Bucks 11+ results, explained
Results for the September 2026 test: 9 October 2026 for tests completed by 11 September. Here is what the score means, and what you can do if your child is just below 121.
What 121 means
121 or more: qualified
- A score of 121 or more means your child can be considered for a Buckinghamshire grammar school place.
- A higher score does not give more priority. A child on 141 and a child on 121 are both simply qualified.
- Places then follow each school's own admissions rules, such as distance or catchment. You still name schools on your home council's application.
Below 121: selection review
- Selection review lets you explain in writing why your child suits a grammar school even though they scored below 121.
- If the panel agrees, your child is treated as qualified, the same as a score of 121 or more.
- Buckinghamshire Council says most successful reviews have been for scores between 110 and 120. Lower scores rarely succeed.
How selection review works
From Buckinghamshire Council's own guidance for September 2027 entry.
- Request a review with the Council's online form, using your child's Student ID. For results received on 9 October 2026, the deadline is 30 October 2026.
- Send your full case with the second form: why your child suits a grammar school, and why they did not score as expected.
- Your child's primary headteacher fills in a Selection Review Summary Sheet before results are known. It is included in your review unless you say no.
- A panel of two grammar school headteachers and one primary headteacher decides. An educational psychologist may join when specialist reports or access arrangements are involved.
- The Council says most reviews finish by January, with outcomes confirmed on 12 February 2027.
Check every date on the Council's selection review page before you act. Late requests are accepted only in exceptional circumstances or when results arrive late.
Selection review evidence checklist
What the panel can use, and what it will not look at. Print it and tick as you gather.
Gather these
- Your child's Student ID and the results letter.
- The headteacher's Selection Review Summary Sheet (the school completes it).
- School reports and letters from teachers about your child's attainment.
- A letter from a GP or hospital if illness affected the test.
- Evidence of a major event near the test: a death in the family, a house or school move, or a parent's absence.
- A short written case: why a grammar school suits your child, and why the score is lower than expected.
The panel will not consider
- Examples of your child's school work.
- Clubs, music grades, sport or other activities outside lessons.
Strong cases usually combine academic evidence at grammar school level with a clear, documented reason the test went badly.
Checked against Buckinghamshire Council's guidance on 24 September 2026. We do not publish success rates: the Council's own pages are the only source for those.
If the review is not successful
- You can still make an admission appeal to a grammar school. The Council notes that appeal panels rarely overturn a review that was fair, consistent and objective.
- Keep your home council application up to date with non-grammar choices too, so your child has a good place either way.