What percentage pass the 11+?
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Kent 11+
44.8% were assessed suitable for grammar school
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44.8% were assessed suitable for grammar school. 5,035 of the 11,248 Kent children who sat the Kent Test for 2026 entry were assessed suitable for grammar school, by score or by headteacher panel. 16,876 sat in all, including children from outside Kent, for 5,819 grammar places.
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Questions people ask
What percentage pass the Bucks 11+?
For 2026 entry, 3,991 of the 9,811 children who sat (40.7%) qualified: 3,697 by scoring 121 or more and 294 after a selection review, according to the council's spring report.
What percentage pass the Kent Test?
For 2026 entry, 5,035 of the 11,248 Kent children who sat (44.8%) were assessed suitable for grammar school. 16,876 children sat in all, including those from outside Kent, for 5,819 grammar places.
How many children pass the Bexley 11+?
For 2026 entry, 2,070 of the 5,866 children who sat (35.3%) were found selective, for 800 grammar school places.
How many children pass the CSSE?
CSSE has no pass mark, but no school offers a place under 303. For 2025 entry, 2,812 of 5,295 published scores (53.1%) reached 303.
If my child passes, will they get a grammar school place?
Not necessarily. Each school decides places by its own rules, often priority areas, catchment or distance, and in Kent and Bexley far more children pass than there are places nearby.
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What it does
The share of children who pass the 11+ in Buckinghamshire, Kent, Bexley and Essex, from each council's or consortium's own figures.
Four 11+ areas that publish how many children sat and passed: Buckinghamshire (2023 to 2026 entry), Kent (2024 to 2026 entry), Bexley (2025 and 2026 entry) and Essex CSSE (2024 and 2025 entry). Each keeps its own definition of passing.
Method
- Buckinghamshire: children who qualified, by scoring 121 or more or after a selection review, out of all who sat. The 2026-entry figures are the council's spring report.
- Kent: Kent-resident children assessed suitable for grammar school, by score or headteacher panel, out of Kent-resident children who sat. Children from outside Kent also sit, but their results are not split out in these announcements.
- Bexley: children found selective, out of all who sat.
- Essex CSSE: we count the published scores of 303 or more, the lowest score any CSSE school offers a place to, out of all published scores. We do this only for 2024 and 2025 entry, the years CSSE's guidance sheets state the 303 minimum.
Published figures
Every pass figure we use
Each area’s own count of children who sat and who passed, as published.
| Area and year | Sat | Passed | Share | Meaning of passed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire, 2026 entry | 9,811 | 3,991 | 40.7% | qualified |
| Buckinghamshire, 2025 entry | 7,736 | 3,372 | 43.6% | qualified |
| Buckinghamshire, 2024 entry | 9,683 | 3,960 | 40.9% | qualified |
| Buckinghamshire, 2023 entry | 9,783 | 3,930 | 40.2% | qualified |
| Kent, 2026 entry | 11,248 | 5,035 | 44.8% | were assessed suitable for grammar school |
| Kent, 2025 entry | 10,912 | 4,792 | 43.9% | were assessed suitable for grammar school |
| Kent, 2024 entry | 11,170 | 5,050 | 45.2% | were assessed suitable for grammar school |
| Bexley, 2026 entry | 5,866 | 2,070 | 35.3% | were found selective |
| Bexley, 2025 entry | 5,850 | 2,012 | 34.4% | were found selective |
| Essex (CSSE), 2025 entry | 5,295 | 2,812 | 53.1% | scored 303 or more |
| Essex (CSSE), 2024 entry | 4,981 | 2,594 | 52.1% | scored 303 or more |