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Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test: how it works and its 13 schools

Unverified: the dates and scores on this page come from desk research of council, school and test organiser pages (high confidence), and each links to its source. Admissions rules change every year: confirm them with your council and the school before you rely on them.

Key dates for September 2027 entry

Register for the test: 1 May 2026 to 2 June 2026
Test dates: 8 September 2026, 10 September 2026
Results sent to families: 9 October 2026
Apply to your council: By 31 October 2026 (September 2027 entry). Passing the test is not an application: you must also name the school on your council's application form. This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
National offer day: 1 March 2027

8 Sep is the Practice Test, 10 Sep the Transfer Test. Council says results released mid-October 2026; 9 Oct from several sources. Children at state-funded Bucks primaries are registered automatically; others register (opens 10am). Qualifying score 121. Older guide gave different window (2 May-13 June), likely outdated.

Sources: buckinghamshire.gov.uk, owltutors.co.uk. Statutory dates: School Admissions Code.

Schools

School	Gender	First choices per place	Qualifying score	Latest published offer data	Children from outside the catchment
Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury	Boys	1.6 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 9.79 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, once all qualified boys in priority groups and in the catchment area have places, remaining places go to qualified boys from anywhere in order of distance. In March 2026 these places reached boys living up to 9.788 miles away.
Aylesbury High School Aylesbury	Girls	1.4 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 12.74 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, after all qualified girls in the catchment area and other priority groups have places, remaining places go to qualified girls from anywhere by distance. In March 2026 these reached girls living up to 12.739 miles away.
Beaconsfield High School Beaconsfield	Girls	1.4 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 5.08 miles Caveats on the school page	Sometimes For September 2026 entry, girls living outside the catchment area come after all catchment girls (sisters of current pupils first, then others by distance). In March 2026 some were offered places, up to 5.085 miles away; in 2025 no places reached girls outside the catchment area other than higher priority groups.
Burnham Grammar School Burnham	Mixed	1.9 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 2.69 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, after all qualified children in the catchment area and other priority groups, places go to qualified children from anywhere by distance. In March 2026 these reached children living up to 2.688 miles away.
Chesham Grammar School Chesham	Mixed	1.7 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 3.72 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, after all qualified children in the catchment area and other priority groups, places go to qualified children from anywhere by distance. In March 2026 these reached children living up to 3.72 miles away.
Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham	Boys	1.3 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 10.01 miles Caveats on the school page	Sometimes For September 2027 entry, boys outside the catchment area come after all catchment boys (brothers of current pupils first, then others by distance). From 2021 to 2025 places ran out inside the catchment area, but in March 2026 boys outside it were offered places up to 10.011 miles away.
Dr Challoner's High School Little Chalfont	Girls	1.6 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Sisters of pupils, living outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 3.39 miles Caveats on the school page	Sometimes For September 2026 entry, girls outside the catchment area are only reached after all catchment girls; sisters of current pupils come first. In March 2026 only some sisters living outside the catchment area were offered places; in 2025 other girls were offered places up to 4.767 miles away.
John Hampden Grammar School High Wycombe	Boys	1.4 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Priority Area B (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 11.49 miles Caveats on the school page	Sometimes For September 2026 entry, boys outside the priority areas come after those inside them. In 2025 boys outside were offered places up to 15.859 miles; in 2026 places ran out within Priority Area B.
Royal Latin School Buckingham	Mixed	1.7 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 6.99 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, after all qualified children in the catchment area, places go to brothers and sisters of pupils, pupil premium children and then others by distance. In March 2026 places reached children living up to 6.993 miles away.
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Aylesbury	Mixed	1.4 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 13.82 miles Pupil premium or free school meals, scoring 110–120 (6 extra places): furthest distance offered 1.53 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, after all qualified children in the catchment area, places go to children from anywhere by distance. In March 2026 these reached children living up to 13.82 miles away.
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Marlow	Mixed	1.8 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Inside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 3.12 miles Caveats on the school page	Sometimes For September 2026 entry, children outside the catchment area are only offered places after all catchment children. This happened in 2025 (up to 3.327 miles) but not in 2021–2024 or 2026, when places ran out inside the catchment area.
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe	Boys	1.2 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Outside catchment (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 13.52 miles Caveats on the school page	Yes For September 2026 entry, after all qualified boys in the catchment area, places go to boys from anywhere by distance. In March 2026 these reached boys living up to 13.52 miles away (only 3.828 miles in 2025).
Wycombe High School High Wycombe	Girls	1.4 (2026)	Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (for Sept 2026 entry)	Sept 2026 entry Catchment Area B (places offered on distance): furthest distance offered 8.05 miles Caveats on the school page	Sometimes For September 2026 entry, girls outside Areas A and B are offered places by distance only after all girls in both areas. This happened in 2022–2025 (up to 12.279 miles in 2025) but not in 2026, when places ran out in Area B.

A qualifying score makes a child eligible; places then go by each school's oversubscription rules (often distance, catchment or score order), so the lowest score offered can be well above it. Offer data shows the last child offered a place in each group in that intake; it does not mean every child at that score or distance got a place. First choices per place: DfE applications and offers (official), latest intake. Qualifying scores, offer data and catchment rules: research, with sources and caveats on each school's page. "–" means not yet available.