All prospective 11+ students are invited to sit a free assessment. We offer a Year 4 Foundation 11+ course and a Year 5 11+ Course. You can find out more about each of these offerings by clicking the titles below.
The Slough Consortium, Kendrick School and The Buckinghamshire Grammar schools all use GL assessment as their test provider. The format, contents and standard of difficulty of these tests are all the same. The GL Assessment test format is explained below:
This involves comprehension, spelling and grammar questions. There are 21 common VR question types that are generally tested by GL. The vast majority of these question types can be solved using a logical technique. Some of the common question styles are listed below:
The maths questions usually come in the form of short, word problems. Some of the main topics covered are:
This section requires the use of logical reasoning to solve questions involving pictures and shapes. Some of the common question styles include:
The Slough Consortium consists of four schools: Langley Grammar School, Upton Court Grammar School, St. Bernards Catholic Grammar School and Herschel Grammar School. Students wishing to apply to any of the four schools must register with the consortium. The four schools operate collectively for the purposes of administering the 11+ test. The test provider is GL Assessment and the test follows the same structure as outlined above.
There are three other grammar schools in Berkshire which are located in Reading: Kendrick Girls school and The Reading School and The Reading Girls School. These schools act independently for the admissions process and set their own individual tests.
The Kendrick School 11+ test is set by GL Assessment and is broadly similar in style to the Buckinghamshire and Slough Consortium tests. The examination assesses English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning skills using a GL Assessment format.
The Reading School examination includes a mixture of multiple-choice questions, short written-response questions and creative tasks. Candidates are assessed on their reading comprehension, mathematical problem-solving and creative thinking skills. The exact content and format may vary from year to year and Reading School does not publish past papers. Children who achieve the required standard in the English and Mathematics elements will then have their Creativity task assessed as part of the admissions process.
Reading Girls School is a partially selective school with 42 of 180 places being offered to students that meet the selection criteria. They use a computer based CEM Select 11+ test as their exam. It lasts one hour and tests a mix of English, maths and NVR.
| Slough Grammar Schools | Gender |
| Hershal Grammar School | Mixed |
| St. Bernard’s Grammar School | Mixed |
| Upton Court Grammar School (formerly Slough Grammar School) | Mixed |
| Reading Girls School | Girls |
| Reading Grammar Schools | Gender |
| Reading School | Boys |
| Kendrick School | Girls |
Buckinghamshire is one of the only counties in the UK that operates a fully selective secondary school education system. All students attending a Buckinghamshire primary school are automatically registered to take the 11+ test. There are 13 grammar schools in the region, all of which use the same 11+ test. The exam is set by GL Assessment and the follows the pattern detailed above.
| Schools | Gender |
| Aylesbury Grammar School | Boys |
| Aylesbury High School | Girls |
| Beaconsfield High School | Girls |
| Burnham Grammar School | Mixed |
| Chesham Grammar School | Mixed |
| Dr. Challoner's Grammar School | Boys |
| Dr. Challoner's High School | Girls |
| John Hampden Grammar School | Boys |
| Royal Grammar School | Boys |
| The Royal Latin School | Mixed |
| Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School | Mixed |
| Sir William Borlase School | Mixed |
| Wycombe High School | Girls |