DCSDr Challoner's Grammar School 11+ admissions

• Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test

  Formal consortium · GL Assessment · Two Transfer Test papers: one assesses verbal skills and one assesses mathematics and non-verbal skills. A separate Practice Test is scheduled for 8 September. Buckinghamshire state-funded primary and Partner school pupils sit at school; other pupils are usually allocated a grammar school or another central test venue.

  GL marks the papers and scores are age-standardised. The total is weighted 50% verbal, 25% mathematical and 25% non-verbal; a total of 121 or more qualifies. A higher score gives no extra admission priority.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Boys with STT score 121 or above, or deemed qualified by Selection Review or exceptional appeal.

Score policy

The STT has two approximately 60-minute papers assessing verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills; component scores are age-standardised and summed. 121 qualifies automatically. The policy provides up to 12 lower-score places within PAN at 115 or higher, and allows up to 6 of those places at 110-114 if unfilled.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published area: Year 7 catchment shown on the 2027 admissions-policy map, PDF page 10.

Use the Year 7 map, not the separate Sixth Form catchment. Catchment-category applicants must have permanent continuous residence from 1 April 2026 and complete the supplementary form. Section 5 gives shared-residence and rental-evidence rules, with leases normally covering at least six months after entry. Retaining a former main home within 20 miles used after 1 September 2023 prevents a closer address qualifying, unless that former home is sold by 1 September 2026. Service/Crown-servant relocation evidence is due by 30 January 2027 for the first round. Confirm with the school which proof of residence it needs and the dates it must cover. Ask the admissions authority to check the full address; do not infer membership from a postcode.

After qualifying EHCP-named admissions, the order is looked-after or previously looked-after boys; catchment Pupil Premium boys; catchment siblings of Years 7-12 pupils; the limited score-concession category; qualifying staff sons; other catchment boys; outside-catchment siblings of Years 7-12 pupils; then others by distance. Normal qualification is 121 or a qualifying selection review/appeal. The concession reserves up to 12 catchment places for Pupil Premium or care-status boys scoring at least 115; if these are not filled, up to six of those 12 can go to eligible catchment boys scoring 110-114. Premium/care status is assessed at application. Staff need two years of school service at application and/or a demonstrable shortage post. The older sibling must attend at allocation and proposed entry, under the policy sibling definition. Within an oversubscribed category, independently evidenced medical/social needs that only this school can meet come first, then straight-line distance from the normal home to the Chesham Road main entrance; equal distances use independently supervised random allocation. Send medical/social evidence to Buckinghamshire Council with the application. Catchment residence rules and the supplementary form apply.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-23. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. A child can appear at several schools or through more than one recorded route at the same school. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-24.

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• Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• Verbal skills
• Mathematical skills
• Non-verbal skills

1. 1. Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test

   The policy describes two approximately 60-minute papers taken in autumn, assessing verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills. Age-standardised component scores are summed; 121 automatically qualifies. Registration dates are published by Buckinghamshire Council and no exact sitting date is stated in this policy.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

Published CAF date

31 October 2026

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if this school is in another area. Check your home council's on-time application deadline before relying on the date shown here. Read the government's application guidance.

Shared assessment dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

Dr Challoner's Grammar School is a state-funded school, so there is no tuition fee for a Year 7 place. Uniform and optional activities can have separate costs. Check the Department for Education school record and the GOV.UK guide to state schools for the funding rule. The school can confirm current uniform and activity costs.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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1. Guide to grammar schools and the Secondary Transfer Test: timeline for entry in 2027

   Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. Dr Challoner's Grammar School determined admissions policy 2027

   Dr Challoner's Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

3. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 21 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 20 October 2026.

4. Open state-funded school fields CSV, 24 October 2026

   Department for Education. Accessed 24 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 24 October 2026.

5. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 21 October 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026; candidate-school postcodes queried 21 October 2026.

6. Dr Challoner's Grammar School determined admissions policy 2027

   Dr Challoner's Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Marking the Secondary Transfer Test

   Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Guide to grammar schools and the Secondary Transfer Test

   Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. Registration

   Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

10. Secondary Transfer Testing process

    Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

11. Timeline for entry in 2027

    Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

12. Grammar schools and Secondary Transfer Testing (11+)

    Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.