JHJohn Hampden 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 entering Year 7 in September 2027 are eligible if they achieve 121 in the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test or are deemed qualified by Selection Review or, exceptionally, an Admissions Appeal; the policy also provides up to 12 ring-fenced lower-score places within PAN.

Score policy

The STT assesses verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills with age-standardised scores combined into the Secondary Transfer Test Score; 121 automatically qualifies. Up to 12 lower-score places within PAN admit eligible catchment applicants scoring 113-120.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published area: Priority Area A: High Wycombe, part of South Buckinghamshire and outlying villages, Priority Area B: part of South Buckinghamshire and Maidenhead.

The two mapped areas together form the catchment; Area A precedes Area B in the residence categories. These descriptions do not define exact borders. The school’s linked PDF map was unavailable when checked. Use the council address checker shown here. Confirm the full address and applicable priority area with Buckinghamshire Admissions. The normal home address must apply by 1 September 2026, with the child intended to remain there or in catchment at entry.

Qualifying EHCP-named boys are admitted first. The Year 7 order is care status, including adoption after overseas state care; up to 12 catchment care or Pupil/Service Premium boys scoring 113-120; other catchment premium boys scoring 121+; catchment boys with a same-home continuing JHGS brother in Years 7-12 at allocation and entry; catchment boys with a continuing sister at Wycombe High; sons of permanent-contract staff employed for two years at application or recruited for a demonstrable shortage; Area A; Area B; evidenced exceptional medical/social need; then other boys. The 12 places are a score concession, not the total intake of 180. Other applicants need 121 or qualification by selection review/appeal. Premium entitlement must be established by the 31 October CAF deadline, with evidence shown to the school. Each category uses nearer distance first, then independently supervised drawing of lots. Distance is straight-line from the Ordnance Survey home address point to the nearest open pupil gate. Medical/social claims need independent professional evidence and panel consideration showing why this school is needed. Normal residence means over half of Sunday-to-Thursday nights in term time, by 1 September 2026, with intended residence there or in catchment at entry; notify changes immediately. Service/Crown families can use evidenced intended addresses before moving; evidence is needed by 30 January for the first allocation. The waiting list follows criteria, not join date, until 31 December 2027; transfer-test qualification then lapses and in-year procedures apply from 1 January 2028. Declined offers do not prevent rejoining. A final waiting-list place for a multiple birth admits all siblings above PAN.

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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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 on one day in autumn, assessing verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills. Age-standardised scores are combined; 121 automatically qualifies. The policy directs candidates to Buckinghamshire Council for the June registration deadline and exact test date, which are not stated in the 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.

John Hampden 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. Open state-funded school fields CSV

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

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

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

4. Admissions Policy 2027

   John Hampden Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

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. Admissions Policy 2027

   John Hampden 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.