Tonbridge School — 13+ English Scholarship 2024
Tonbridge School set this 13+ English paper in 2024. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 7 questions worth 50 marks in 75 minutes, each marked the moment the paper is submitted and backed by a step-by-step worked solution. Most 13+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry.
Real 13+ English paper from Tonbridge School (2024). 7 questions, 50 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Poetry, Reading Comprehension.
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Most 13+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry, so a timed attempt at this paper is worth doing early enough to leave room for the topics it exposes. Work through it on screen with instant marking, or print the PDF and sit it under exam conditions.
- School
- Tonbridge School
- Entry level
- 13+
- Subject
- English
- Year
- 2024
- Questions
- 7
- Marks
- 50
- Time
- 75 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Poetry
- Reading Comprehension
Questions in this paper (3 of 7)
- Question 1written answer · 3 marks
Read the following extract from the poem 'Privet' by Simon Armitage. A privet is a shrub often grown into a hedge. The narrator of the poem has been made to cut the hedge as a punishment by his father. 'Because I'd done wrong I was sent to hell, / down black steps to the airless tombs / of mothballed contraptions and broken tools. / Piled on a shelf every daffodil bulb / was an animal skull or …
- Question 2written answer · 8 marks
Re-read the underlined lines in the poem ('The shears … executioner's lisp'). What is the effect of the diction (choice of words), structure, language and imagery (metaphors, similes, etc.) in each line or phrase?
- Question 3written answer · 9 marks
Below is the central section of 'Privet' by Simon Armitage, describing the narrator cutting the hedge: 'And because I'd done wrong I was sent / to the end of the garden to cut the hedge, / that dividing line between moor and lawn / gone haywire that summer, all stem and stalk / where there should have been contour and form. / The shears were a crude beast, lumpen, pre-war, / rolling-pin handles…
4 further questions in this paper open with any paid plan, along with marking and the worked solutions. See plans.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Tonbridge School — 13+ English Scholarship 2024?
7 questions worth 50 marks in total, written for 75 minutes. It covers Poetry, Reading Comprehension. Tonbridge School set it as a 13+ English paper.
How long is the Tonbridge School 13+ English paper?
This paper is timed at 75 minutes for 50 marks — roughly 90 seconds a mark. Hearthprep runs the same clock on screen, so your child sees how far through the time they are as they answer.
Can my child answer this paper online?
Yes. Every question on this page can be answered in the browser and is marked the moment the paper is submitted — multiple choice, short answers and written responses alike. Answers are matched leniently, so a correct value written a different way (units, fractions, word numbers) still scores.
Are worked solutions included?
Every question has a step-by-step worked solution and an AI tutor that will talk through it after the paper is submitted. The first 3 questions of this paper are free to try; the remaining 4 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Tonbridge School paper come from?
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Use it to time a full mock attempt, then drill whichever topics your child drops marks on.
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