How to apply to Bexley Grammar School
Bexley Grammar School is selective, so your child needs to sit the 11+ test to be considered for a place.
You register your child for the Bexley Selection Test online with the London Borough of Bexley during its registration window. Children at Bexley primary schools that act as test centres usually sit it at school; other children sit it at one of the four grammar schools.
Once you have your child's result, you apply by naming Bexley Grammar School on your common application form, which goes to your home local authority. For September 2028 entry the deadline is Sunday 31 October 2027. As it falls on a Sunday, you may find it easier to submit your form in the days before.
Reaching the qualifying score makes your child eligible, but it doesn't guarantee a place. If more qualifying children apply than there are places, the school uses its oversubscription criteria, set out further down this page.
What will my child be tested on?
The Bexley Selection Test is run by the London Borough of Bexley and used by all four Bexley grammar schools: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Grammar School, Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School and Townley Grammar School. Your child only sits it once to be considered for any of them.
The test is provided by Quest Assessments, one of several companies that set 11+ tests for schools and councils. Both the London Borough of Bexley and the Quest Assessments parent guidance page for the test name Quest as the provider.
Your child sits two paper assessments in one session, with a short break between them. They're non-adaptive, so the questions don't change depending on how your child answers. Each paper lasts around 50 minutes, plus time for instructions, and the whole session takes two and a half to three hours. Paper one covers verbal ability and English comprehension, and paper two covers numerical reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. All questions are multiple choice, usually with five options (A to E). The school says all answers are marked on a separate machine-readable answer sheet. All working out is done in the test booklet, as no rough paper is given.
Scores are age-standardised and weighted: 50% comes from verbal ability, 25% from numerical reasoning and 25% from non-verbal reasoning. Bexley Council says the average weighted total is 200. Each child is either deemed selective or not deemed selective, and a selective result doesn't guarantee a place.
All questions about the test, including registration and results, go to the London Borough of Bexley at selectiontests@bexley.gov.uk. Quest Assessments doesn't answer individual enquiries from parents.
Bexley Grammar School is named on the Quest Assessments parent guidance page for the Bexley Selection Test, which sets out the test format and links to the official familiarisation materials. Read our guide to the Quest Admissions exam for what the test looks like and how it's marked.
The table below shows what each paper covers.
