Slough 11 Plus Exam

• The Slough 11 Plus exam consists of two papers, taken on the same day, each 50 to 60 minutes in duration and testing three areas – verbal, numerical and non-verbal reasoning.
• All questions on both papers are multiple choice and pupils indicate their answers on a separate answer sheet.

A Familiarisation booklet, produced by the CEM, contains information about the content of the tests, some advice about taking the tests and a few sample questions. You can see the most recent booklet here >

• You need to register your child to take the Slough Consortium 11 Plus test. Online registration for the September 2020 exam opened on Friday 1st May 2020 on the website of the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools and closed at midnight on Sunday 14th June 2020.
• The sole purpose of registration is to enable your son or daughter to sit the 11 Plus exam. The consortium will order one set of exam papers for them, therefore ensure that you complete the registration process once only.

By scoring 111 or more, your child will be eligible for consideration for a place at any Slough grammar school named on your Local Authority’s Common Application Form (CAF). However, this does not guarantee a place as the schools may be oversubscribed. Each school’s admissions policy will describe how places are allocated in the event of oversubscription.

The results date for the 2020 Slough 11 Plus exam has not been announced (the specific date will not be given in advance by the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools).  However, we expect that the 2020 Slough 11 Plus exam results will be announced in November.

• Due to the extraordinary circumstances this year, you will need to submit your child’s secondary school application before you receive their 11 Plus exam results.  You will therefore need to make your choices very carefully; if you wish your child to be considered for entry to any of the four Slough grammar schools you will need to name the relevant school or schools on the Common Application Form (CAF).
• You have until the end of Saturday 31st October 2020 to submit your Common Application Form to your Local Authority.
• You can name up to 6 schools when you apply.
• School places for September 2020 will be confirmed at the beginning of March 2020.
• If you live outside Slough, you must apply through your own Local Authority – even if your child currently attends a Slough primary school.

To discover more about the Slough Consortium grammar schools, please click on the links below:

• Herschel Grammar School, Slough
• Langley Grammar School, Slough
• St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School, Slough
• Upton Court Grammar School, Slough