Schools / Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School is a co-educational selective grammar school in Sidcup, Bexley, educating around 1,600 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry to Year 7 is through the Bexley Selection Test; children deemed selective become eligible, and the 180 highest scorers across the borough are guaranteed a grammar school place.
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Bexley Selection Test (single test for all four Bexley grammars); papers provided by Quest Assessments.
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Set by Quest Assessments (produced in partnership with Atom Learning)
Bexley Selection Test (single test for all four Bexley grammars); papers provided by Quest Assessments.
10391 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: Mid-September of Year 6 (September 2027)
Results: October 2027 — Bexley notifies parents whether their child is deemed selective
Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Test: Mid-September of Year 6 (September 2026)
Results: October 2026 — Bexley notifies parents whether their child is deemed selective
Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
No catchment — open competition
Children deemed selective in the Bexley Selection Test become eligible for a Bexley grammar place, and the 180 highest scorers across the borough are guaranteed one. Allocation otherwise follows each school’s criteria, principally distance after the statutory priorities.
| Entry year | Qualifying score | Notes & source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No fixed score: children are “deemed selective” against a standard set each year by the Council with the four grammar schools; the 180 highest scorers are guaranteed a grammar school place | Bexley Council figures for September 2026 entry: 5,866 children sat the test and 2,070 were deemed selective, for 800 grammar school places across the four Bexley grammar schools. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 |
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Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 75.6; 98.9% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 41.22 (average grade B); 27.2% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 76; 97.4% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 41.49 (average grade B)
DfE performance tables
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Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 · official source · checked 2026-10-28
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