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  • 11+ area guide

Berkshire 11+: Slough and Reading

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team

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The Berkshire 11+ at a glance

  • Schools on this page

    6

    Schools we cover across these areas

Each area has its own test: choose one

Dates in each area

How places are given

Each area sets its own test

There is no single Berkshire 11+. Each area below has its own tests, dates and admission rules, and its guide gives the checked details.

You apply for school places through your home council, on its Common Application Form (CAF), by its deadline. Name the schools in your real order of preference: councils look at every preference at the same time.

Pass marks in each Berkshire area

The areas

Tests and dates in each Berkshire area

Each area publishes its own test dates and deadlines. Open an area for every step and date.

The schools

How far offers reached at each school

Listed A to Z, with the furthest distance offers reached in the latest year. Each school uses its own admission rules, so a longer distance does not mean a place is easier to get: distance only counts within the last rule a school reached.

Listed A to Z by school name.

  1. Herschel Grammar SchoolBoys and girls

    Offers reached 4 miles

    All eligible timely applications · 150 places

  2. Kendrick SchoolGirls

    No distance published

    –

    128 places, 2027 entry

  3. Langley Grammar School

    Lowest score offered: 113 (standardised score), 2026 entry

    113

    180 places, 2027 entry

  4. Reading SchoolBoys

    No distance published

    –

    150 places, 2027 entry

  5. St Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolBoys and girls

    Offers reached 15.093 miles

    Category 8

  6. Upton Court Grammar SchoolBoys and girls

    Offers reached 1.263 miles

    Distance criterion · 165 places

Source: Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools (hosted by Upton Court Grammar School), checked Each school's own page names its source. Distances are measured by each school's own method, so compare with care.

More about the schools from our guide

Listed A to Z by school name, with the guide that covers each one.

Live near a border?

  • You can apply for schools in another council's area. You still apply through your own home council, on its form.
  • Each area runs its own test, with its own registration and dates. If you like schools in two areas, check both registration deadlines.
  • Schools often give priority to children living nearby or in a catchment area, so check each school's rules before you rely on it.
Every area's dates

Areas in the same part of the country: London, South West Herts

Which guide do you need?

Slough 11+ guide. The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools runs one shared test for Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School and Upton Court Grammar School. One registration and one test cover all of them. A child who reaches the consortium's score is eligible to be considered at each school, and each school then offers places by its own rules.

Reading 11+ guide. Reading's grammar schools are Kendrick School for girls and Reading School for boys. Each runs its own test, with its own registration, test day and results. A girl applying to Kendrick sits Kendrick's test; a boy applying to Reading School sits Reading School's.

If you are considering schools in both towns, your child sits each test they need. A result from one test does not count for another.

Planning across both towns

A few things are worth knowing early, ideally in Year 5.

  • The timetables differ. Each test has its own registration window, and some registration closes during Year 5. The Slough dates and Reading dates pages list every step. Our 11+ dates for every area page puts them side by side.
  • Each school has its own admission rules. Catchment areas, priority areas, faith places and pupil premium places all vary from school to school. Some favour children who live close by, so where you live can matter as much as the score. Each school's page sets out its rules.
  • Registering for a test is not applying for a place. Whatever the results, you apply through your home council's Common Application Form by 31 OctoberSchool place applications close (common application form, CAF)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against GOV.UK.The source says: You must apply for a secondary school place by 31 October.View the official source. Your home council is the one where you live, even if the schools you want are in Slough or Reading. Offers come on National Offer Day, 1 March (or the next working day if 1 March is a weekend or bank holiday)National Offer DayChecked 9 Oct 2026 against GOV.UK.The source says: If either date falls on a weekend or a bank holiday, offers are sent the next working day.View the official source.

Admission authorities must take all reasonable steps to tell you the test outcome before the 31 OctoberSchool place applications close (common application form, CAF)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against GOV.UK.The source says: You must apply for a secondary school place by 31 October.View the official source deadline. That gives you time to decide which schools to name, in your real order of preference.

Official sources

1 sources: the council, the test administrator and each school

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