Grammar Schools

The following is a list of the main grammar schools targeted by parents who send their children to Smart Learning Tuition. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list and children often sit entrance exams for other schools also (e.g. Watford, Kendrick, Reading, etc.). Click on the links below for more information about each school.

Please note: While the information on these pages are believed to be correct at the time of writing, some details may have subsequently changed. You are advised to also visit the websites of the various schools to obtain the latest information.

All parents are encouraged to attend any Open Evening/Open Days with their child wherever possible for their target schools – please check the relevant school websites for dates and timings.

Click on each school below to view the related information.

Commonly used terms

  • Standardisation: This is a statistical procedure whereby raw scores (number of questions answered correctly) are converted to standardised scores to make it fair for candidates of all ages. The standardisation process takes into account how a child has performed compared with the average performance of all the children taking each test and how the child has performed in each test compared with children of the same age. The procedure results in a fair score for all children whether born at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the academic year. Children do not have marks added because they are born in August, or taken away if they have a September birthday – it isn't as simple as that! Standardisation also means that it is possible for children to score high marks whilst getting some questions wrong or failing to complete all questions.
  • Consortium: A group of schools working together to operate a shared 11+ entrance examination process using the same examination papers. A child sits just one 11+ examination, irrespective of how many of the Consortium grammar schools parents are applying to. Each grammar school is its own admissions authority nd has its own Admissions Policy and selction criteria. This means the formal offer of a place comes from the grammar school itself, and will be made as soon as possible after the national allocation day. In general, the offer of a place must be accepted directly with the school in addition to accepting the place with your local authority.

Kingston upon Thames Schools
Tiffin (Boys)

Updated April 2023

Address: Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 6RL

Tel: 020 8546 4638

Email: office@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk

Website: www.tiffinschool.co.uk

Places: 180 places in Year 7

Test Types: Tiffin School operates a two-stage test procedure.

  • Stage 1: English and Maths questions that are marked by computer. This will determine the number of boys to be invited to the Stage Two Test.
  • Stage 2: Written tests in English and Maths.

Admission to Tiffin School will be determined by academic ability, which is assessed by performance in
the tests. Test scores are standardised and age weighted. Then applicants are ranked in order of their
combined score, and places are allocated according to the Selection Criteria.

The Combined Score will be comprised 50% English and 50% Maths. The English component will be the Stage 2 English score; the Maths component will combine the scores from the Stage 1 and the Stage 2 Tests in the ratio 2:3.

Catchment Policy:

Selection Policy: Places will be allocated on the following basis:

  1. To a boy who has an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan and who has has demonstrated his ability and aptitude through the testing process.
  2. Places will then be allocated on the basis of selection by ability as demonstrated in Tiffin School's test procedure in rank order of the combined score in the following order:
    1. To boys whose combined score is higher than or equal to the 400th ranked mark of all applicants who sat the Stage Two Test in the following order of priority:
      1. Currently Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children whose permanent place of residence is within the Priority Area.
      2. Boys whose primary school receives pupil premium funding in respect of him and whose permanent place of residence is within the Priority Area.
    2. The remaining places will be allocated in rank order of the combined score in the following order of priority:
      1. Boys whose permanent place of residence is within the Priority Area.
      2. Boys whose permanent place of residence is outside the Priority Area.

Admissions Data:

2020 2021 2022
Applicants tested at Stage One 1585 1540 1576
Applicants tested at Stage Two 601 631 613
Places offered initially 186 186 186
Initial qualifying score (the lowest score achieved by a student offered a place on 1st March) 106 103 103
Cut off score (the lowest score achieved by a student offered a place by the end of Y7) 99 99 100
Number of appeals heard 3 7 7
Number of successful appeals 0 0 1

The information above is for guidance only. The number of applications received and the overall situation changes from year-to-year. For 2020, 2021 and 2022 all places were offered to those in the Inner Priority Area (10km). No places were offered to those in the Outer Priority Area or beyond the Outer Priority Area.

The Tiffin Girls'

Updated April 2023

Address: Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5PL

Tel: 020 8546 0773

Email: admissions@tiffingirls.org

Website: www.tiffingirls.kingston.sch.uk

Places: 180 places in Year 7

Test Types: The Tiffin Girls' School operates a 2 stage test procedure.

  • Stage 1: English and Maths questions that are marked by computer. This will determine the number of girls to be invited to the Stage Two Test.
  • Stage 2: Written tests in English and Maths.

Admission to The Tiffin Girls' School will be determined by academic ability, which is assessed by performance in the tests. Test scores are standardised and age weighted. Then applicants are ranked in order of their combined mark within the appropriate category of selection criteria.

The Combined Mark will be made up of 60% English and 40% Maths. The English mark will come from the stage two test, and the Maths mark will come from the stage two test and the stage one test in a ratio of 3:1.

Catchment Policy:

  • The Inner Area comprises the following electoral wards:
    Berrylands, Canbury Gardens, Coombe Hill, Coombe Vale, Green Lane & St James, Kingston Gate, Kingston Town, New Malden Village, Norbiton, St Mark's & Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tudor, Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside
  • The Designated Area comprises the following postal districts:
    KT1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19
    TW1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    SW13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20
    W3, 4, 5, 7, 13
    SM4
    CR4

Leeway policy:

  • A 10% leeway will be applied to the standardised Stage 1 and Stage 2 marks of girls who are currently or who were previously Looked After Children.
  • A 10% leeway will be applied to the standardised Stage 1 and Stage 2 marks of girls who qualify for receipt of Pupil Premium Funding and live in the Designated Area.

Please refer to the admissions policy document on the school's website for further details.

Selection Policy: Places will be allocated on the following basis:

  1. To a girl who has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and who has demonstrated her academic ability through the School's Test Procedure.
  2. Currently Looked after Children and Previously Looked After Children whose combined mark is higher than or equal to the 350th ranked mark of all applicants who sat the Stage Two Test.
  3. Up to 60 girls whose combined mark is higher than or equal to the 350th ranked mark of all applicants who sat the Stage Two Test in the following order of priority:
    1. Girls whose permanent place of residence is within the Inner Area or within the Designated Area and who qualify for receipt of Pupil Premium Funding on the closing date to register for the Stage 1 Test.
    2. Girls whose permanent place of residence is within the Inner Area.
  4. The remaining places will all be allocated from applicants who sat the Stage 2 Test in the following order of priority:
    1. Girls whose permanent place of residence is within the Designated Area.
    2. Girls whose permanent place of residence is outside the Designated Area. However, since its introduction, all Year 7 places have been offered to girls living within the Designated Area. It is anticipated that the School will continue to be heavily oversubscribed and all places will continue to be offered and accepted by girls who live in the Designated Area.
Slough Schools
Slough Consortium

Updated April 2023

The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools consists of Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School and Upton Court Grammar School. The purpose of the Consortium is to coordinate arrangements for entry to Year 7 through a common 11+ examination.

From September 2023 the Consortium has contracted with GL Assessment as the test provider for the 11+ examinations to be held in September 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The structure and format of the examinations will be similar to those used under the previous provider. Pupils will sit two test papers, with questions covering a combination of verbal and non-verbal reasoning, English and mathematics. All marking and standardisation will be carried out by the test provider.

The eligibility score will continue to be set at 111 on a standardised scale. Pupils who score 111 or above will be in the top 35% of the cohort sitting the examination and will be considered eligible for consideration for a grammar school place should their parents apply on their behalf.

The Slough Consortium has its own contract with GL Assessment and there will be no sharing of 11+ scores with any other schools.

Parents are advised to read the information about the 11+ examination process on the websites of each of the four grammar schools, and should not rely on other sources which may not be accurate.

To register your child to take the Consortium 11+ entrance examination you must complete the online registration form which can be accessed through the Consortium portal at https://slough.applicaa.com. There will be four examination centres in Slough and your child will be allocated a centre on the basis of their primary school and postcode. You will be advised of your test centre and test arrangements before the end of the summer term.

Langley Grammar School

Updated April 2023

Address: Reddington Drive, Langley, Berkshire SL3 7QS

Tel: 01753 598300

Email: school@lgs.slough.sch.uk

Website: www.lgs.slough.sch.uk

Places: 180 places in Year 7

Catchment Policy: The School's Priority Admissions Areas are defined using postcodes as follows:

  • Priority Area 1 (inner):
    SL3 7, SL3 8, SL3 9, SL3 0
  • Priority Area 2 (Outer):
    SL0, SL1, SL2, SL3 (outside Area 1), SL4
    TW18, TW19, TW20
    UB3, UB4, UB7, UB8, UB10
  • Priority Area 3 (General):
    SL5, SL6, SL7, SL8, SL9
    TW3, TW4, TW5, TW7, TW13, TW14, TW15
    UB1, UB2, UB5, UB6, UB9
    HA1, HA2, HA3, HA4, HA5, HA6
    W5, W7, W13
    RG12, RG42

It is anticipated that the school will continue to be heavily oversubscribed and that applicants living outside these defined areas therefore have no realistic chance of being offered a place under these admission arrangements.

Selection Policy: Children who have achieve a standardised score of 111 or above in the entrance test will be admitted in the following order:

  1. Children with a Special Educational Need or Disability who have an Education Health and Care Plan will be admitted automatically.
  2. Looked After Children, or children who have been previously looked after.
  3. Eligible applicants with a permanent home address within the school's Priority Area 1, up to a maximum of 100 places. If there are fewer places available than eligible applicants, places will be allocated firstly to those applicants who attract Pupil Premium funding at the closing date for submission of the Common Application Form and then in rank order of performance in the entrance examination.
  4. Eligible applicants with a permanent home address within the school's Priority Area 2 and who attract Pupil Premium funding at the closing date for submission of the Common Application Form.
  5. Eligible applicants who are children of permanent members of the School staff who have been continuously employed by the school for a period of not less than 2 years prior to the closing date for applications or who have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
  6. Eligible applicants with a permanent home address within the school's Priority Area 2, in rank order of performance in the admission examination.
  7. Eligible applicants who live within the school's Priority Area 3, in rank order of performance in the admission examination.
  8. Eligible applicants who live outside the Priority Admission Areas, in rank order of performance in the admission examination.
Herschel Grammar School

Updated April 2023

Address: Northampton Avenue, Slough, Berkshire SL1 3BW

Tel: 01753 520950

Email: mail@herschel.slough.sch.uk

Website: www.herschel.slough.sch.uk

Places: 150 places in Year 7

Catchment/Selection Policy: Children who have achieve a standardised score of 111 or above in the entrance test will be admitted in the following order:

  1. Children with an Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan will be admitted automatically.
  2. Looked after children who are being accommodated, or who have been taken into care by a local authority.
  3. Pupils living within within 4 miles of the school. Click here to see if you are within this area.
  4. Up to a further 10 places will be offered to eligible applicants with a home address within 10 miles of the school who are eligible for the Pupil Premium at the closing date for submission of the Common Application Form.
  5. Children of permanent members of the school staff who have been continuously employed by the school for a period of not less than 2 years prior to the closing date for applications.
  6. The remaining places, up to 150, will be allocated to pupils in rank order of performance in the examination.
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School

Updated April 2023

Address: 1 Langley Road, Slough, Berkshire SL3 7AF

Tel: 01753 527020

Email: Contact Form

Website: www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk

Places: 150 places in Year 7

Catchment/Selection Policy: Children who have achieve a standardised score of 111 or above in the entrance test will be admitted in the following order:

  1. Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education Health and Care Plan will be admitted automatically.
  2. Looked after Children and Previously Looked after Children.
  3. Practising Baptised Catholic children with a Priest's reference.
  4. Other Baptised Catholic children.
  5. Baptised or Dedicated Children of other Christian Churches with a religious leader's reference.
  6. Baptised or Dedicated Children of other Christian Churches.
  7. Children from Other Faiths who attend a Slough Catholic Primary School within St Peter's Pastoral Area (Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School, St Anthony's Catholic Primary School and St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School) and live in Slough with a permanent home address.
  8. Children from Other Faiths who attend a Slough Primary School within St Peter's Pastoral Area (Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School, St Anthony's Catholic Primary School and St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School).
  9. Children of other faiths with a religious leader's reference.
  10. Children of other faiths.
  11. Any other children .

If necessary, the Governing Body will determine an order of priority within the above categories based on the following criteria in this order of priority:

  1. Children currently in receipt of the Pupil Premium.
  2. The child's score in the Selective Tests.
Upton Court Grammar School

Updated April 2023

Address: Lascelles Road, Upton, Berkshire SL3 7PR

Tel: 01753 522892

Email: office@uptoncourtgrammar.org.uk

Website: www.uptoncourtgrammar.org.uk

Places: 165 places in Year 7

Catchment/Selection Policy: Children who have achieve a standardised score of 111 or above in the entrance test will be admitted in the following order:

  1. Pupils with Special Educational Needs who have an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) will be admitted automatically.
  2. Looked after children and previously looked after children.
  3. Up to 20 places will be offered to applicants who are currently eligible, or have been eligible within the previous six years, for Free School Meals (Pupil Premium). If the number of applicants in this category is greater than 20, places will be offered in rank order according to the 11+ score, and then distance from the school.
  4. Children of members of staff who have been employed by Pioneer Educational Trust for 2 years or more prior to the final submission deadline for the Common Application Form (CAF), on 0.5 of full time or above or filling a vacant post where there is a skills shortage, and working at Upton Court Grammar School. The term "staff" refers to any employee who is permanently employed by Pioneer Educational Trust working at Upton Court Grammar School, and excludes those contracted through external agencies.
  5. Children that are attending, at the time of application Foxborough Primary School or Trevelyan Middle School, as the designated feeder schools.
  6. Up to 120 pupils in rank order of performance in the 11+ tests.
  7. Proximity to the school, nearest first, measured 'as the crow flies' from the main entrance of the school to the front door of the child's home address.
North London Schools
Queen Elizabeth's School (Boys)

Updated April 2023

Address: Queen's Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 4DQ

Tel: 020 8441 4646

Email: admissions@qebarnet.co.uk

Website: www.qebarnet.co.uk

Places: 180 places in Year 7

Test Types: Each candidate will sit two test papers in a single session. Both tests will be in a multiple-choice format, one containing questions on English, and the other questions on Mathematics.

Catchment Policy: No catchment area.

Selection Policy: Places will be offered to the 180 applicants placed highest in the list obtained by ranking applicants in the order of their combined scores in the selection tests.

Candidates achieving a combined score of 220 or higher will be deemed to have met the standard required to be eligible to be considered for admission to the School. However, it is likely that more than 180 boys will achieve this minimum score. The following table gives data for entrance tests held since the current admissions criteria were adopted. This table is for guidance only and does not guarantee that a place will be offered.

Number Taking Test Number achieving the minimum score required
Number of Applicants Lowest Score Gaining Admission
2013 1631 575 717 227
2014 1985 718 830 223
2015 1946 699 837 222
2016 2204 770 869 226
2017 2224 801 892 224
2018
2401 861 933 229
2019
2789 1034 1077 232
2020
2846 1013 997 229
2021
2928 1047 963 232
2022
3042 1096 974 234
The Henrietta Barnett School (Girls)

Updated April 2023

Address: Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11 7BN

Tel: 020 8458 8999

Email: office@hbschool.org.uk

Website: www.hbschool.org.uk

Places: 104 in Year 7. The school has received over 3000 applications per year for Year 7 entry over the past several years. This is 30:1 ratio of applicants to places and makes it one of the toughest grammar schools to gain entry. Nevertheless, Smart Learning Tuition has successfully continued to get girls into this highly sought after school each year.

Test Types: The Entrance Test consists of two rounds.

  • Round 1: Verbal, Non-Verbal and English test set by a nationally recognised body. The results will be standardised, combined and placed in rank order. The top 300 candidates will be invited back to sit the second round of tests.
  • Round 2: English and Mathematics. Candidates will be asked to apply their skills and knowledge to new situations.

Catchment/Selection Policy: Following the Second Round Test, the results will be standardised and combined with the results from the first round, and placed in rank order. Offers will be made to the highest ranked applicants in accordance with parental preference and the over-subscription criteria.

In late October the School will write to parents of candidates who have sat the First Round Tests and met the required standard for the Second Round Test stating one of the following:

  1. The candidate falls under Category One (Looked After Children) or Two (Pupil Premium) of the Oversubscription Criteria and therefore if they apply to the School, they will be offered a place.
    Or
  2. The candidate performed well enough in Round One to enable her to sit the Round Two test and therefore, if they apply to the School, they may be offered a place at the School.

Offers will be made in the following order:

  1. Applicants whose Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of Special Educational Needs names the school will be admitted.
  2. A 'looked after child' or a 'previously looked after child', providing that the candidate is capable of following The Henrietta Barnett School education. In this category, a candidate will be considered to have the necessary capability if they are ranked in the top 300 applicants in the Round One test.
  3. Candidates who are eligible for Pupil Premium funding, providing that the candidate is capable of following The Henrietta Barnett School education. In this category, a candidate will be considered to have the necessary capability if they are ranked in the top 300 applicants in the Round One test.
  4. Candidates who live within 3 miles of the school at the point when they submit their application to the Local Authority in October, providing that the candidate is capable of following The Henrietta Barnett School education. In this category, a candidate will be considered to have the necessary capability if they sit the Round Two test. However, after after enquiring with the school's admissions office it would appear that candidates would be offered a place if they are ranked in the top 300 applicants in the Round One test and perform 'reasonably' in the Round Two test. The Round Two test score would only be used if the number of candidates living within 3 miles of the school was more than the number of places available, in which case places will be allocated in rank score order. Click here to see if you are within this area.
  5. All remaining candidates in rank score order.
Sutton Schools
Sutton Schools General Information

Updated April 2023

The following schools participate in a common Stage One Selective Eligibility Test (SET):

  • Sutton Grammar School (boys)
  • Wilson's School (boys)
  • Nonsuch High School for Girls
  • Wallington County Grammar School (boys)
  • Wallington High School for Girls
  • Greenshaw High School (mixed) – this is a partially selective school with 60 places allocated based on academic ability

The Selective Eligibility Test is made up of two papers; a multiple-choice Maths paper and a multiple-choice English paper. The tests do not include verbal reasoning or non-verbal reasoning. The exam papers take between 40 and 50 minutes each. It is the total score that determines whether your child has passed the test: so for example, a very good performance in English can compensate for one that is a little weaker in Maths.

For a place at one of the above schools you must register your child to take the Selective Eligibility Test by completing the online Registration Form. This online Registration Form can be accessed via the websites of any of the participating schools. You only need to complete the online Registration Form once. This is the case no matter how many of the participating schools you are interested in.

All six participating schools will be hosting the Selective Eligibility Test at their schools at the same time on the same day. About a week before the test date you will be notified by email of the test centre your child should attend, along with other details needed to sit the test. Regardless of your preferences, girls will be allocated to sit the test at either Nonsuch High School for Girls, Wallington High School for Girls or Greenshaw High School. Boys will be allocated to sit the test at one of Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wilson's School or Greenshaw High School. Boy/girl twins or siblings will be allocated to sit the test at Greenshaw High School. It is not possible to request for a specific venue. The school your child attends to sit the Selective Eligibility Test has no relevance to your preferences for a school place.

The SET score will be applicable to all of the participating schools, although each school may determine its own pass mark.

The following schools also have Second Stage tests.

  • Sutton Grammar School
  • Wilson's School
  • Wallington County Grammar School

All three schools have a shared Second Stage Entrance Examination.

The second-stage test will consist of two papers as follows:

  • English (1 hour): this paper will be an extended writing task.
  • Maths (45 minutes): this will be a standard maths paper.
  • The tests will not include verbal or non-verbal reasoning, and are not multiple choice.
  • Nonsuch High School for Girls
  • Wallington High School for Girls

Both schools have a common Second Stage Test known as Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE).

There are two elements: an English paper and a Maths paper. They will not be multiple-choice. Each paper will last between 40 and 50 minutes. The tests will not include verbal reasoning or non-verbal reasoning. There is no comprehension paper for English in the NWSSEE.

Greenshaw High School does not hold Second Stage tests.

Sutton Grammar School, Wilson's School and Wallington County Grammar School have agreed to share their Second Stage Entrance Examinations. This means that candidates who have passed the Selective Eligibility Test only need to sit one Second Stage Examination, the outcome of which will be used to determine eligibility to be considered for a place at each of these schools. It is important to note that each school has different Admissions Criteria and different methods of determining a SET pass, combining the scores from the SET and Second Stage Examinations and of calculating the final outcome of the entrance tests for their respective schools. This means that it is possible that a boy may pass the examinations for one of the schools and not for the other.

The allocation of venue for the second stage entrance examination, where possible, will be a different venue from the one they were allocated for the Selective Eligibility Test. This is deliberate in order to provide candidates and their parents an opportunity to experience different school settings. The venue allocation has no bearing on your ultimate school preference.

Nonsuch High School for Girls and Wallington High School for Girls hold a common Second Stage Test. Both the test and the criteria applied to be of selective ability will be common to both schools. All girls who meet or exceed the pass mark in the Selective Eligibility Test will be invited to sit the Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (known as NWSSEE).

You will be notified by email whether or not your child has passed the Second Stage Entrance Examination prior to the CAF deadline.

Sutton Grammar School (Boys)

Updated April 2022

Address: Manor Lane, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4AS

Tel: 020 8642 3821

Email: admissions@suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk

Website: www.suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk

Places: 135 in Year 7

Test Types: See Sutton Schools General Information.

Catchment/Selection Policy: The ranking order for places will be determined as follows:

The results from the Selective Eligibility Test will be carried forward and combined with the results from the second stage tests. Four standardised scores will be calculated using:

  1. the multiple choice items from the English paper on the Selective Eligibility Test
  2. the multiple choice items from the Mathematics paper on the Selective Eligibility Test
  3. the English paper in the second stage test
  4. the Mathematics paper in the second stage test

The four standardised scores will be weighted in the ratio 2:2:3:3, adjusted for age and deprivation (using the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index – IDACI – score for a boy's home address), and the total rounded to the nearest four marks to give the final score.

Places will be offered in the following order:

  1. Boys with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) or Statements of Special Educational Needs who meet the School's Admission Standard and for whom Sutton Grammar School is the named school on their EHCP or statement.
  2. Boys who are deemed to be 'looked after' or formerly looked after by a local authority.
  3. 75 places by rank order of the combined scores in the SET and Sutton Grammar School's second stage tests where the home address of the boy is in one of the specified postcodes (SM1-7, KT4, KT17, CR0 4, CR4).
  4. Up to 60 places (plus any remaining places from criterion 3 if the number of qualified boys in criterion 3 is less than the 75 on offer) by rank order of the combined scores in the SET and Sutton Grammar School's second stage tests, where the home address of the boy may be in any postcode.
  5. Proximity of the boy's home address from the school (where scores are equal).
Wilson's School (Boys)

Updated April 2023

Address: Mollison Drive, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9JW

Tel: 020 8773 2931

Email: admissions@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

Website: www.wilsons.school

Places: 186 in Year 7

Test Types: See Sutton Schools General Information. For Wilson's School, candidates must pass both the English and the Mathematics papers and must also have met the overall pass mark to be eligible to be considered for a place.

Catchment/Selection Policy: The rank order of the entrance tests will be determined on the basis of the aggregate scores of the SET and the two elements of the Second Stage Entrance Examination for Wilson's School in the ratio 1:2:2. Appropriate adjustment for age will be considered before the aggregate score is calculated.

Places will be offered in the following order:

  1. Boys of selective ability and whose formal Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP) names the school will be allocated a place before other applicants are considered.
  2. 'Looked After Children' or 'Previously Looked After Children' by rank order of standardised score in the entrance tests.
  3. 14 places for boys eligible to receive Free School Meals by rank order of standardised score in the entrance tests.
  4. 9 places for boys who have demonstrated aptitude in sport (by achieving a score in the Sporting Aptitude Test above the benchmark threshold) by rank order of performance in the sporting aptitude tests.
  5. 9 places for boys who have demonstrated aptitude in music (by achieving a score in the Music Aptitude Test above the benchmark threshold) by rank order of performance in the music aptitude test.
  6. Remaining places including any unallocated places under criteria 3, 4 and 5 will be allocated to boys according to their position in the rank order of standardised score in the entrance tests.

Where candidates have the same rank order and where the admission of all would exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order:

  1. To candidates whose permanent home address is within the London Borough of Sutton in the order of the distance of their home address (with those living closest being given priority) measured in a straight line from the main front door of Wilson's School.
  2. To those candidates who live elsewhere in the order of the distance of their home address (with those living closest being given priority) measured in a straight line from the main front door of Wilson's School.

Sporting Aptitude Test

All applicants for the sporting aptitude places as part of the Wilson's School Football Programme will be invited to attend a Sporting Aptitude Test Day. There is one opportunity for candidates to be assessed for sporting aptitude. After the outcome of the SET, all candidates that have met the pass mark to be invited to the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson's School will be offered the opportunity to participate in a Sporting Aptitude Test in the Autumn term if they wish.

The sporting aptitude test will give all participants the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and propensity to develop ability in the sport of football through a variety of tasks and tests. The process will be subject to oversight by an independent assessor. Scores will be awarded for each element of the aptitude test. When all tests have been completed a rank order of applicants for the Sporting Aptitude places will be produced and a benchmark threshold will be applied. Parents will be told whether their son has achieved the benchmark threshold and is therefore eligible to be considered for a place under the Sporting Aptitude criterion.

Sporting Aptitude places will be allocated to up to 9 of the top scoring eligible candidates who have achieved scores in the sporting aptitude test above the benchmark in rank order of score. Only candidates who have achieved a score above the benchmark threshold can be considered for a Sporting Aptitude place as part of the Wilson's School Football Programme.

Music Aptitude Test

All applicants for the music aptitude places as part of the Wilson' Music Programme will be invited to attend a Music Aptitude Test Session. After the outcome of the SET, all candidates that have met the pass mark to be invited to the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson's School will be offered the opportunity to participate in the Music Aptitude Test in the Autumn term if they wish.

The music aptitude test will give all participants the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and propensity to develop ability in music (any instrument or voice) through a variety of tasks and tests. When the tests have been completed a rank order of applicants for the Music Aptitude places will be produced and a benchmark threshold will be applied. Parents will be told whether their son has achieved the benchmark threshold and is therefore eligible to be considered for a Music Programme place.

Music aptitude places will be allocated to up to 9 of the top scoring eligible candidates who have achieved scores in the music aptitude test above the benchmark in rank order of score. Only candidates who have achieved a score above the benchmark threshold can be considered for a Music Aptitude place as part of the Wilson's Music Programme.

Wallington County Grammar School

Updated April 2023
(Boys school, with girls admitted in the Sixth Form)

Address: Croydon Road, Wallington, Surrey, London, SM6 7PH

Tel: 020 8647 2235

Email: admissions@wcgs.org.uk

Website: www.wcgs-sutton.co.uk

Places: 150 in Year 7

Test Types: See Sutton Schools General Information.

Catchment/Selection Policy: Places will be offered in the following order:

  1. Boys for whom Wallington County Grammar School (WCGS) is the named School on their Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP) and who meet the School's Admission Criteria.
  2. Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children.
  3. Children of permanent staff at Wallington County Grammar School who have been recruited to fill a vacant post where there is a demonstrable skill shortage as determined by Folio Education Trust or those who have worked at the School for 2 consecutive years or more.
  4. In rank order of performance in the Selective Eligibility Test (SET) and the second stage entrance test. The total number of places awarded under criteria 1, 2, 3 and 4 will not initially exceed 110.
  5. In rank order of performance in the SET and second stage entrance test, up to 25 places are available for those boys who are successful in reaching the pass mark from the SET and second stage entrance test and who are eligible for Pupil Premium. Any unfilled places in this criterion will be filled by criterion 4.
  6. In rank order of performance in the SET and second stage test, up to 15 places for those boys who are successful in reaching the WCGS pass mark where the permanent home address at the time of Common Application Form submission deadline is one of the postcodes: SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4, SM5, SM6, SM7, KT4 8, CR0 4 and CR4 4. Any unfilled places in this criterion will be filled by criterion 4.
Nonsuch High School for Girls

Updated April 2023

Address: Ewell Road, Cheam, Surrey SM3 8AB

Tel: 020 8394 3400

Email: admissions@nonsuchschool.org

Website: www.nonsuchschool.org

Places: 210 in Year 7

Test Types: See Sutton Schools General Information.

Catchment/Selection Policy: All girls must sit and pass all parts of the two stage Entrance Test. Candidates must pass both parts of the NWSSEE to be eligible for a place. The marks in the NWSSEE will then be added to half of the aggregate mark achieved in the SET, with each part carrying equal weight, to create a total score in the Entrance Test.

The total scores will be used to create ranked lists.

Places will be offered in the following order:

  1. Children of selective ability with an Education and Health Care Plan that names Nonsuch will be allocated a place before other applicants are considered. Children with an Education and Health Care Plan that names Nonsuch and who arrive outside the normal admission round will be admitted to the School even if the school is full, provided that they are of selective ability as determined by the Entrance Test.
  2. Looked After Children who achieve the pass mark or above in the entrance test or whose score is up to 10% lower than the standardised pass mark for the SET and the minimum standardised pass marks in the NWSSEE Maths and NWSSEE English.
  3. 85 places on the basis of the score in the Entrance Test in order of highest score, irrespective of home address.
  4. Up to 35 places will be available for Children in receipt of Pupil Premium who achieve the pass mark or above in the entrance test or whose score is up to 10% lower than the standardised pass mark for the SET and the minimum standardised pass marks in the NWSSEE Maths and NWSSEE English by rank order irrespective of address.
  5. Up to 125 places linked to the school's catchment area circle. This will be in order of highest score to those whose permanent place of residence on the deadline for submission of the Common Application Form is 5.25 km or less from the front door of Nonsuch measured in a straight line. Click here to see if you are within this area.
  6. Should there be insufficient applicants eligible for a place based on the above criteria, the remaining places (up to a total of 210) will be offered in order of highest score.

Past Entrance Test Scores Required For Admission

The following table gives data for entrance tests held over the past few years. This table is for guidance only and does not guarantee that a place will be offered.

Year of Entry Lowest score offered a place in Top 85 as of National Offer Day (1st March) Lowest score offered a place in Catchment criterion as of National Offer Day (1st March) Lowest score offered a place in Ring-fenced criterion as of National Offer Day (1st March)
2017 310 254 263
2018 317 275 265
2019 322 287 280
2020 319 273 251
2021 318 283 275
2022 323 288 282
2023 322 288 281
Year of Entry Lowest score offered a place in Top 85 as of September Lowest score offered a place in Catchment criterion as of September Lowest score offered a place in Ring-fenced criterion as of September
2017 283 254 263
2018 301 248 272
2019 317 281 279
2020 299 247 N/A
2021 312 275 251
2022 316 282 271
Wallington High School for Girls

Updated April 2023

Address: Woodcote Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 0PH

Tel: 020 8647 2380

Email: admissions@girlslearningtrust.org

Website: www.wallingtongirls.sutton.sch.uk

Places: 210 in Year 7

Test Types: See Sutton Schools General Information.

Catchment/Selection Policy: All girls must sit and pass all parts of the two stage Entrance Test. Candidates must pass both parts of the NWSSEE to be eligible for a place. The marks in the NWSSEE will then be added to half of the aggregate mark achieved in the SET, with each part carrying equal weight, to create a total score in the Entrance Test.

The total scores will be used to create ranked lists.

Places will be offered in the following order:

  1. Children of selective ability with an Education and Health Care Plan that names WHSG will be allocated a place before other applicants are considered. Children with an Education and Health Care Plan that names WHSG and who arrive outside the normal admission round will be admitted to the School even if the School is full, provided that they are of selective ability as determined by the Entrance Test.
  2. Looked After Children who achieve the minimum qualifying threshold or above in the entrance test or whose score is up to 10% lower than the standardised pass mark for the SET and the minimum standardised pass marks in the NWSSEE Maths and NWSSEE English.
  3. 100 places on the basis of the score in the Entrance Test in order of highest score, irrespective of home address.
  4. Up to 35 places will be available for Children in receipt of Pupil Premium who achieve the pass mark or above in the entrance test or whose score is up to 10% lower than the standardised pass mark for the SET and the minimum standardised pass marks in the NWSSEE Maths and NWSSEE English by rank order irrespective of address.
  5. Up to 110 places linked to the school's catchment area. This will be in order of highest score to those whose permanent place of residence on the deadline for submission of the Common Application Form is within a 6.7 km radius of the main entrance to the school building. Click here to see if you are within this area.
  6. Should there be insufficient applicants eligible for a place based on the above criteria, the remaining places (up to a total of 210) will be offered in order of highest score.

Past Entrance Test Scores Required For Admission

The following table gives data for entrance tests held over the past few years. This table is for guidance only and does not guarantee that a place will be offered.

Year of Entry Lowest score offered a place in Top 100 as of National Offer Day (1st March) Lowest score offered a place in Catchment criterion as of National Offer Day (1st March)
2017 309 277
2018 306 269
2019 306 275
2020 303 261
2021 305 250
2022 306 270
2023 309 278
Year of Entry Lowest score offered a place in Top 100 as of September Lowest score offered a place in Catchment criterion as of September
2017 286 273
2018 263 248
2019 299 258
2020 259 248
2021 252 242
2022 295 245
Buckinghamshire Schools
Buckinghamshire Schools

Updated April 2023

In Buckinghamshire there are 13 grammar schools. They are all academies and are therefore their own admissions authorities. Despite this, the schools continue their long tradition of working together and maintain a coordinated selection system using a common secondary transfer test to select pupils for entry into all 13 schools at 11+ each year. The Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools (TBGS) is a company set up by the schools to manage the overall process, but use Buckinghamshire Council to manage the administration aspect on their behalf.

The grammar schools below are all members of TBGS. Visit their websites to find out more about each school and details about their admissions policy.

Catchment and Admission Policies

Buckinghamshire grammar schools are very popular and, as such, are usually significantly oversubscribed.  Once children have qualified for a grammar school place, the admission arrangements for each grammar school for which a preference is expressed will be applied to the child's application, and it is the over-subscription criteria in these which determine which children are offered a place.​

Not all admission criteria are the same, however places are usually offered to siblings of current pupils first, then to children living in catchment, and then other children, in order of the distance between the child's home address and that of the school, with those living closer having higher priority. This therefore means that children who qualify for Buckinghamshire grammar schools, but live outside their chosen school's catchment area, have a lower chance of achieving a place at that school than those living in catchment.  You can see how many children obtained places in your area by looking at the grammar school allocations by location files on TBGS website.

To qualify, a child needs to achieve a Secondary Transfer Test Score (STTS) of 121 or above. When applying their admission rules grammar schools DO NOT use STTS scores to rank order children, so children with higher scores are not at an advantage for entry to grammar school. Grammar school entry is entirely dependent on whether or not a score of 121 has been achieved. Beyond requiring a qualification score of 121 or above, each grammar school sets its own criteria for admissions.

All grammar schools give higher priority to children in receipt of free school meals/Pupil Premium.

Registration

Children who attend a state funded Buckinghamshire primary school are automatically entered for the Secondary Transfer Test by their school, and do not need to be registered. All other children need to be registered. This can be done on the Buckinghamshire Council website.

Test Location

If your child attends a state funded Buckinghamshire primary school or Partner school, they will sit the test at school, during the school day. If your child attends any other school, they will be invited to sit the test at a central venue.

Secondary Transfer Tests

The Secondary Transfer Test is produced by GL Assessment.

The Secondary Transfer Test comprises two test papers that are each approximately 60 minutes in length including an introduction and practice examples. Both papers are taken on the same day with a short gap in between. One paper includes comprehension, technical English and verbal reasoning questions. Technical English covers English grammar, punctuation and spelling. The other paper includes non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths questions.

Pupils are supervised by a teacher or invigilator. Each child has a question booklet and a separate answer sheet for each test paper. The question booklet contains all the necessary instructions about taking the test and all the test questions. The teacher or invigilator uses a supplied audio file to take the children through the initial example questions and to play the instructions about starting and finishing the test and to time all the sub-sections of the test.

Children answer questions on separate answer sheets which are then machine-marked (scanned). All the questions are multiple-choice. All the test questions are equally rated (i.e. every correct answer will gain one raw mark).

Familiarisation and practice

In order to be able to prepare children appropriately for the STT, parents of children in Year 5 are provided with a familiarisation booklet in the summer term so that they can familiarise children with how the test papers will look. All children are also encouraged to prepare by taking the practice test so that they have the experience of taking a test under similar conditions to the STT. Additional free familiarisation materials are also available on GL Assessment's website should parents wish to use them.

​Before taking the Secondary Transfer Test pupils take two practice test papers, each lasting about 25-30 minutes containing questions that are similar to those they will encounter in the Secondary Transfer Test. The practice test gives children experience of test-taking conditions as well as giving them the opportunity to work through example test material. The practice test papers are not be marked or taken home from the school. The Secondary Transfer Test includes instructions given aurally and the practice test also familiarises children with listening to instructions from an audio file.

Secondary Transfer Test Scores

The tests are marked by GL Assessment. The marks are then 'standardised'. Standardisation balances the overall performance of children from one year to the next. It also makes sure that all children are placed on an equal footing and that no child is unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged because of his or her age. It takes into account each child's age in years and months on the date they take the test. A child's 'standardised score' will be between 0 and 180+.

The scores from the two Secondary Transfer Test papers are added together. This makes the Standardised Secondary Transfer Test Score (STTS). The STTS will be the sum of the following:

  • 50% of the standardised score for the verbal sections
  • 25% of the standardised score for the mathematical sections
  • 25% of the standardised score for the non-verbal sections.

As mentioned above, a STTS of 121 or more, means your child has qualified for grammar school.