Bucks 11+ Glossary: Key Terms Explained
Every term, acronym, and concept you will encounter when preparing for the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test — clearly explained for parents.
12 questions across all four domains — instant GL-style score and readiness band. No account needed.
All Terms (A–Z)
The statistical adjustment applied to raw scores to account for a child's exact age, ensuring fairness across the year group.
The recorded voice that directs children through the Secondary Transfer Test — a distinctive feature many children find surprising.
The informal geographic area from which a school tends to draw most of its pupils, based on historic distance cut-offs.
An assessment designed to identify specific strengths and weaknesses across the four 11+ domains, to focus preparation.
The straight-line distance from a child's home to the school, used as the final tiebreaker in grammar school admissions.
The reading and inference domain of the Bucks 11+, based on a passage with multiple-choice questions.
The educational assessment company that produces the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test.
A child in the care of a local authority — given highest admissions priority at all grammar schools.
The maths domain of the Bucks 11+, covering KS2 and early KS3 topics under timed, multiple-choice conditions.
The date in March when Year 7 secondary school place offers are released to families across England.
The domain testing pattern recognition, spatial awareness, and logical thinking using shapes rather than words.
An event held by grammar schools where prospective families can visit, ask questions, and learn about the school.
The rules used to allocate grammar school places when more children qualify than places are available.
Published past or specimen test papers used by children to practise the 11+ format under realistic conditions.
The minimum standardised score of 121 required for grammar school eligibility in Buckinghamshire.
The total number of correct answers across both papers of the Secondary Transfer Test, before age standardisation.
The form submitted by parents to apply for Year 7 school places after the 11+ result is known.
The Buckinghamshire 11+ entrance exam, produced by GL Assessment, sat by Year 6 children in September.
The ability to mentally manipulate and reason about shapes and objects in space — tested within the NVR domain.
An age-adjusted score that allows fair comparison between children of different ages in the same year group.
The consortium of all 13 state grammar schools in Buckinghamshire that jointly administers the Secondary Transfer Test.
One of the four domains of the Bucks 11+, testing language logic through word relationships, codes, and analogies.