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2021EnTrY
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Test Dates / Procedure for Out of County Applicants

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Good Morning,

Please can someone direct me to the website where I find more information and book the 11 Plus exam for my DS for Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools.

Any idea on the dates on the exam and the procedure on how to book for out of county children?

We are based in Bucks.

Thanks in advance.
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Have you looked at the Slough council website? I don't know much about Slough but all the information should be there. I'm not sure people get in to Slough schools from Wycombe, but I may be wrong.
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scary mum wrote:Have you looked at the Slough council website? I don't know much about Slough but all the information should be there. I'm not sure people get in to Slough schools from Wycombe, but I may be wrong.
Thanks for reply,

In 2012 I took my daughter to Herschel Grammar School for the 11plus test and have no idea , how it will work this year.

I will search the Slough Council Website to find any relevant information.
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Hi: you want the Slough Consortium joint website.


https://www.sloughconsortium.org.uk/

I checked a couple of weeks ago and they hadn’t opened the registration portal yet: once they do there will be a fully updated list of eAch schools criteria.

The biggest change since 2012 is that Bucks is now GL but Slough is CEM so the exams are different, and the criteria have changed so that Langley Grammar
will not give a place to a child from Wycombe no matter how good the score (because that is outside the school’s P2 cachement).
There are score based places for Herschel, Upton Court, and faith based places for St Bernard’s, but it would be an awful journey from Wycombe every day.

(this is the point where many parents reply “of course we will relocate!!”)
Just bear in mind it’s not necessarily easy to do, and if you don’t want a place don’t put your child through an unnecessary exam.
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Aethel wrote:Hi: you want the Slough Consortium joint website.


https://www.sloughconsortium.org.uk/

I checked a couple of weeks ago and they hadn’t opened the registration portal yet: once they do there will be a fully updated list of eAch schools criteria.

The biggest change since 2012 is that Bucks is now GL but Slough is CEM so the exams are different, and the criteria have changed so that Langley Grammar
will not give a place to a child from Wycombe no matter how good the score (because that is outside the school’s P2 cachement).
There are score based places for Herschel, Upton Court, and faith based places for St Bernard’s, but it would be an awful journey from Wycombe every day.

(this is the point where many parents reply “of course we will relocate!!”)
Just bear in mind it’s not necessarily easy to do, and if you don’t want a place don’t put your child through an unnecessary exam.

Thanks Aethel
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Registrations are open now

https://www.sloughconsortium.org.uk/welcome.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Key dates for September 2022 admission

1 May 2021-----------Registration opens. The registration form is online and can be accessed from the link on any of the Consortium grammar school websites or directly at http://www.sloughconsortium.org.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

13 June 2021---------Registration closes at 12 midnight.
Late applications will NOT be accepted unless there are exceptional circumstances.
11 September 2021 (To be confirmed)-----------11+ entrance examinations take place at examination centres for all registered children. This date is subject to confirmation as there may be government restrictions in place at the time.
October 2021-----------Parents notified of results of 11+ entrance examination in time for completion of common application form.
31 October 2021--------Deadline for submission of Common Application Form to home local authority.
1 March 2022------------Notification of allocation of school places by home local authority. Formal offers from schools will follow soon after.


Please can someone confirm testing date for out of county students.

Thanks in advance.
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Also I have noticed 11 September 2021 is falling on Satuday.

For the previous few years the testing tales place on Saturday or its a typing mistake?

Please can someone confirm.
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2021EnTrY wrote:Key dates for September 2022 admission

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11 September 2021 (To be confirmed)-----------11+ entrance examinations take place at examination centres for all registered children. This date is subject to confirmation as there may be government restrictions in place at the time.
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Please can someone confirm testing date for out of county students.

Thanks in advance.
As far as I am aware, there is no separate arrangement for out of county candidates.

You will be appointed one of the 4 schools for the test, and this has no effect on the actual schools you put in the list (CAF) you submit through your local council.
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2021EnTrY wrote:Also I have noticed 11 September 2021 is falling on Satuday.

For the previous few years the testing tales place on Saturday or its a typing mistake?

Please can someone confirm.
2021EnTrY wrote:11 September 2021 (To be confirmed)-----------11+ entrance examinations take place at examination centres for all registered children. This date is subject to confirmation as there may be government restrictions in place at the time.
As it stands now, the test date is 11 Sept'21, unless advised otherwise. It was a Saturday in 2019 when my DD took it.
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