Grammar schools and Secondary Transfer Testing (11+)

You must include your preferred Buckinghamshire grammar school (or schools) in your child’s secondary school application.

Your child’s secondary school application must be submitted to your home local authority. If you live in Buckinghamshire, view more information on our secondary school application page.

If you live outside Buckinghamshire, you may include Buckinghamshire grammar schools in the application submitted to your home local authority. Do not submit your application to us if you live outside Buckinghamshire.

You can check who your home Local Authority is on GOV.UK.

The national deadline to submit your child’s secondary school application is 31 October.

Qualified children can be considered for the grammar school(s) included in their secondary school application.

Qualified children are prioritised according to each school’s admission rules.

If a child is qualified, their test score has no further role. Grammar school allocations in Buckinghamshire are based on each school’s admission rules, instead of the test score. Achieving a higher score does not give a child any more priority for a place.

There are always more applications for grammar schools than available places. Qualifying in the test does not guarantee that a child will be offered a grammar school place.

If your child did not reach the qualifying score, and you think you will request a Selection Review and/or an Admission Appeal, you should include your preferred grammar schools in their secondary school application.

All grammar schools admit at least 6 unqualified children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium. You can view details in each school’s Admissions Policy.

If your child is not qualified, we recommend that you include a preferred upper school (or schools) in your child’s secondary school application in case a Selection Review or Appeal is unsuccessful.