CEM 11 Plus

11+ Test Dates 2024 (2025 entry)

Under Cambridge University's ownership CEM have quit paper based 11+ tests so have lost most of their state school clients. They spent tens of thousands of pounds to refuse to state which schools shared the same tests and hundreds of thousands of pounds in other FOIA cases. Ultimately, they effectively quit the state school paper testing market.

To get up to 25% extra time in these tests, ensure your child is labelled dyslexic. It is now a badge of honour which allows you up to 25% extra time in all tests (11+, GCSE, A-levels and even Oxbridge entrance tests) and the results will not indicate extra time was provided. This is one of the most important things a parent can do for their child. It is no surprise that so many privately educated children are diagnosed with dyslexia. We believe every child should be given up to 25% extra time. Fast workers can check answers and slow workers can finish. Else, tests should all be untimed.

Professor of education at Durham University, Julian Elliott, claimed diagnosing a child with dyslexia is no more scientific than reading a horoscope.

The Office for the School Adjudicator has ruled the school cannot refuse testing just because a child lives outside the catchment area for grammar schools.

Note: the same 11+ test cannot be taken twice and checks are in place to ensure your child does not take the same twice. This is why we group schools sharing the test so you know instantly you cannot apply for the same test twice. We do not encourage your child to try and take the same test twice, but we do encourage your child to sit DIFFERENT tests as free mock exams to experience a real test environment before your actual 11+ test.


This page is being updated for 2025 admissions. The dates below are provisional and subject to confirmation.
 

11plus Area &
Registration Period
School Testing Dates Use as Free  11+Tests
for 11+ Tourism

Dame Alice Owen
Register
2nd May to 11th June 2024

Rule: Children who wish to sit the Entrance Examination

must live within one of the Local Priority Areas.
This may not be lawful.

Updated 14/03/2024 Ref: C

Dame Alice Owen, Potters Bar.

The verbal reasoning are from GL Assessment and contain 50 questions.

English: A one hour comprehension paper which includes an extended writing piece – written internally.

Mathematics – A one hour paper – written internally

2nd-3rd September 2024  Entrance Exam Part 1 / Musical Aptitude Test Part 1

28th September 2024  Entrance Exam Part 2
Part II test English & Maths
Sat by top 325

23rd to 27th September 2024 – 2nd Round Musical Aptitude tests






4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
16th Sep 24 Heckmondwike
17-18 Sep 24 Medway
20th Sep 24 Redbridge
21st Sep Slough

South West Herts Consortium

Register Monday 8th
April 2024 to Friday 14 June 2024

Venue notification: 5 Jul 2024 (around noon)

Academic Test: Saturday 7th September 2024

Music Test: Mon 9th Sept 24

Sports (Queens' school only)
Wed11th September 2024


Second round music test
Monday 23rd September to Friday 27th September 2024

Results Wednesday
17th October 2024 noon

Updated 14/03/24 Ref: C

Bushey Meads School
Parmiter's School
Queens School
Rickmansworth School
St Clement Dane's School
Watford Grammar School Boys
Watford Grammar School Girls

Website

Contact:
swhsconsortium@gmail.com


 

Academic Test
Sat 7th Sept 2024

GL Assessment tests

Music test: Mon 9th Sep 2024
(Scores provided noon 17th Sep 2024)

Sports test: Wed 11th Sep 2024 (Queen' School Only)

Start of Second Round Music Monday 23rd  September to Friday 27th September 2024.
Scores:noon Wednesday 17th October 2024.


.2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School


 

West Midlands Grammar Schools Consortium
Birmingham, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Walsall & Wolverhampton 11+ 
(shared GLA 11+ test)

Register 7 May 2024 to
4pm 28 June 2024

Results 18th October 2024

Updated 14/03/24 Ref: C

 
Supplier: GL Asssessment

The weightings for the test results are 50% for English/verbal reasoning, 25% for non-verbal reasoning and 25% for mathematics
Main date Sat 14th Sep, 2024 Am and PM sessions
Extra: Sun 15th Sep 2024


Two papers, each lasting approximately 60 minutes (around 15 minutes of practice
questions/test administration and around 45 minutes of testing time).

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School

7th Sep 24 South West Herts

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS

Birmingham Schools.

Register: 7th May 2024 to
4pm 28th June  2024
Special Adjustments deadline 14th June 2024
Birmingham 11+

Results: 18th October 2024

Updated 14/03/24 Ref: C
 
Bishop Vesey's Grammar
Handsworth Grammar
Sutton Coldfield Girls'
King Edward VI Schools:
Aston
Camp Hill Girls' School
Camp Hill Boys' School
Five Ways School
Handsworth School
Saturday 14th Sep 2024
Sunday 15th Sep 2024
for  followers of the Jewish  & Seven Heavens faiths who object to Saturday testing and extra candidates using the test as a mock exam!)

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School

7th Sep 24 South West Herts

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS

Warwickshire Schools
Warwickshire 11+


Register: 7th May 2024 to
28th June 2024 (some schools state 30th June)

Ashlawn Aptitude Test for Modern Foreign Languages.
Register from 1st June 2024 to 5th July 2024.
Test date: 21st Sept 2024

Results 16th Oct 2024

A `back door` route to be taught along side the selective stream.
High KS2 SATs scores are also a back door route in to the selective stream.

Note: once in the grammar stream, you can be removed from the stream in some
subjects so there is no
guarantee of a grammar education.

Updated: 15/03/24: Ref: C

Alcester Grammar School
Ashlawn Selective School
King Edward VI Grammar
Lawrence Sheriff School
Rugby High School
Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar  School for Girls


Use the test result as evidence of ability in case of a need to appeal in your own area.

WCC and GLA deliberately run a test that can be compromised knowing
the risks.

Register for the Warwickshire 11+ test and tick to share results with Birmingham. Use as a free mock exam. You have nothing to lose, and much to gain. You do not even need to turn up, so can change your mind Warwickshire County Council cannot stop this.

Saturday 14th Sep 2024
Sunday 15th Sep 2024
Supplementary dates:
21st Sept 2024 & 5th Oct 2024
Before 9th March 2024 for re-offers round 1.

Ashlawn School Aptitude Test:
Saturday 21st Sept 2024
This is not an official route to the selective stream, but children are usually in the same sets as the 11+ stream.

WCC cannot stop children from taking their 11+ test as a free mock exam. The Greenwich ruling is clear. Do not be intimidated if questioned. Insist on the first sitting date.

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

7th Sep 24 South West Herts

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS

Take Warwickshire 11+ test as late as possible. If out of area for Southern Warwickshire Schools, take in January, 2025 (as you may not get a first round offer anyway) by which time tutors will know the content as WCC now admit children remember content and the test can be compromised.

 

Shropshire, Walsall & Wolverhampton

Register: 7th May 2024 to
4pm 28th June  2024

Results: 18th October 2024

Updated 14/03/24 Ref: C
Shropshire
Haberdashers' Adams Grammar
Newport Girls' High
Walsall
Queen Mary's Grammar (Boys)
Queen Marys High School
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Girls'
Saturday 14th Sep 2024
or 17th Sep 2024
for  followers of the Jewish  & Seven Heavens faiths who object to Saturday testing and extra candidates using the test as a mock exam!)
2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS

The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools
Registration: Slough
2nd May 24 to 13th June 24


 

Herschel Grammar
Langley Grammar
St Bernard's Convent
Upton Court Grammar
Kendrick (Girls)

GL Assessment

Sat 21st Sept 2024
Alternative:
Mon 23rd Sep 2024
2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
16th Sep 24 Heckmondwike
17-18 Sep 24 Medway
20th Sep 24 Redbridge
Reading School
Register 1st May 2024 to
14th June 2024 (noon)
Reading Boys School
Future Stories 11+ test
English, Maths & Creative Writing (no NVR)
Wed 4th September 2024 2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

Reading  (Girls)
Register April 2024 to end of September 2024

Updated 14 Apr 24 Ref: TBC
 

Reading School
(using CEM Select computer based tests. 60 minutes long)

Invitation letters sent after 10th September 2024.

Saturday 12th October 2024
 
2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
16th Sep 24 Heckmondwike
20th Sep 24 Redbridge
21st Sep Slough
Chelmsford County High
School (CCHS)
Register: 9am 24th April 2024 to 4pm Friday 21st June 2024
Details posted w/c 26 Aug 24
Future Stories 11+ test
Updated 14/03/24  Ref: C

Chelmsford County High School for Girls (CCHS)

Future Stories 11+ test

Friday 13th September 2024 2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

Gloucestershire 11+
Registration
20 May 2024 to noon, 28 June 2024 (noon)

Test  Centre Arrangements:
9th September 2024

Results: Mid Oct 2024

This will be a test from GL Assessment form 2023.
This GLA test is used by this consortium only.

Updated 14/03/2024 Ref: C

Cheltenham
Pate's Grammar School (mixed)
Gloucester
Denmark Road School (Girls)
Ribston Hall High School (Girls)
Sir Thomas Rich's School (Boys)
The Crypt School (Mixed)
Stroud
Marling School (Boys)
Stroud High School (Girls)

Sat 14th Sept, 2024 2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School

7th Sep 24 South West Herts

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS
BHP Consortium  
Register by noon 24th June 24
Results by 16th Oct 2024
Heckmondwike Grammar Monday 16th Sept 2024 2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
TBC
Register 1st May 2024 to
12th July 2024
Results by 14th Oct 2024
Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar   2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
Register 1st May 2024 to
12th July 2024
Results by 14th Oct 2024
Updated 15/3/24 Ref C
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith Sat 14th Sept 2024 2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
Trafford Consortium
Register from Thursday 25th April 2024 (noon) to Friday 21st June 2024 (noon).
Updated 25th April 23 Ref: C
Altrinham Grammar School
Sale Grammar School
Stetford Grammar School
Urmston Grammar School
Monday 16th September 2024

GL Assessment test

 
2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
The London Borough of Redbridge
Register 1st May 2024 to 
15th June 2024
Boys Girls

Updated 15/03/24 Ref: C
Ilford County High
Woodford County High
Friday 20th Sept 2024

GL Assessment

 
2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
17-18 Sep 24 Medway
Kent Grammar School
Shepway Test

Register from 3rd June 2024 (9am) to 5th July 2024 (4pm)


Updated 15/03/024 Ref: C

Dover Grammar School
The Folkstone School for Girls
Highsted Grammar School
Harvey Grammar School
Mayfield Grammar


Saturday 14 September 2024

Computer based test from C.E.M.  and an English paper (writing skills)

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS

Buckinghamshire
11+ transfer test:
GL Assessment (not C.E.M.)


Register: (non-Bucks children)
3 May 2024 to 14 June 2024

Invitation letter: 7 August 2024

Results provided by:
11th October 2024

Updated 15/03/24 Ref: C
Aylesbury Grammar
Aylesbury High School
Beaconsfield High School
Burnham Grammar
Dr Challoner’s Grammar
Dr Challoner’s High Sch
John Hampden Grammar
Royal Grammar School
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar
Chesham Grammar
Sir William Borlase's
The Royal Latin School
Wycombe High School

This test is from
GL Assessment


12 September 2024

(Practice/Preparation Test:
10 September 2024)
 

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
 

Torbay and Devon Consortium
Register Mid March 2024 to
Noon 17th July 2024 (noon 5th Sep 2024 at the latest)


Results: Friday 11th Oct 2024

Updated 15/03/24 Ref: C



Churston Ferrers Grammar
Torquay Boys' Grammar
Torquay Girls' Grammar

Saturday 14 September 2024

Catchup date: 27th Sep 2024

GL Assessment 50 multiple choice questions per paper
Paper 1: English
Paper 2: Maths

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School

7th Sep 24 South West Herts

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS

Register 1st April 2024 to
6th Sep 2024 (noon)

Test from Future Stories
 

Updated: 14/03/24 Ref: C

Colyton Grammar School

Test from Future Stories
(Stothard Education, ex-CEM employee)
Saturday 21 September 2024 and and pm sessions
Additional 4th Oct 2023


GL Assessment
Paper 1: English 50 MCQ
Paper 2: Maths 40 Free Resp

Paper: 3: Writing 25 mins
                (incl 5 mins prep)

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
16th Sep 24 Heckmondwike
17-18 Sep 24 Medway
20th Sep 24 Redbridge

Bishop Wordsworth's

Register from 10am 23 Apr 24 to 5th July 2024

Updated 15/03/24 Ref: C
Bishop Wordsworth's

Test from GL Assessment

Saturday 28th Sep 2024

2 papers: Total 90 minutes
NVR 40 questions 2x10 mins
Maths 25 questions 25 mins
English 25 questions: 25 mins
Verbal Reasoning:
26 questions: 20 mins.

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen
4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley
13th Sep 24 CCHS
14th Sep 24 Warwickshire
16th Sep 24 Heckmondwike
17-18 Sep 24 Medway
20th Sep 24 Redbridge
21st Sep 24 Slough
 

London Borough
of Bexley 11+
Register between
1 May 2024 to 31 May 2024

Results October, 2024

Updated: 14/03/24 ref: TBC


Beths Grammar School
Bexley Grammar School
Chislehurst and Sidcup
Townley Grammar

 

Between 9 - 12 Sep 2024

GL Assessment

 

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School
7th Sep 24 South West Herts
 

Medway 11+
Register between
20th May 2024 to 14 Jun 2024.

Results by first class post on Monday 8 October 2024 or
via email after 4pm if registered online.

Updated: 14/03/24: Ref: C

 


Holcombe Grammar School for Boys (previously known as Chatham Grammar for Boys)
Chatham Grammar School for Girls
Fort Pitt Grammar School (Chatham) Girls
Rainham Mark Grammar School (Gillingham) Mixed
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (Rochester) Boys
The Howard School (Rainham)
Boys
The Rochester Grammar School Girls

Tues17 Sept,  Wed 18 Sep 24 and 21st & 22nd Sep 2024.

GL Assessment  tests are for
Mathematics & Verbal Reasoning (both multiple choice)

Extended Writing is from the Local authority.

NVR is not tested.

2-3 Sep 24 Dame Alice Owen

4th Sep 24 Reading School

7th Sep 24 South West Herts

9th-11th Sep 24 Bexley

13th Sep 24 CCHS

14th Sep 24 Warwickshire

16th Sep 24 Heckmondwike
 

This information has been compiled from our own research. We take no responsibility for if the actual dates differ. Please confirm with the schools. Dates are subject to confirmation and can change due to unforseen circumstances.

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