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Every 11+ date and fact, checked twice.

Calm, exact answers about the 11+ and grammar school places, for parents of children in Years 4 to 6. Straight from official sources, in plain English.

We remember your area on this device only. Live near a border? Your child may be able to sit more than one area’s test.

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Across all areas

The next three dates

  1. Wirral · Results

    Source: Wirral Council, checked

  2. Buckinghamshire · Selection review requests close

    in 10 days

    Source: Buckinghamshire Council, checked

  3. Bexley · School place applications close (Common Application Form)

    in 11 days

    Source: London Borough of Bexley, checked
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Choose your area to see its own next dates, including test registration.

In short

ExamKind is an independent guide to the 11+ and grammar school admissions. We collect test dates, qualifying scores, past allocations and admission rules from official sources, check each fact twice, and show where it came from and when we checked it. We never guess: if something has not been published yet, we say so. Choose your area or school to start.

37
11+ areas covered
221
grammar schools
162
independent schools
18 Oct
facts last checked

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The next dates, at a glance

Key 11+ and school place dates across every area we cover, soonest first. Each one is checked against its official source.

sources below

Results already out:

Results day can be hard: next steps
  1. Tuesday 20 October (today): no dates
  2. Wednesday 21 October: Wirral results
  3. Thursday 22 October: no dates
  4. Friday 23 October: no dates
  5. Saturday 24 October: no dates
  6. Sunday 25 October: no dates
  7. Monday 26 October: no dates

  1. Buckinghamshire · Selection review requests close

    in 10 days

    Source: Buckinghamshire Council, checked

  2. Bexley · School place applications close (Common Application Form)

    in 11 days

    Source: London Borough of Bexley, checked

  3. Birmingham · School place applications close (Common Application Form)

    in 11 days

    Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked

  4. Bournemouth and Poole (BCP) · School place applications close (Common Application Form)

    in 11 days

    Source: BCP Council, checked

  5. Bromley · School place applications close (Common Application Form)

    in 11 days

    Source: London Borough of Bromley, checked
Day counts from .Add all dates to my calendarAll key dates

  • Test registration closes

    Sign up for the test by this date

    Gloucestershire · 2028 entry · in about 21 weeks

  • Test day

    The day children sit the test

    Northern Ireland · 2027 entry

  • Results

    Scores are sent to families

    Wirral · 2027 entry

  • School place applications close (Common Application Form)

    Your council’s deadline to name the schools you want

    29 areas · 2027 entry · in 11 days

Year 5 now? Dates for 2028 entry

Every area’s 2028 dates

Not yet published for 32 areasWe add each date as soon as the official source publishes it.

37 areas

Find your 11+ area

Every area runs the 11+ its own way: who sets the test, when it is sat and how places are given. Start with yours.

School place applications close (Common Application Form) in 29 areas. Below, we show the deadline only where an area’s is different.

Live near a border? Children can often sit more than one area’s test.Which test does my child sit?How the 11+ works

London

7 areas

South East and East

6 areas

South West

6 areas

Midlands

7 areas

North of England

7 areas

Northern Ireland

1 area

Other areas

3 areas

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    Days until the next registration or school place deadline in each area.

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  1. 1.Go to the official source

    Council, consortium and school pages only. We save a copy of each one, so we can show exactly what it said.

  2. 2.Read it twice, independently

    Each fact is taken from that copy twice, separately, each time quoting the exact sentence it comes from.

  3. 3.Compare, and never guess

    Only facts that match in both readings are marked checked. If they differ, the fact is held back until it is resolved.

  4. 4.Publish with the source and date

    Every fact shows where it came from and when we checked it. If something isn’t out yet, we say “Not yet published”.

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Buckinghamshire: qualifying score

121

What the source says“The qualifying score for Buckinghamshire grammar schools is a Secondary Transfer Test Score (STTS) of 121 or above.”
Published by
The Bucks Grammar Schools (TBGS)
Checked
How it was read
Twice, independently, and both readings agree
Checked, source: The Bucks Grammar Schools (TBGS), checked
How we know

We keep an archived copy of the source page from 13 October 2026. Its digital fingerprint (SHA-256) starts 2477d0bf, so anyone can check it has not changed.

Kent · 2028 entry

Test registration closes

Not published yet, so we don’t show a date. We won’t assume last year’s.

Not yet published,

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