SWBSir William Borlase'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

Students with a qualifying score of 121 in the admission tests, or deemed qualified by a Selection Review Panel.

Score policy

Two tests assess verbal, numerical and non-verbal ability; scores are added and age-standardised. A qualifying score of 121 is required; up to 20 catchment Pupil Premium places within PAN accept scores of at least 110 where the applicant would not otherwise qualify.

Oversubscription

Looked-after, previously looked-after and internationally adopted children; up to 20 catchment Pupil Premium students scoring 110-120; qualified catchment Pupil Premium students; up to 15 students living in the Priority Admissions Area selected by random lottery; eligible staff children; catchment applicants; siblings; exceptional medical or social need; remaining qualified applicants by distance.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Use the admissions summary and current policy to check any priority-area rules. This page does not provide an address eligibility check for this school.

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 Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished.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

   Policy section 2 says the two approximately 60-minute tests are taken in September of the year before entry, so September 2026 for 2027 entry. Tests cover verbal, numerical and non-verbal ability and scores are age-standardised and combined; the policy does not state exact sitting date.

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.

Sir William Borlase'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. 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. 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.

5. Determined Admissions Policy 2027

   Sir William Borlase's Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Marking the Secondary Transfer Test

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

7. Guide to grammar schools and the Secondary Transfer Test

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

8. Registration

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

9. Secondary Transfer Testing process

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

10. Timeline for entry in 2027

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

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

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