RemeliaExam guide Ten schools
Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE) 11+ test
The 10 schools share one test: set by CSSE (Essex), taken on paper. It tests English, maths and a piece of writing.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: date not yet published.
Checked against the sources below on 22 September 2026. Dates and arrangements change: the schools’ own admissions pages are always the final word.
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Key dates
When it is sat.
Saturday 19 September 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 19 June 2026. Source
Saturday 19 September 2026; Tuesday 29 September 2026 for religious, illness or exceptional circumstances only. Registration opened 12 May 2026 and closed 19 June 2026 (online); special-adjustment evidence by 26 June 2026. Results emailed 12 October 2026.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
The CSSE site shows only the 2027-entry test; the 2028-entry date was not published on 22 Sep 2026.
The schools
Ten schools, one test.
Each school takes its own applications and decides its own offers. Places are as each school’s page gives them, where it does.
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Colchester County High School for Girls
Girls’ grammar school · Colchester
192 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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Colchester Royal Grammar School
Boys’ grammar school · Colchester
128 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Co-educational grammar school · Chelmsford
The school’s own admissions pages returned 403 on 22 Sep 2026; PAN from the CSSE guide. Source checked 22 September 2026
150 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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Shoeburyness High School
Co-educational grammar school · Southend-on-Sea
Mixed comprehensive and CSSE member: 28 selective places by the CSSE 11+ (the guide’s ‘Published Admission Number for 2027’ for the selective intake). Source checked 22 September 2026
28 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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Southend High School for Boys
Boys’ grammar school · Southend-on-Sea
The school’s own admissions page was not reachable (403); PAN from the CSSE guide. Source checked 22 September 2026
180 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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Southend High School for Girls
Girls’ grammar school · Southend-on-Sea
224 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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St Bernard’s High School
Girls’ grammar school · Westcliff-on-Sea
R.C. bilateral: 30 selective places by the CSSE 11+ (the guide’s ‘Published Admission Number for 2027’ for the selective intake); the rest of the intake is non-selective. Source checked 22 September 2026
30 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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St Thomas More High School
Boys’ grammar school · Westcliff-on-Sea
R.C. bilateral: 30 selective places by the CSSE 11+ (the guide’s ‘Published Admission Number for 2027’ for the selective intake); the rest of the intake is non-selective. Source checked 22 September 2026
30 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
Boys’ grammar school · Westcliff-on-Sea
185 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
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Westcliff High School for Girls
Girls’ grammar school · Westcliff-on-Sea
192 placesas the school’s page gives them Source checked 22 September 2026
The exam
What the schools say.
Each line links to the page it comes from. A line marked Inferred is read from the page, which does not say it in so many words; the note under it says how.
- Who sets it
- CSSE (Essex). Source
- How it is taken
- On paper. Source
- The papers
- English, 60 minutes; Mathematics, 60 minutes, no calculator. Source
English has ten minutes’ extra reading time on top of its 60 minutes. Calculators are not permitted (‘electronic calculators of any description ... is not permitted’). Question format is not stated. - How places are decided
- Places offered in score order (303). Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Sample papers. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
- Interview Inferred
- No. Source
The guide describes selection by the two tests alone and mentions no interview. - What has changed
- From the September 2024 test (2025 entry) the English paper no longer contains Applied Reasoning questions. Source
Sources
Where every line comes from.
Every page read for this exam, with the date it was checked, and the words quoted from it.
- CSSE 11+ Selective Test Information Guide 2027 Entry checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Colchester County High School for Girls ... Published Admission Number for 2027 192”
“Colchester Royal Grammar School ... Published Admission Number for 2027 128”
“King Edward VI Grammar School ... Published Admission Number for 2027 150”
“Southend High School for Boys ... Published Admission Number for 2027 180”
“Southend High School for Girls ... Published Admission Number for 2027 224”
“Westcliff High School for Boys ... Published Admission Number for 2027 185”
“Westcliff High School for Girls ... Published Admission Number for 2027 192”
“The same selective test is utilised by ten CSSE selective schools and saves children, whose parents express a preference for more than one selective school, having to take multiple tests.”
“Your child need only bring a pen, pencil, ruler and eraser. ... The CSSE schools have a joint policy to not re-mark test papers.”
“Candidates will sit two tests. One in English and one in Mathematics.”
“The English paper will last sixty minutes with ten minutes additional reading time. The Mathematics paper will last sixty minutes. The final scores for the individual papers are mathematically standardised and ‘weighted’, each being worth 50% of the marks.”
“MINIMUM SCORE CSSE secondary school offers are not made to any child who has scored under a total standardised score of 303. ... Places awarded under special considerations criteria are outside of these published cut off positions.”
“12th May 2026 CSSE registration will open for 2027 Entry. ... 19th June 2026 Absolute CSSE deadline to register online ... 19th September 2026 11+ Tests take place.”
- Year 7 Admissions, Colchester County High School for Girls checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“CCHSG is part of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex www.csse.org.uk”
- CSSE Information Guide, 2027 Entry checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Shoeburyness High School – Mixed Comprehensive ... School Number: 882 4034 Published Admission Number for 2027 28”
“St. Bernard’s High School (Girls R.C. Bi-Lateral Voluntary Aided) ... Published Admission Number for 2027 30”
“St. Thomas More High School for Boys (Boys R.C. Bi-Lateral Voluntary Aided) ... Published Admission Number for 2027 30”
- Admissions, Southend High School for Girls checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“For information about the 11+ Exam, including how to register and past scores, please see the CSSE website.”
- Admissions, Westcliff High School for Boys checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Admission to the School at age 11 is determined through a selection procedure administered by the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE - https://csse.org.uk/ ) involving tests in English and Mathematics.”
- Year 7, Westcliff High School for Girls checked 22 September 2026
- CSSE 11+ Examination, CSSE checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“English Continuous Writing 07.04.2020 Sample Mark Scheme Download”
- Home, CSSE (Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex) checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“PLEASE NOTE: With effect from September 2024 (2025 Entry) the English paper does not contain Applied Reasoning questions.”
- CSSE Schools, CSSE checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“CSSE Members King Edward VI - Grammar School Colchester County High School — for Girls Colchester Royal – Grammar School Southend High School – for Girls Southend High School – for Boys Westcliff High School – for Girls Westcliff High School – for Boys St Bernard’s High School St. Thomas More – High School Shoeburyness – High School”
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