When do the 11 Plus (11+) results come out?

When results are typically released

Most single-round grammar school areas release results in September or October of Year 6. A handful of schools run two stages: a first round in September, then a second round in October for children invited back. Exact dates move slightly from year to year and differ between areas, so the only dependable source is your own school’s or consortium’s admissions page.

Independent school results follow their own timetable entirely, often later than the grammar schools, and can arrive by post, email or an online portal depending on the school. If your child has applied to both kinds, treat the two dates as unrelated and check each separately; they won’t necessarily land together.

Our area and school guides link through to the right admissions page for each school we cover, which is the quickest route to your own dates.

What the results mean

Results come back as a standardised score rather than a raw percentage. Schools convert your child’s marks onto a scale with 100 as the year-group average, adjusted for their exact age, so scores are comparable across a year group even though the children in it can be born almost twelve months apart. Our guide to standardised scores explains how the conversion works and what counts as a strong score.

Many schools also set a qualifying score, the threshold your child needs to reach to be considered at all. That threshold is set locally, by the school or consortium, and moves with the size and strength of each year’s cohort, so it isn’t published in advance and shouldn’t be treated as fixed from year to year.

What to do once you have results

Clearing the qualifying score doesn’t secure a place by itself. For most grammar schools, it makes your child eligible to be named on the council’s Common Application Form, whose deadline is fixed at 31 October in England. Other admissions criteria, such as catchment area or a sibling already at the school, are then applied and can outweigh the exam score itself.

Some schools tell you your child’s exact standardised score; others only confirm whether the qualifying standard was reached. Either way, the school’s admissions policy or the covering letter with the results explains exactly what you’ve been told and what it means for your application, so read it in full rather than stopping at the headline figure.

Offers for Year 7 places arrive on National Offer Day, 1 March, or the next working day if that date falls on a weekend. If the first-choice school doesn’t make an offer, waiting lists are normally only open to children who reached the qualifying standard in the exam. Our guide on what to do if your child doesn’t pass the 11+ covers waiting lists and appeals in full.

Top tips

• Check your school’s or consortium’s official admissions page for its results date; neighbouring areas can differ.
• Don’t compare a standardised score from one year against another; the conversion is recalculated for each cohort.
• A qualifying score is a threshold to clear, and clearing it doesn’t guarantee a place.
• Put the school you want most at the top of the CAF; an eligible child is offered the highest-ranked option they qualify for.
• If you’re considering an appeal, check the deadline immediately. Local authorities typically allow around 20 days.

How to prepare

One of the most effective ways to prepare for an 11+ entrance exam is to use practice tests written by experts. We publish a full range of 11+ revision resources: area and school-specific practice tests, subject-specific packs, spelling and vocabulary resources, and reading books.

Each of our practice tests:

• is available as a PDF download or in physical format
• familiarises your child with the types of questions they will face in the real exam
• includes answers to every question, with detailed, step-by-step explanations for the maths and reasoning questions
• builds your child’s confidence before the actual exam.

Use the finder below to jump straight to the papers for your child’s school or area.

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Grammar schools and area tests

• Bexley
• Bishop Wordsworth’s
• Buckinghamshire
• CSSE
• Ermysted’s
• Gloucestershire
• Henrietta Barnett
• Kent
• QE Boys
• Redbridge
• Slough Consortium
• St Olave’s
• Sutton
• The Latymer School
• Tiffin School & Tiffin Girls’ School
• Trafford
• West Midlands

Independent schools

• City of London School for Girls
• Hampton
• Latymer Upper
• Merchant Taylors’
• St Paul’s Girls’ School
• St Paul’s Juniors