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Register for the secondary selection test

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Bexley Selection Test results

The Bexley Selection Test results have been sent to parents/carers by email. 

The results were sent to the email address that was supplied as part of the registration process, if for any reason you have not received this email and have also checked your 'junk mail', then please send an email to SelectionTests@bexley.gov.uk and ensure that you include your child’s full name, date of birth and candidate number if you know it.

You can also find out your child's test results by using our new online lookup service:

Bexley Selection Test - Find out my results

Selection Test registrations 

If you have applied for the selection test and received a confirmation email containing a reference number starting ‘SA’, it means your application has been successfully submitted.  Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to follow up on requests to double-check details within a submitted application. 

Requests for standardised scores

Parents and carers can obtain a breakdown of their child’s Standardised Scores (SAS) by submitting a Subject Access Request. The requestor’s identity will be verified before disclosing this information.

Subject Access Request

Requests for ranking positions

Parents and carers can obtain their child’s ranking position by submitting a Subject Access Request (SAR). The requestor’s identity will be verified before disclosing this information.

Subject Access Request

Requests to view your child’s test papers (e.g. question paper and answer paper)

Test papers, including question and answer papers, are exempt from disclosure under Data Protection Legislations. This exemption aims to protect the integrity of exams by ensuring that exam scripts cannot be accessed outside established processes.

For the Bexley Selection Test, every question is answered by means of a multiple-choice answer.

Requests to re-mark your child’s test papers

The test provider GL Assessment is responsible for marking the papers.  GL Assessment’s marking system is accurate and fair, with scanning work compliant with requirements of 99.9% guaranteed reading accuracy and human checking of all responses where the scan is not fully clear. Bexley Council does not offer a re-mark service by GL Assessment. Any re-mark service usually offered by the test provider does not apply to the Bexley Council 11 plus process.

Bexley Selection Test - Head Teacher review process

Details can be found in the review process document (PDF) and you should contact your child’s Head Teacher to discuss whether a request for a review can or should be made.

Find out more details about the review process (PDF)

Completed forms should be returned by 11 November to:

Decide if your child should take the test

The secondary selection process is extremely competitive, and only about 30% of children get a high enough mark to be able to apply to grammar school. Last year, 6301 pupils sat the test, and 2028 were deemed selective.

Achieving the selective standard does not guarantee a grammar school place, but it does mean the grammar schools will look at your child’s application first.

It is worth chatting with your child to find out how they feel about taking the test and whether they know that passing is not the be-all and end-all. They will get a quality secondary school education in Bexley, whatever happens.

Selection test in September 2024 for children transferring to secondary school in September 2025

Children who were born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 can sit the Bexley selection test in September 2024 when they are in Year 6 of primary school.

During the registration process, it is your responsibility to register your child online. This includes all children who attend primary schools in Bexley.

The test sessions are planned for week commencing Monday 9 September 2024. All children registered for the test will be invited to one of these sessions, whether in their own school or at a test centre. There will be two test papers containing a mixture of questions on verbal reasoning and comprehension, non-verbal reasoning, and mathematical reasoning. Each paper will be divided into timed sections, and instructions will be given. All questions are multiple-choice, and all answers are marked on a separate machine-readable answer sheet. There will be a short break between the two test papers.

Information for Parents/Carers leaflet

All parents/carers who register their child for the test will be sent a link to the Selection Test Familiarisation Guide.

Apply for special arrangements

You can apply for special arrangements if your child has a disability or special needs.

Registering for the secondary selection test

We will not automatically sign up your child to take the test, even if they go to a Bexley primary school.

How to apply?

The registration period closed at midnight on Friday 31 May 2024.

Registration for the 2024 Bexley Selection Test will open on Wednesday 1 May, and close at midnight on Friday 31 May, for children due to start secondary school in September 2025. We cannot accept late registrations.