Year 7 Admissions 2025 Entry
Slough Consortium 11+ Online Information Event
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 at 5pm or 6:15pm
The Slough Consortium will hold an online 11+ information event for parents on Tuesday 23rd April 2024. The aim of this briefing is to provide information about registering your child for the Slough Consortium 11+ examination and the arrangements for completing the Common Application Form.
There will be two briefings available for you to attend, at 5pm and at 6:15pm. Please click here or on the link below to register for your chosen session:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/884082172577?aff=oddtdtcreator
Following each presentation, a question and answer session will be held. A summary of the questions asked by parents, and the Consortium responses, will be available from May 2024.
We will produce two key documents to give you more information about the Slough Consortium 11+ testing process. These documents will be accessible from May 2024 on each of the Slough Consortium school websites.
- Slough Consortium Guide to the 11+ for 2025 entry
- Slough Consortium Key Dates for September 2025 entry
Please note that registration for the Slough Consortium 11+ examination will open on
Wednesday 1st May 2024 and close at 10am on Wednesday 12th June 2024.
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Admissions Arrangements for 2025 entry to Year 7
The formal Determined Admissions Arrangements (also known as the admissions policy) for entry to St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School in September 2025 were approved by the Governing Board in February 2024 and can be accessed here.
Slough Consortium 11+ arrangements for September 2025 entry
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The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools consists of Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School, St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School and Upton Court Grammar School. The purpose of the Consortium is to coordinate arrangements for entry to Year 7 through a common 11+ examination.
We operate a shared 11+ entrance examination process using the same examination papers and common eligibility criteria. The 11+ examination for entry to Year 7 in September 2025 will be held on Saturday 21 September 2024.
We will be producing two key documents (available in April 2024) to give you more information about the Slough Consortium 11+ testing process. You will be able to access them by clicking the links below or by downloading from the document list at the end of this page.
- Slough Consortium - Guide to the 11+ for 2025 entry (available in April 2024)
- Slough Consortium - Key Dates for September 2025 entry (available in April 2024)
11+ test provider for September 2025
The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools has contracted with GL Assessment as the test provider for the 11+ examinations to be held in September 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The structure and format of the examinations with GL Assessment will be similar to those used under the previous provider. Pupils will sit two test papers, with questions covering a combination of verbal and non-verbal reasoning, English and mathematics. All marking and standardisation will be carried out by the test provider.
The eligibility score will continue to be set at 111 on a standardised scale. Pupils who score 111 or above will be in the top 35% of the cohort sitting the examination and will be considered eligible for consideration for a grammar school place should their parents apply on their behalf.
The Slough Consortium has its own contract with GL Assessment and there will be no sharing of 11+ scores with any other schools.