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South West Herts Secondary Schools’ Consortium academic test

The 6 schools share one test: set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests maths and verbal reasoning.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: the date is not yet published.

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
  • Verbal reasoning
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • The test itself

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 5 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 5 June 2026. Source
    Academic test Saturday 5 September 2026, at the start of Year 6; one reserve day for illness/religious observance. Online registration opened Wednesday 1 April 2026 and closed Friday 5 June 2026 (no late registrations); venues notified 26 June. Results on the parent portal on 15 October 2026 (calendar) / 16 October (FAQ).

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
    2027 test dates not yet published; the test has been sat in early September of Year 6.

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 to the end of Year 5, and 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

The schools

Six 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.

  • Parmiter’s School

    Co-educational grammar school · Watford

    Up to 25% of places by academic test (54 = 25% of PAN 216, computed; plus up to 10% music). Source

    54 placesas the school’s page gives them Source

    Admissions (the school’s website)

  • Queens’ School

    Co-educational grammar school · Bushey

    Up to 35% of places by academic test (94 of PAN 270; plus 5% music, 5% sport), for applicants living in the listed postcodes. Source

    94 placesas the school’s page gives them Source

    Admissions (the school’s website)

  • Rickmansworth School

    Co-educational grammar school · Rickmansworth

    Up to 25% of places by academic test (60 of PAN 240; plus up to 24 music); priority catchment postcodes first. Source

    60 placesas the school’s page gives them Source

    Admissions (the school’s website)

  • St Clement Danes School

    Co-educational grammar school · Rickmansworth

    10% of places by academic test (24 of PAN 240; plus 24 music). Source

    24 placesas the school’s page gives them Source

    Admissions (the school’s website)

  • Watford Grammar School for Boys

    Boys’ grammar school · Watford

    25% of places by academic test (56 of PAN 224; plus 10% music), split between the Watford area (34) and the rest of the admission area (22). Source

    56 placesas the school’s page gives them Source

    Admissions (the school’s website)

  • Watford Grammar School for Girls

    Girls’ grammar school · Watford

    25% of places by academic test (52 of PAN 210; plus 10% music), split between the Watford area (31) and the rest of the admission area (21). Source

    52 placesas the school’s page gives them Source

    Admissions (the school’s website)

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
How it is taken
On paper. Source
What it tests
Maths and verbal reasoning. Source
The papers
Mathematics, multiple choice; Verbal Reasoning, multiple choice. Source
Two GL papers prepared specifically for the consortium, answered on separate OMR answer sheets, with a short break between them. Timings are not published.
How places are decided
Places offered in score order. No pass mark. Maths and VR scores are age-standardised and each school offers its academic places in descending order of score under its own arrangements (several give priority to their own catchment postcodes). Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet and sample papers. The practice materials (another website) Source
GL familiarisation papers for maths and VR; the consortium sends no past papers.
Interview Inferred
No. Source
Academic places are offered strictly on the standardised test score; no interview is mentioned for the academic route.
What has changed Inferred
No change of provider announced on the admissions page read on 29 Sep 2026 (MM-868); the page does not give the provider history, so a change before 2023 cannot be ruled out from it. 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. Parmiter’s School — Admissions Arrangements, Year 7 Entry in September 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The school’s Published Admissions Number for September 2027 is 216. ... Up to 25% of places shall be available in merit order by reference to academic ability.”

  2. Queens’ School — Admissions Policy for Entry in 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The published admission number (PAN) for Year 7 will be 270 ... (c) Up to 35% of places (94) will be available by ability, in strict order of merit, based on the results of the assessment test”

  3. Rickmansworth School — Determined Admission Arrangements for Secondary Transfer 2027-2028 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Not more than (25%) 60 places will be available by reference to academic ability in descending order of merit as determined by the School’s assessment arrangements.”

  4. South West Herts Consortium — St Clement Danes School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Published Admissions Number is 240 children. 24 of those children are selected according to music aptitude and 24 children are selected according to academic ability as determined by the South West Herts Consortium Tests.”

  5. Watford Grammar School for Boys — Determined Admission Arrangements 2027-2028 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Year 7 224 boys: 146 community places (65% of the whole) and up to 78 specialist places (35% of the whole) ... a further 56 places (25% of total admissions) for boys selected by academic ability.”

  6. Watford Grammar School for Girls — Admissions Policies, entry in 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Year 7 210 girls:137 community places (65% of the whole) and up to 73 specialist places (35% of the whole) ... a further 52 places (25% of total admissions) for girls selected by academic ability.”

  7. FAQ – South West Herts Schools checked 29 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Children applying under the Academic Criterion will take Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning tests, provided by GL Assessment.”

    “The answer sheets are returned to GL Assessment for marking by computer. They are machine-marked (scanned) ... using OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) technology.”

    “There is no pass mark for the academic test; places are offered based on each school’s admission arrangements.”

  8. St Clement Danes School — Determined Secondary Transfer Admission Policy 2027-2028 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Academic ability is determined through tests in verbal reasoning and mathematics. No minimum score will be required to gain admission, with places being offered strictly in descending order of candidates’ standardised test scores.”

  9. Key Testing Dates 2026 for Secondary Transfer 2027 — South West Herts Schools Consortium checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Online registration for the tests opens Wednesday 1st April Registration Closes Friday 5th June ... Academic Test Saturday 5th September ... Scores Notified to Parents Thursday 15th October”

    “Key Testing Dates 2026 for Secondary Transfer 2027 Online registration for the tests opens Wednesday 1st April Registration Closes Friday 5th June ... Academic Test Saturday 5th September”

  10. South West Herts Schools – Consortium (registration website) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Consortium is a group of seven partially selective schools in Southwest Hertfordshire, consisting of: Croxley Danes School (Music only) Parmiters School Queens School Rickmansworth School St Clement Danes School Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Grammar School for Girls”

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