This school participates in the Bexley Co-ordinated Secondary School Admissions Scheme and the application process dates will be those set out in that scheme.
Only pupils who have sat the Bexley Selection Test and who are deemed selective will be eligible to be considered for entry to the school.
The number of intended admissions for the year commencing September is 192 at age 11.
The London Borough of Bexley organises the delivery of the Bexley Selection Test. The testing week for entry was week commencing 12th September and for entry the dates are likely to be at the beginning of September.
The total score that pupils have to achieve to be deemed selective will be set by the Selection Panel, a panel of officers and Headteachers. Parents of pupils not deemed selective may express a preference for a place at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School and may then use their statutory right of appeal against a decision not to offer a place at that school.
Children who will start at secondary school in September would usually sit the Bexley selection tests in September when they are in Year 6 of primary school. Those deemed selective can be considered for a place at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School.
Parents and carers must register online in May/June of Year 5 via the Bexley Borough website including children who are attending primary schools in Bexley.
The Bexley test consists of two test papers with a mixture of questions on verbal reasoning and comprehension, non-verbal reasoning and mathematical reasoning. Each paper will be divided into timed sections, and instructions will be given on an audio soundtrack. Most questions are multiple choice, and all answers are marked on a separate machine-readable answer sheet. There will be a short break between the two test papers.
All parents who register their child for the test will be sent a link to practice questions and a familiarisation booklet. The test provider, CEM, does not sell past papers or practice books
Selection Tests for Children Already at Secondary School A ‘casual’ or 'in-year' admission is when a student is admitted to the school, outside of the normal secondary transfer period (when a student enters the school from Year 6 into Year 7).
For a child to be considered for a place at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, they must have been deemed selective in the Bexley Selection Tests. All parents of students wishing to apply for a place, at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, whether they live in Bexley or in a neighbouring local authority, must complete a ‘In-Year Secondary Application Form for Grammar Schools’ available below or ‘Bexley In Year Secondary School Application Form’ from the London Borough of Bexley website .
Important:
If you reside in the Bexley borough and your child is currently not enroled at a school for safeguarding reasons you must also contact the London Borough of Bexley who will coordinate school admissions
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