Herschel Grammar School 11+ admissions

Address

Northampton Avenue, Slough, South East, SL1 3BW

Year 7 admission

Mixed Year 7 admission

School type

Fully selective state school

Funding

State-funded

Day or boarding

Day school

Religion or denomination

GIAS records no applicable religious character.

Published admission number

150

September 2027 entry

Academically selected places

150

September 2027 entry

Preferences per offer

The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.

Assessment provider

GL Assessment

GL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

• Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools 11 PlusFormal consortium

  Provider

  GL Assessment

  Delivery

  Two GL Assessment test papers with machine-marked answers and standardisation

  Scores are standardised by GL Assessment; a standardised score of 111 or above is the eligibility threshold, representing approximately the top 35% of the cohort. Eligibility does not guarantee a place and schools apply their own oversubscription criteria.

  Official registration page

Eligibility

Applicants must register for and sit the Slough Consortium 11+ entrance examination, achieve a standardised score of 111 or above, and apply through their home local authority's coordinated process.

Score policy

A standardised score of 111 or above is the minimum eligibility score; the Consortium 11+ is administered by GL Assessment and covers verbal and non-verbal reasoning, English and mathematics, with remaining places ranked by examination performance.

Oversubscription

After children with a named EHCP and looked-after children, priority is eligible applicants living within the four-mile catchment, up to 10 eligible Pupil Premium applicants within 10 miles, eligible staff children, then remaining places in examination rank order; proximity and random allocation resolve ties.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

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

• Verbal reasoning
• Non-verbal reasoning
• English
• Mathematics

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

1. 1. Slough Consortium 11+ examination

   Registered Year 5 pupils sit the common examination for Year 7 entry in September 2027.

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.

CAF deadline

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

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

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1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

2. Herschel Grammar School Determined Admissions Arrangements September 2027 Entry

   Herschel Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

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

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.

4. Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools: Guide to the 11+ test, 2027 entry

   Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Slough Consortium key dates for September 2027 entry

   Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.