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Bexley Selection Test 2025

Important dates

If your child is starting secondary school in September 2026, here are the important dates you need to know.

Late registrations will not be accepted.

Registration opens1 May 2025
Registration closes31 May 2025 midnight
Bexley Test for pupils who attend a primary school administering the test.Tuesday 9 September 2025
Bexley Test - for all other pupils8 to 11 September 2025
Results DayTBC

All registered children will be invited to attend one of these sessions, either at their own school or at one of the four grammar school test centres.

All parents/carers who register their child for the test will be sent a link to the Selection Test Familiarisation Guide.

Bexley Grammar Schools (Test centres)

Beths Grammar School (boys), Bexley Grammar School (mixed), Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (mixed), and Townley Grammar School (girls).

There will be two test papers containing a mixture of questions on verbal reasoning, comprehension, non-verbal reasoning, and mathematical reasoning. Each paper will be divided into timed sections, and full instructions will be given. All questions are multiple-choice, and all answers are marked on a separate machine-readable answer sheet.

There will also be a short break between the two test papers.

Schools that manage their own test

There are schools inside and outside of Bexley that manage their own test. A list of these schools can be found below:

School
Barnehurst Junior School
Barrington Primary School
Bedonwell Junior School
Belmont Academy
Belvedere Junior School
Benedict House Preparatory School
Birkbeck Primary School
Bishop Ridley CE Primary School
Brampton Primary Academy
Breaside Preparatory School
Burnt Oak Junior School
Bursted Wood Primary School
Castilion Primary School
Crook Log Primary School
Danson Primary School
Days Lane Primary School
Dulverton Primary School
East Wickham Primary Academy
Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy (previously Eastcote Primary Academy)
Fairford Academy Barnehurst
Foster's Primary School
Gravel Hill Primary School
Haberdashers’ Slade Green Primary
Heronsgate Primary School
Hillsgrove Primary School
Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Hook Lane Primary School
Hurst Primary School
Joydens Wood Junior School
Lessness Heath Primary School
Longlands Primary School
Mayplace Primary School
Merton Court School
Northumberland Heath Primary School
Old Bexley CE Primary School
Orchard Primary School
Parkway Primary School
Peareswood Primary School
Pelham Primary School
Red Hill Primary School
Royal Park Primary Academy
Sherwood Park Primary School
St Michael’s East Wickham CE Primary School
St Olave's Prep School
St Paulinus CE Primary School
Upland Primary School
Upton Primary School
West Lodge Preparatory School