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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Beaconsfield High School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield High School is a girls' grammar school in Buckinghamshire, offering 180 Year 7 places annually. It uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entry, and there is no interview stage. Candidates should aim for 75%+ in practice tests to be competitive for admission.
If your daughter wants to be stretched and would rather be in the thick of school life than watch it from the edge, Beaconsfield High School is built for her. Known fondly to its pupils as Becky High, it is a girls' grammar in the Buckinghamshire town of Beaconsfield, taking around 1,100 girls aged eleven to eighteen, with admission via the county's eleven-plus. Its Latin motto — Disciplina et Doctrina, discipline and learning — signals something real about the place: structure and curiosity here are not in tension but in partnership.
The school sets out to develop girls who are curious in thought, courageous in action and confident in themselves, which sounds like prospectus language until you look at how it actually operates. It is academically demanding, but it pays close attention to how girls feel while they are there — wellbeing is taken seriously rather than gestured at. Life outside the classroom is full, the community is warm, and girls leave with a genuine appetite for responsibility rather than simply a clutch of good grades.
For a bright, motivated daughter who wants to be known, pushed and trusted — this is a school that expects a great deal and gives a great deal back.
Key facts
Admissions
Admissions contact
enquiries@beaconsfieldhigh.bucks.sch.uk
Admissions phone
01494 673043
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
English
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Sentence Completion
- Spelling
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Magic squares
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Number Walls
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Extended Figure Series
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Operations
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Most Like Three Figures
- Most Like Two Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Triangle Series
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Calculations
- Letter Codes
- Letter Grids
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Number Analogies
- Number Calculations
- Number Sequences
- Related Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Combining Shapes
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Shape Completion
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
In 2025 students achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 75.9 across their GCSEs. 99.4% gained a grade 5 or better in both English and Maths. 69.8% achieved the English Baccalaureate at grade 5 or above.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
A-level results
In 2025 students achieved a B+ average grade per A-Level entry. 29.9% gained AAB or better including two facilitating subjects.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Beaconsfield High School use for the 11+?
Beaconsfield High School uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entrance exam.
What is the 11+ pass mark for Beaconsfield High School?
While an official pass mark isn't stated, candidates should aim for 75%+ in practice tests to be competitive for entry.
Does Beaconsfield High School interview as part of the 11+?
No, Beaconsfield High School does not include an interview stage in its 11+ admissions process.
Is Beaconsfield High School co-educational or single-sex?
Beaconsfield High School is a single-sex grammar school for girls aged 11 to 18.
What is Beaconsfield High School's website?
The official website for Beaconsfield High School is https://www.beaconsfieldhigh.school/.
How many Year 7 places are available at Beaconsfield High School?
There are 180 places available for Year 7 students at Beaconsfield High School each year.
How do you get a place at Beaconsfield High School?
First a child needs to reach the required standard in the Bucks secondary transfer test, sat in Sept of Year 6, or be passed at Selection Review. Qualifying does not guarantee a place. If more girls qualify than there are places, priority goes in order: looked-after and previously looked-after girls; Pupil Premium girls in catchment; a small group of near-miss Pupil Premium girls in catchment; sisters of girls at the school living in catchment; children of staff; other in-catchment girls by distance; then sisters out of catchment and other out-of-catchment girls by distance.
What happens if my child is ill on 11+ test day at Beaconsfield High School?
The test is run by Buckinghamshire Council, so the illness rules are theirs. If your child is absent on test day, contact the council with evidence within three working days. Without a supported explanation she would be withdrawn from testing, so it is worth doing promptly. If she starts a paper but becomes too unwell to finish, she cannot re-sit that paper later. Access arrangements such as extra time or short breaks can be requested in advance by her primary headteacher where they match her normal way of working.
Location
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