tests are sat in September of Year 6, so they mostly test what’s taught by the end of Year 5. Buckinghamshire, Bexley, Tiffin and FSCE schools say so plainly, and GL Assessment, which sets many areas’ tests, says “up to the start of Year 6”. Essex, Sutton and Northern Ireland say “Key Stage 2”, so Year 6 topics can come up there. A few questions are usually harder than anything taught so far, and practice papers often go further, into Year 6 and a few secondary-school topics.
That’s why Summit Maths runs from Year 3 to 11+ stretch: secure foundations first, then the harder problems. The bars on each topic show where a question starts on the same 300–700 scale as your child’s score. How the score works →
These bands show what tests cover, not a pass mark. Tests compare children with each other, so no score here means “ready”.
Which 11+?
11+ tests differ by area
Each area or school chooses its own test, and some change provider from year to year. Most grammar-school areas use multiple-choice papers from GL Assessment or Quest Assessments, with an answer sheet and no calculator. Summit Maths uses the same five-option style.
Some areas and most independent schools use written answers or tests on screen. The maths is much the same, but the format differs, so always check with your school or council.
What the maths paper often looks like
- About 50 questions in 50 minutes
- Five options, A to E
- Answers on a separate sheet
- No calculator
Formats vary: Kent’s maths section, for example, is 25 minutes.
Summit Maths is an independent project. It isn’t connected to, or endorsed by, GL Assessment, Quest Assessments or any other test provider, school or council.
Click an area on the map to see its test.
London and the South East
Kent
GL Assessment- Test
- The Kent Test, set by GL Assessment
- Covers
- Up to the start of Year 6
- Format
- Multiple choice, five options. About 25 minutes of maths, in a paper with English.
- GL Assessment
- Quest Assessments
- FSCE
- SEAG
- Changing provider soon
- Its own test
- Grammar schools: check locally
Independent schools set their own tests. Some use the ISEB Pre-Test (on screen, up to the end of Year 5) or the London 11+ Consortium test (on screen). Others use their own written papers, often with a harder final section.
Not every grammar school or test is shown. Checked October 2026.
How questions are made
What goes into each question
Fresh numbers each time
Each question is built from a template with new numbers, so children practise the method, not the answer.
Five answers to choose from
Each question has five options, A to E: the style many 11+ papers use.
Help after a wrong answer
Wrong answers explain the likely mistake where there’s a clear one, then show worked steps and offer a similar question.
Checked by people and tests
Every answer key is checked by a person and by automatic tests on thousands of versions. Children can report any question that looks wrong.
See where your child starts
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