St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School 11+ admissions

Address

1 Langley Road, Slough, South East, SL3 7AF

Year 7 admission

Mixed Year 7 admission

School type

Fully selective state school

Funding

State-funded

Day or boarding

Day school

Religion or denomination

Roman Catholic

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 sit the Slough Consortium GL Assessment 11+ entrance examination and achieve a standardised score of 111 or above. Parents must apply through their home local authority and may submit the school's supplementary form for ranking under the faith criteria.

Score policy

A standardised Slough Consortium 11+ score of 111 is the minimum eligibility threshold. Within each oversubscription category, eligible applicants are ranked first by Pupil Premium status and then by selective-test score; equal applicants for the final place are ordered by straight-line proximity, with lots drawn if distance is also equal.

Oversubscription

After children with the school named in an EHCP, eligible applicants are ordered through ten published categories: looked-after or previously looked-after children; practising baptised Catholic children; other baptised Catholic children; baptised or dedicated children of other Christian churches with, then without, a religious leader's reference; other-faith children at named Slough Catholic primary schools living in Slough, then those at the named schools; other-faith children with, then without, a religious leader's reference; and any other children. Within each category, Pupil Premium has priority, followed by selective-test score, then proximity and lots for an unresolved tie.

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.

• Build English comprehension skillsDraw one supported conclusion that is not directly stated.
• Try Comprehension X-RayFree interactive practice relevant to English comprehension.
• Build maths and numerical reasoning skillsSelect and perform a short sequence of operations in context.
• Try Step BuilderFree interactive practice relevant to maths and numerical reasoning.
• Build verbal reasoning skillsChoose the option closest in meaning to a target word.
• Try Synonym SpectrumFree interactive practice relevant to verbal reasoning.
• Build non-verbal and spatial reasoning skillsCombine row or column rules to select one missing figure.
• Try Matrix MachineFree interactive practice relevant to non-verbal and spatial reasoning.

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1. CSSE 11+ Examination: 2027 entry

   Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. Open state-funded school fields CSV

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

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.

6. St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Admissions Policy 2027

   St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.