Guide to grammar schools and the Secondary Transfer Test
Illness on Secondary Transfer Test day and Late Tests
It is very important that if your child is unwell they do not take the Secondary Transfer Test.
Children who go to a state-funded Buckinghamshire primary or Partner school
If your child goes to a state-funded Buckinghamshire primary or Partner School and they are ill on the dates of the tests, they will be able to take the tests in school when they are well.
Children who attend any other school
If your child is due to take the test at a grammar school or other central venue, but becomes unwell and therefore can not attend, we will offer one alternative test date if you provide evidence to show why your child is not able to take the test. This evidence must be from an independent third party (for example a letter from a GP or hospital) and must confirm that there were exceptional reasons for your child not taking the test.
Contact us with evidence explaining your child's absence within 3 working days following the test.
If you do not contact us to explain why your child did not attend testing, or if you provide evidence that does not support that there was a reasonable explanation for their absence, we will withdraw your child from the testing process and they will not have a further opportunity to attend the test.
All children
If your child becomes unwell during testing, and is unable to complete a test paper, they will not be able to re-sit that paper at a later date.
They will only be able to sit the second paper on another date if it has not been started.