Free Bucks 11+ practice test
Fifteen questions in verbal, maths and non-verbal skills, then a parent report.
15 questions · 16 minutes
Each section has its own clock, as on test day. Paper and a pencil help; no calculator. The clock shows test pace; the report works with whatever was answered.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal skills | 7 | 7:00 |
| Maths | 4 | 5:00 |
| Non-verbal skills | 4 | 4:00 |
| Total | 15 | 16 minutes |
What you get
- A parent report the moment the practice test ends, no account: answers by paper, where to start, and three short sessions for this week.
- Print it or save it as a PDF. Saving to a free account is optional.
How the range is worked out
- Each question has a difficulty level from our Bucks question bank. Difficulty levels are set by our question writers.
- We find the ability that best explains how many your child got right, allowing for how hard those questions were. Half the questions are verbal and a quarter each maths and non-verbal, close to the test's own 50 : 25 : 25 weighting.
- We turn that into a place among the 7,737 children tested in 2024 and read the score at that place off the Council's published score list.
- A score of 121 or more qualifies. With 15 questions the range is wide; a full timed mock narrows it a lot.
Questions
Is this an official Bucks 11+ paper?
No. The questions are our own, written to the GL format the Buckinghamshire test uses, and each one was solved independently by two solvers. The Council publishes a familiarisation booklet.
How long does it take?
16 minutes: verbal 7, maths 5 and non-verbal 4. The real test is two papers of about an hour each.
How many children pass the Bucks 11+?
In 2024, 3,046 of the 7,737 children tested (39%) scored 121 or more. Qualifying is not an offer: places go by each school's admission rules.