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Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+

The 4 schools share one test: set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests verbal reasoning, English, maths and non-verbal reasoning.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: sat in September 2027.

Checked against the sources below on 29 September 2026. Dates and arrangements change: the schools’ own admissions pages are always the final word.

How Remelia helps with this test

What Remelia covers, in full

Covered

  • Maths
  • English
  • Reading
  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • The test itself
  • English papers in this test’s style

Each exam plan is dated from your child’s year group: Remelia works to the sitting for the September they start Year 7. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

Key dates

When it is sat.

The dates the schools have published, in order. Where a day is not yet published, the guide says so.

  1. Saturday 19 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 5 June 2026. Source Source
    Registration 1 May – 5 June 2026 (10am) via slough.applicaa.com; one sitting on Saturday 19 September 2026 at the four grammar schools (morning or afternoon session). Results mid-October.

  2. September 2027

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. Source
    September 2027 stated; exact date and registration window not yet published. First sitting under Quest.

Remelia and this exam

What Remelia covers, and what it does not.

Choose any of these schools when you set your child up, or later in Controls, and this is the plan.

What Remelia covers

Key Stage 2 maths and English to the end of Year 5, and verbal and non-verbal reasoning, counted towards the exam.

  • Maths

    The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 5, in the order your child’s school teaches them, counted towards the exam.

  • English

    Grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary questions most days, Years 3 to 5, counted towards the exam.

  • Reading

    From the autumn of Year 5, a weekly reading day: one unseen passage and 9 questions on it, from a bank of 130 passages.

  • Verbal reasoning

    21 of the question types in GL Assessment’s verbal reasoning familiarisation papers (letter and number series, codes, logic puzzles, word puzzles and word meanings), mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year.

  • Non-verbal reasoning

    13 question types from the providers’ own sample material (shape series and grids, pairs, similarities, odd one out, codes, rotation, reflection, hidden shapes, folding and punching, and nets), each a drawing with five options, mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year, and from provider to provider.

  • The last fortnight

    In the last 14 days before the exam date the plan works to, sessions are shorter and nothing new is introduced. The plan works to September of Year 6; until the schools publish the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

The test’s own format.

  • The test itself

    Remelia practises the content, not GL Assessment’s own screens, papers or timings: the familiarisation materials, where there are any, show those.

  • English papers in this test’s style

    The printable English practice papers in the parents’ app are in the style of the FSCE test’s multiple-choice paper, not GL Assessment’s own.

The schools

Four 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.

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
GL Assessment. Source Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source
What it tests
Verbal reasoning, English, maths and non-verbal reasoning. Source Source
The papers
Maths and non-verbal reasoning, 60 minutes, multiple choice; Verbal skills, 60 minutes, multiple choice. Source Source
Each paper 60 to 65 minutes (lower bound given); answers on a separate computer-marked sheet.
How places are decided
A standardised score at or above a threshold (111). A standardised score of 111 or above (about the top 35% of those sitting) makes a child eligible; each school then allocates by its own oversubscription criteria (e.g. Herschel: rank order of score after priority groups; Upton Court: part by rank order, part by distance). Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet and an online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
The consortium guide describes only the two test papers; no interview is mentioned.
What has changed
Provider changed to GL Assessment from the September 2023 sitting (‘similar to those used under the previous provider’), and the consortium has appointed Quest Assessments for the September 2027 sitting (2028 entry) onward; format stays two papers covering VR, NVR, English and maths, eligibility score stays 111. Source Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

Every page our research read for this exam, with the date it was checked; under each, the words it quoted from it.

  1. Herschel Grammar School — Determined Admissions Arrangements September 2027 Entry checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The school’s planned admission number (PAN) is 150.”

  2. Year 7 Admissions 2027 — Herschel Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “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.”

  3. Langley Grammar School Determined Admissions Arrangements for 2027 entry checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The School’s planned admission number (PAN) for entry into Year 7 in September 2027 is 180.”

  4. Admission to Year 7 - September 2027 — Langley Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools has contracted with GL Assessment as the test provider for the 11+ examination to be held in September 2026. ... The eligibility score will continue to be set at 111 on a standardised scale.”

    “It was available from Friday 1st May 2026 at 10am and closed at 10am on Friday 5th June 2026. ... The examination will be held on Saturday 19th September 2026.”

  5. Year 7 Admissions 2027 Entry — St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The formal Determined Admissions Arrangements (also known as the admissions policy) for entry to St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School will be published shortly.”

  6. Upton Court Grammar School Admission Arrangements 2027-28 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The school’s Published Admissions Number (PAN) for Year 7 Entry in September 2027 is 165.”

    “A standardised score of 111 or above in the entrance test means that an applicant is eligible for consideration for admission to the school.”

  7. Year 7 Entry September 2027 — Upton Court Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
  8. Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools — Guide to the 11+ test, 2027 entry checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Consortium 11+ entrance examination is provided by GL Assessment. The examination consists of two separate papers, each of approximately 60-65 minutes duration, containing a variety of questions which will test verbal, numerical and non-verbal ability.”

  9. Slough Consortium Parents’ 11+ Examination Briefing April 2026 — Summary of Questions checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Slough Consortium 11+ test consists of 2 papers, each taking 60 to 65 minutes to complete. One paper contains questions covering Maths and Non-verbal Reasoning and the other paper covers Verbal skills. ... All questions are multiple-choice and the examination is paper based.”

  10. herschel.slough.sch.uk checked 22 September 2026
  11. Year 7 Admissions 2025 — Herschel Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “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.”

  12. Year 7 Admissions 2028 — Herschel Grammar School checked 29 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools has contracted with Quest Assessments as the test provider for the 11+ examination to be held in September 2027.”

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