Grammar Schools in Buckinghamshire: Complete Guide

For Buckinghamshire based grammar schools, students must take the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (11+); only one entrance test is required for entrance into any of the thirteen Buckinghamshire grammar schools. This entrance test is composed of two papers each lasting approximately 60 minutes, allocating 15 minutes for your child to carefully read the instructions and fill out practice exercises, and 45 minutes for the actual questions. All questions are multiple-choice with no written sections, and your child will be required to provide their answers on answer booklets which are separate from the papers.

These papers, which are produced by GL Assessment, will test the following areas:

• Paper 1:
  • English comprehension – questions are based on the KS2 curriculum, reading comprehension task testing inference, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
  • Verbal reasoning – test of skill, problem-solving questions like written instructions requiring a solution, sequences, or number/letter code-cracking.

• Paper 2:
  • Non-verbal reasoning – section 1 of this paper is a test of visual thinking, questions may involve deciphering relationships, determining similarities/differences between different sequences, shapes, and patterns.
  • Maths – section 2 of this paper is made up of maths questions based on the KS2 curriculum testing knowledge and application of arithmetic, ratios, fractions, algebra, measuring, to name a few.