Parents choose whether to enter their children for the Bucks 11+ Secondary Transfer Test for entry into Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools. As we are a partner school our pupils sit the test in the familiar setting of their own school. On average around 75% of our Year 6 pupils sit the 11+ Secondary Transfer Test in September of that school year. Across 3 classes there are usually 60 pupils in Year 6 each year.
Over the last eight years the average qualifying rate, of those who sat the test, has been 70%. The county average is approximately 37% (Source: Buckinghamshire Council website, Dec 2025).
Not all of those who qualify go on to Grammar schools as some families still choose to transfer to independent schools at 11+. Similarly not all those who receive offers to leading Independent Schools take up their offers. In 2025 for example; 20 Chesham Prep pupils received offers from Berkhamsted School (90% of those who applied) and 8 took up their places whilst the others moved on to the local Grammar schools.
Our 2025 leavers achieved an incredibly impressive qualifying rate of 84%. Most of our children in this year group received an offer from their preferred school.
