11 Plus consortium guides
Many selective schools sit inside a shared admissions route, where one test can support applications to several schools in the same area. These guides help you understand the route first, including exam format, papers, dates, pass mark notes where published, and the schools linked to it.
- 19 routes
- 6 area groups
- 0 downloads linked
- 133 key dates tracked
What each guide helps you check
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Exam format and test stages
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Practice papers and downloads
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Dates, applying, and pass marks
Track deadlines, application steps, and threshold notes where those are published.
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Linked school lists
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Start with the area you are targeting, then open the route guide that matches the test your child is likely to sit.
Area group
London
Bexley
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
Provided by GL Assessment. Mixture of English & maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning questions across two papers.
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Open area guideRedbridge
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
Provided by GL Assessment and assesses verbal skills, English, maths, and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideSutton SET
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
English and maths (multiple-choice format), sat in-person only at a Sutton school test centre. Set by the Sutton Grammar Schools Consortium
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Open area guideWandsworth
Reference page for this route with core overview information.
The Wandsworth 11 plus exam is made up of a non-verbal reasoning paper and a verbal reasoning paper which are both supplied by GL Assessment.
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Open info pageArea group
Midlands
Lincolnshire
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
GL Assessment administers the Lincolnshire 11 Plus, which covers verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. The test does not include maths or a creative writing component.
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Open area guideWest Midlands
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and includes the content in the areas of: maths; English; verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideArea group
North West
Trafford
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and includes two papers with content in the areas of: maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideWirral
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment and the exam covers maths, verbal reasoning, and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideArea group
South East
Buckinghamshire
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
GL Assessment sets the test, which covers maths, verbal skills, and non-verbal reasoning. There is no creative writing task in the Buckinghamshire 11 Plus.
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Open area guideEssex (CSSE)
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
Two papers – one in mathematics and one in English – written by the CSSE for the consortium each year.
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Open area guideKent Test
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The Kent Test is the 11 Plus exam used by all grammar schools in the Kent County Council area. It is set by GL Assessment and is designed to identify children working within the top 25% of their year group. The test plays a key role in the grammar school admissions process in Kent.
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Open area guideMedway Test
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and includes the content in the areas of: maths; English; and verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideSlough
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and includes the content in the areas of: maths; English; verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideSouth West Herts
Reference page for this route with core overview information.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and it includes a paper on mathematics and a paper for verbal reasoning.
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Open info pageArea group
South West
Dorset
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test is provided by GL Assessment and will cover mathematics, English and verbal reasoning.
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Open area guideGloucestershire
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and includes the content in the areas of: maths, verbal, and non-verbal reasoning.
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Open area guidePlymouth and Devon
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
One multiple-choice English paper, and one multiple-choice maths paper, sat on different days. Both papers are provided by GL Assessment.
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Open area guideTorbay
Shared route guide with test details, dates, and linked schools.
The test provider is GL Assessment, and includes content in the areas of maths and English across 2 papers.
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Open area guideArea group
Yorkshire
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