Area guide · England
Slough Consortium: how it works and its 4 schools
Unverified: the dates and scores on this page come from desk research of council, school and test organiser pages (medium 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 5 June 2026
- Test date
- 19 September 2026
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- 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
Registration 10am 1 May to 10am 5 June (official St Bernard's page). Test Saturday 19 Sep (one table says 10 Sep, conflicts). Results mid-October (one table 9 Oct, unconfirmed). Schools: Herschel, Langley, St Bernard's, Upton Court.
Sources: st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/2913/year-7-admissions-2027-entry, st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/3033/year-7-admissions-2028-entry, cognito.org. Statutory dates: School Admissions Code.
Schools
| School | Gender | First choices per place | Qualifying score | Latest published offer data | Children from outside the catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herschel Grammar School Slough | Mixed | 0.8 (2026) | – | Sept 2025 entry
| Yes Places beyond the radius group are offered on rank score (down to 116 for 2025 entry). |
| Langley Grammar School Langley | Mixed | 2.0 (2026) | – | Sept 2025 entry
| Sometimes Priority Area 2 and 3 applicants are admitted in rank-score order after the Area 1 allocation. 2025 entry: Area 2 down to 118. |
| St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Slough | Mixed | 1.2 (2026) | – | – | – |
| Upton Court Grammar School Slough | Mixed | 1.2 (2026) | – | – | Yes For September 2026 entry, children can apply from anywhere; most places go by test score, and the last places by distance from the school. |
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.