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type: "Collection Page"
title: "11+ Exams by Area: Kent, Bucks, Sutton, Essex and More"
description: "Find the 11+ guide for your area or school: Kent, Bucks, Sutton SET, Essex CSSE, Medway, Trafford, Redbridge, Northern Ireland, ISEB and more."
resource: https://pip11plus.com/11-plus-exams
tags: ["11+", "pip"]
timestamp: 2026-10-13T19:42:37Z
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# 11+ Exams by Area and Entrance Test

Find the guide for your child’s test. Each page explains the format, the key dates where available, and what to practise. We link to the existing guide, not a copied version.

**Start here:** schools and test groups can change rules and dates. Use the school or council website as the final word. These guides help you understand the next step.

## Grammar school entrance tests

## Kent Test

Kent grammar school test guide and practice.

[Read the Kent Test guide →](https://pip11plus.com/kent-test-11-plus-explained)

## Buckinghamshire Transfer Test

How the Bucks test works and how to prepare.

[Read the Buckinghamshire Transfer Test guide →](https://pip11plus.com/bucks-transfer-test-11-plus-explained)

## Sutton SET

Shared first-stage test for several Sutton grammar schools.

[Read the Sutton SET guide →](https://pip11plus.com/sutton-set-11-plus-explained)

## GL Assessment

What GL-style 11+ tests can include.

[Read the GL Assessment guide →](https://pip11plus.com/gl-assessment-11-plus-explained)

## CSSE

Essex consortium grammar-school test guide.

[Read the CSSE guide →](https://pip11plus.com/csse-essex-11-plus-explained)

## FSCE

School-designed test with a creative writing paper, used by several grammar schools.

[Read the FSCE guide →](https://pip11plus.com/fsce-11-plus-explained)

## Trafford

GL reasoning test for 2027 entry, then FSCE English and maths from 2028 entry.

[Read the Trafford guide →](https://pip11plus.com/trafford-11-plus-explained)
[Trafford 11+ changes for 2028 and 2029 →](https://pip11plus.com/trafford-11-plus-changes-2028-2029)

## CEM (Cambridge)

The Cambridge test used in some areas, with a strong [vocabulary](https://pip11plus.com/ks2-games-arcade/11-plus-vocabulary-games/) focus.

[Read the CEM guide →](https://pip11plus.com/cem-cambridge-11-plus-explained)

## More areas and schools

## Medway Test

Medway grammar schools: separate English, maths and reasoning papers.

[Read the Medway Test guide and papers →](https://pip11plus.com/medway-test-11-plus-practice-papers)

## Redbridge

One shared test for Ilford County High and Woodford County High.

[Read the Redbridge 11+ guide →](https://pip11plus.com/redbridge-11-plus)

## Bromley

St Olave's, Newstead Wood and the nearby Bexley and Kent options.

[Read the Bromley 11+ guide →](https://pip11plus.com/bromley-grammar-schools)

## Birmingham

The shared test for the King Edward VI grammar schools.

[Read the Birmingham guide →](https://pip11plus.com/best-grammar-schools-in-birmingham)

## Lincolnshire

The Lincolnshire consortium test and what to practise.

[Read the Lincolnshire guide →](https://pip11plus.com/lincolnshire-11-plus-practice-papers-and-questions)

## Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire grammar school entry and practice.

[Read the Gloucestershire guide →](https://pip11plus.com/gloucestershire-11-plus-practice-papers-and-questions)

## Slough

The Slough Consortium test and what to practise.

[Read the Slough guide →](https://pip11plus.com/slough-consortium-11-plus-practice-papers-and-questions)

## Northern Ireland (SEAG)

The two-paper SEAG Entrance Assessment for Year 8 entry.

[Read the SEAG guide →](https://pip11plus.com/seag-transfer-test-northern-ireland)

Not sure which board sets your test? Read [11+ exam boards explained](https://pip11plus.com/11-plus-exam-types-explained) or check the [grammar school catchment checker](https://pip11plus.com/grammar-school-catchment-checker) for the schools near you.

## Independent-school entrance tests

## ISEB Common Pre-Test

Independent-school pre-test guide.

[Read the ISEB Common Pre-Test guide →](https://pip11plus.com/iseb-common-pre-test-explained)

## CAT4

How CAT4 works and where Pip can help.

[Read the CAT4 guide →](https://pip11plus.com/can-you-use-pip-11-plus-to-prepare-for-cat4)

## Build the skills behind many entrance tests

Pip gives short English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning practice. It does not copy a school’s own test.

[Download Pip on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/pip-11-practice/id6775690698) [Get Pip on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pip11plus.app) [Available at Amazon Appstore](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HKGJ4HTP)

![Pip practice hub](https://pip11plus.com/app-shots/pseo/pip-practice-hub.jpg)

## Not sure which test applies?

Start with the admissions page for each school on your list. Write down the test name, registration deadline, subjects and test date. Then choose the matching guide above.

## Quick links

[Grammar schools](https://pip11plus.com/grammar-schools) [Private schools](https://pip11plus.com/best-private-schools-uk) [All parent guides](https://pip11plus.com/info-hub) [Free tools](https://pip11plus.com/tools)