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Year 5, month by month

The year ahead and the dates parents miss. Then a free check, a parent report and a four-week plan to print or use here. Email is optional.

Your Year 5 year, month by month

Schools publish 2027 dates through the spring. Until they do, each date below is last year's, and says so.

  1. October to December 2026You are here

    Find the starting point

    Take the free check, then three 20-minute sessions a week. A mock day in November is optional: it shows where your child starts.

    • Mock day: a new full paper for each test21 November 2026

  2. January to April 2027

    One weak area at a time

    Fix the topic the check or the last mock found weakest, then move to the next. Sit one full mock a term to see what changed.

    • Mock day: a new full paper for each test23 January 2027
    • Mock day: a new full paper for each test20 March 2027

  3. May to September 2027

    Register for every test

    Each test has its own registration. Miss it and your child cannot sit that test. Dates for 2027 are due; last year's are shown until then.

    • Bucks 11+ registration (children outside Bucks state primaries)Early May to early June 2027, exact dates not published
    • Kent Test registration closesLast year1 July 2026
    • Henrietta Barnett registration closesLast year1 July 2026
    • QE Boys registration closesLast year8 July 2026
    • Sutton SET registration closes31 July 2027
    • Tiffin School registration closesLast year1 September 2026
    • Tiffin Girls' registration closesLast year1 September 2026

  4. July and August 2027

    Timed practice

    Timed papers every other day through the summer. In the last week, revise what they know and add nothing new.

    • Mock day: a new full paper for each test10 July 2027

  5. September and October 2027

    The tests

    Most tests fall in the first three weeks of September; Tiffin's first stage is in early October.

    • Henrietta Barnett: Round OneLast year2, 3 or 4 September 2026
    • Bucks 11+: the testEarly September 2027, exact dates not published
    • Kent Test: the testLast yearThursday 10 September 2026
    • Sutton SET: the test14 September 2027 (expected)
    • QE Boys: the testLast year16 or 17 September 2026
    • Tiffin Girls': Stage OneLast year1 or 2 October 2026
    • Tiffin School: Stage OneLast year2 October 2026

  6. October 2027

    Results, then the council form

    Apply on your home council's form by 31 October, naming the schools in the order you want them.

    • Henrietta Barnett: Round One outcome byLast yearMonday 28 September 2026
    • QE Boys: results (provisional date)Last year1 October 2026
    • Tiffin Girls': Stage Two invitationsLast yearOn or around 14 October 2026
    • Kent Test: results emailedLast yearThursday 15 October 2026
    • Bucks 11+: resultsMid-October 2027
    • Tiffin School: Stage Two invitationsLast year16 October 2026

  7. 1 March 2028

    Offers

    National Offer Day: your council tells you which school has offered a place.

Get my plan for this month

Start with a free check

About 15 minutes for your child. Then a report for you: where to start and three short sessions for this week. No account.

Pick the test above

Another test? Plan four weeks below. Not sure which test? Find it.

Example, not a real child

Parent report · Kent Test

Sam's starting point

English3 of 4
Maths2 of 5
Reasoning5 of 6

Where to start

  1. Number and calculation missed 2 of 2
  2. Codes and sequences missed 1 of 2

This week

Three 20-minute sessions, each with a free task.

Which tests is your child sitting?

Pick every test on your shortlist.

Kent and Medway
Buckinghamshire
West Midlands
Essex and Southend
Trafford
Reading
London

The one that went wrong most recently, or the one your child likes least.

Time you can give each week

Pick a test to see the four weeks.

How the plan works

  • Each week adds up to exactly the time you choose. Miss a session and skip it: nothing carries over.
  • Skill sessions teach one topic, then practise it with fresh questions. Reading sessions build words and evidence.
  • The parent review is ten minutes to decide what comes next. A full mock is optional this autumn: the free check finds the starting point, and the Saturday 21 November mock day is there if you want a whole paper too.
  • The tests change the work: written routes add a model-answer session, Reading School gets broader thinking tasks.