Grammar schools in Slough

Produced by GL Assessment for all four Slough Consortium schools (Herschel Grammar, Langley Grammar, Upton Court Grammar, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar). Two multiple-choice papers, each roughly 50-65 minutes including instructions, sat in the same session with a short break between: 1. Verbal Reasoning and English. 2. Non-verbal Reasoning and Maths — maths draws on the full KS2 curriculum (number, the four operations, fractions/decimals/percentages, measurement, money and time, 2D/3D shape, angles, coordinates, statistics, sequences, algebra, ratio); non-verbal reasoning covers analogies, letter codes, series, odd-one-out, matrices, hidden shapes, and spatial reasoning (cube nets, folded paper). Answers go on a separate machine-marked (OMR) answer sheet.

The four Slough grammar schools (Herschel Grammar, Langley Grammar, Upton Court Grammar, and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar) share a common entrance test run by the Slough Consortium. Children from outside Slough borough can register to sit this test. Registration: contact the Slough Consortium test coordinator (typically via Herschel Grammar School, which administers the consortium) to register. Families outside Slough register directly — not through their home LA. Applying for a place: apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October, listing the Slough school(s) you want. Criteria impact: Herschel Grammar and Langley Grammar use priority postcode areas (SL1, SL2, SL3 etc.) that strongly favour local residents. Upton Court Grammar and St Bernard's have more distance-based criteria. Out-of-area children with very high scores can sometimes secure places at Upton Court — check the individual school's criteria for detail.