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Younger children in the year group receive a small compensating uplift when marks are standardised, so a summer-born child is not penalised for being nearly a year younger than the oldest in their class. The uplift is applied to each paper, then the papers are combined.
Illustration only, not a real conversion: imagine two children who answer the same number of questions correctly, one born in September and one the following August. Their standardised scores would not be the same. The younger child's mark is adjusted upward. The exact size of that adjustment is not published by the exam boards, so we do not show a number.
Here is the honest bit. No calculator can turn a practice raw mark into a real standardised score. Standardisation depends on your child's age and on how the whole cohort performed on that specific paper, and those conversion tables are not published. Anyone who gives you an exact number is guessing.
What a practice score is genuinely good for: spotting which topics need work, and tracking progress as your child improves over the weeks.
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What is age standardisation?
Children in the same school year can be almost a full year apart in age. The oldest were born just after the start of the school year; the youngest, near the end of it. At ten and eleven, eleven months is a meaningful difference in development, so a raw mark from a summer-born child and an autumn-born child are not really like for like.
Age standardisation corrects for this. Each child's raw mark is adjusted according to their age in years and months on the day they sat the test, with younger children receiving a proportionally larger uplift. The result is that children are compared against others of the same age, not simply against everyone in the year.
Two honest points to hold onto. The adjustment is applied to each paper, and the papers are then combined. And the exact size of the uplift, how many points a given number of months is worth, is not something the exam boards publish. Anyone showing you a precise "points per month" figure is estimating, not quoting an official table.
The honest way to move a score is method-first practice.
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Start practising for freeDoes your area publish its pass mark?
Choose your region to see whether a figure is officially published, the source, and when we checked.
Not sure your area is here? The systems vary a lot across the country. Your area's official admissions guidance is the definitive source, and our 11+ area guide can help you find it.
Kent Test (KCC / PESE)
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For 2026 (using the 2025 threshold) entry, kent.gov.uk (Kent Test results) gives a combined standardised score of 332, with no single paper below 108 (Skinners' School sets its own bar 40 points higher).
Source: kent.gov.uk (Kent Test results). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (STT)
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For the current cycle, buckinghamshire.gov.uk (secondary transfer test results) gives a qualifying score of 121.
Source: buckinghamshire.gov.uk (secondary transfer test results). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowLincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools (LCGS) 11+
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For 2026-27 entry, kevigs.org (King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, admissions FAQs) gives a combined standardised score of 220 across the verbal and non-verbal reasoning papers (set to identify roughly the most able 25% of children).
Source: kevigs.org (King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, admissions FAQs). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowTrafford Grammar Schools Consortium
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For 2027 entry, stretfordgrammar.com (admissions FAQs) gives a standardised score of 334.
Source: stretfordgrammar.com (admissions FAQs). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowSlough Consortium of Grammar Schools
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For September 2027 entry, herschel.slough.sch.uk (Year 7 admissions 2027) gives a standardised eligibility score of 111.
Source: herschel.slough.sch.uk (Year 7 admissions 2027). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowKendrick School (Reading, girls' grammar)
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For 2026 entry, kendrick.reading.sch.uk (admissions, Sept 2026) gives a standardised score of 99.00, or 94.00 for children eligible for pupil premium, from a service family, or in care.
Source: kendrick.reading.sch.uk (admissions, Sept 2026). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowWest Midlands Grammar Schools Partnership Entrance Test
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For 2026 entry, kingedwardvifoundation.co.uk (results and offers) gives a qualifying score of 205, or 224 for priority (this applies to the 8 King Edward VI Foundation schools only; the other 11 schools in the partnership are unconfirmed).
Source: kingedwardvifoundation.co.uk (results and offers). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowNewstead Wood School - own VR/NVR selection test
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For September 2026 entry, newsteadwood.co.uk (Admission Policy 2026-27) gives a required standard of 210 marks (the school lowers this only if too few children reach it, to fill its 168 places).
Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (Admission Policy 2026-27). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowSt Joseph's College (Trent Vale) 11+ Entrance Test
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For September 2026 entry, stjosephstrentvale.com (Admissions policy PDF, 2026/27) gives an age-adjusted score of 105 (the same figure appears in both the 2025-26 and 2026-27 admissions policies).
Source: stjosephstrentvale.com (Admissions policy PDF, 2026/27). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowQueen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (QE Boys)
Yes, this area publishes a qualifying figure. For the current cycle, qebarnet.co.uk (secondary transfer entrance test FAQs) gives a combined score of 225 (a figure of 220 circulates on tutor sites but is not the official one).
Source: qebarnet.co.uk (secondary transfer entrance test FAQs). Checked 17 August 2026.
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
See this area in the full list belowSouth Wilts Grammar School (own 11+ test)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The score is combined with other admissions criteria, so a single published figure would not tell the full story.
See this area in the full list belowDorset/BCP Grammar Schools Consortium (11+)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The score is combined with other admissions criteria, so a single published figure would not tell the full story.
Note for this consortium: it is moving from GL Assessment to Quest Assessments from the September 2027 test, for September 2028 entry. Tests sat in autumn 2026, for 2027 entry, are still GL. The scoring explanations on this page describe GL tests. For Quest, check the consortium's official guidance.
See this area in the full list belowGloucestershire Grammar Schools Consortium (11+)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowCSSE (Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The score is combined with other admissions criteria, so a single published figure would not tell the full story.
See this area in the full list belowSouth West Herts Schools Consortium - Academic Ability Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowMedway Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowRedbridge 11+ (shared GL test for Ilford County High School and Woodford County High School)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The score is combined with other admissions criteria, so a single published figure would not tell the full story.
See this area in the full list belowSEAG Entrance Assessment (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The standard is set by a child's position relative to the cohort (a percentile) rather than a fixed pass mark, so there is no single pass-mark number to publish.
See this area in the full list belowSutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET) - Stage 1
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowSutton Grammar / Wilson's / Wallington County Grammar - Second Stage Entrance Examination
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowNonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Here a child must clear a qualifying standard, but that standard is agreed after the papers are marked each year, not fixed in advance.
See this area in the full list belowWirral Grammar Schools Consortium
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Here a child must clear a qualifying standard, but that standard is agreed after the papers are marked each year, not fixed in advance.
See this area in the full list belowTorbay Consortium 11+
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowPlymouth Consortium 11+
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The score is combined with other admissions criteria, so a single published figure would not tell the full story.
See this area in the full list belowBexley Selection Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowBishop Wordsworth's School (own 11+ test)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowChelmsford County High School for Girls (CCHS) - FSCE Entrance Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowClitheroe Royal Grammar School - Entrance Exam
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowColyton Grammar School (own 11+ test)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowDame Alice Owen's School - Governors' Entrance Examination (academic route)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowErmysted's Grammar School - Year 7 Admissions Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowHalifax Grammar Schools Entrance Test (Crossley Heath + North Halifax Grammar)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Here a child must clear a qualifying standard, but that standard is agreed after the papers are marked each year, not fixed in advance.
See this area in the full list belowHeckmondwike Grammar School - Entrance Exam
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Here a child must clear a qualifying standard, but that standard is agreed after the papers are marked each year, not fixed in advance.
See this area in the full list belowLancaster Girls' Grammar School - Year 7 Entrance Test
We could not confirm this area either way. We checked its official admissions pages and found neither a published figure nor an official statement that there is no fixed mark, so we are not guessing. Until we can verify it directly, treat the standard as one that depends on each year's cohort and the places available, and take the area's own admissions guidance as the definitive source. We will update this as soon as we can confirm it.
See this area in the full list belowLancaster Royal Grammar School - Entrance Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowLoreto Grammar School - Governors' Entrance Exam
We could not confirm this area either way. We checked its official admissions pages and found neither a published figure nor an official statement that there is no fixed mark, so we are not guessing. Until we can verify it directly, treat the standard as one that depends on each year's cohort and the places available, and take the area's own admissions guidance as the definitive source. We will update this as soon as we can confirm it.
See this area in the full list belowQueen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith - Entrance Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowReading School (boys' grammar)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowRipon Grammar School - Year 7 Entrance Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowSkipton Girls' High School - Entrance Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowSt Michael's Catholic Grammar School
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowSt Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School - own 2-stage test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowThe Henrietta Barnett School
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowThe Latymer School (Edmonton, Enfield)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowThe Liverpool Blue Coat School - Entrance Test
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowThe Tiffin Girls' School (Kingston)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowTiffin School (Kingston) - Boys' Grammar
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
Places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
See this area in the full list belowWeald of Kent Grammar School Assessment (alternative to Kent Test)
This area does not publish a pass mark. The standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available, so there is no single fixed number to set in advance.
The standard is set by a child's position relative to the cohort (a percentile) rather than a fixed pass mark, so there is no single pass-mark number to publish.
See this area in the full list belowOnly 10 of the 48 UK 11+ areas we checked publish a pass mark.
Checked 17 August 2026. Most areas cannot publish a figure in advance, because the standard depends on how each year's children perform and how many places are available.
The 10 areas that publish a figure
Kent Test (KCC / PESE)
PublishedA combined standardised score of 332, with no single paper below 108 (Skinners' School sets its own bar 40 points higher).
Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (STT)
PublishedA qualifying score of 121.
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools (LCGS) 11+
PublishedA combined standardised score of 220 across the verbal and non-verbal reasoning papers (set to identify roughly the most able 25% of children).
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium
PublishedA standardised score of 334.
Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools
PublishedA standardised eligibility score of 111.
Kendrick School (Reading, girls' grammar)
PublishedA standardised score of 99.00, or 94.00 for children eligible for pupil premium, from a service family, or in care.
West Midlands Grammar Schools Partnership Entrance Test
PublishedA qualifying score of 205, or 224 for priority (this applies to the 8 King Edward VI Foundation schools only; the other 11 schools in the partnership are unconfirmed).
Newstead Wood School - own VR/NVR selection test
PublishedA required standard of 210 marks (the school lowers this only if too few children reach it, to fill its 168 places).
St Joseph's College (Trent Vale) 11+ Entrance Test
PublishedAn age-adjusted score of 105 (the same figure appears in both the 2025-26 and 2026-27 admissions policies).
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (QE Boys)
PublishedA combined score of 225 (a figure of 220 circulates on tutor sites but is not the official one).
Remember: a published figure applies to a specific year and can change as each year's cohort and number of places change.
2 areas we could not confirm either way
We could not confirm this area either way. We checked its official admissions pages and found neither a published figure nor an official statement that there is no fixed mark, so we are not guessing. Until we can verify it directly, treat the standard as one that depends on each year's cohort and the places available, and take the area's own admissions guidance as the definitive source. We will update this as soon as we can confirm it.
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School - Year 7 Entrance Test · Source: lggs.org.uk (Year 7 admissions)
Loreto Grammar School - Governors' Entrance Exam · Source: loretogrammar.co.uk (entry Sept 2026)
The 36 areas that do not publish a pass mark
This is not secrecy. In most of these areas the cut-off only exists once the papers have been marked, so there is no number to publish in advance.
Ranked from the top · 25 areas
In these areas, places are offered from the highest scores downward, so the effective cut-off is only known after the test.
- Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Consortium (11+)gloucestershire.gov.uk (Pate's & Denmark Road determined arrangements, 2026)
- South West Herts Schools Consortium - Academic Ability Testswhertsschools.org.uk (FAQ & academic ability test)
- Medway Testmedway.gov.uk (Medway Test 11+)
- Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET) - Stage 1suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk (admissions FAQs)
- Sutton Grammar / Wilson's / Wallington County Grammar - Second Stage Entrance Examinationsuttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk (admissions FAQs)
- Torbay Consortium 11+torbay.gov.uk (TBGS allocations); tbgs.co.uk (admissions policy)
- Bexley Selection Testbexleygs.co.uk (admissions policy)
- Bishop Wordsworth's School (own 11+ test)bishopwordsworths.org.uk (Admissions Policy 2027-28)
- Chelmsford County High School for Girls (CCHS) - FSCE Entrance Testcchs.co.uk (Admissions Policy)
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar School - Entrance Examcrgs.org.uk (Admissions Handbook 2027)
- Colyton Grammar School (own 11+ test)colytongrammar.com (Year 7 Admissions Policy 2027-28)
- Dame Alice Owen's School - Governors' Entrance Examination (academic route)damealiceowens.herts.sch.uk (entrance exam information)
- Ermysted's Grammar School - Year 7 Admissions Testermysteds.uk (2027-28 Admissions Policy)
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School - Entrance Testlrgs.org.uk (11+ Admissions Booklet 2027)
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith - Entrance Testqegspenrith.education (Admission Policy 2027-2028)
- Reading School (boys' grammar)reading-school.co.uk (Year 7 entry)
- Ripon Grammar School - Year 7 Entrance Testripongrammar.co.uk (Year 7 Admission Policy)
- Skipton Girls' High School - Entrance Testsghs.org.uk (Admissions Policy, 2027 entry)
- St Michael's Catholic Grammar Schoolst-michaels.barnet.sch.uk (Admissions Policy 2026-27)
- St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School - own 2-stage testsaintolaves.net (admissions FAQ)
- The Henrietta Barnett Schoolhbschool.org.uk (Admissions, 2027-28 policy)
- The Latymer School (Edmonton, Enfield)thelatymerschool.org.uk (admissions FAQ)
- The Liverpool Blue Coat School - Entrance Testbluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk (Admissions Policy, Year 7 entry Sept 2027)
- The Tiffin Girls' School (Kingston)tiffingirls.org (admissions, Year 7, 2027 entry)
- Tiffin School (Kingston) - Boys' Grammartiffinschool.co.uk (Admissions Policy, 2027-28)
Score plus other criteria · 5 areas
In these areas, the score is combined with other admissions criteria, so a single published figure would not tell the full story.
- South Wilts Grammar School (own 11+ test)swgs.wilts.sch.uk (admissions policy)
- Dorset/BCP Grammar Schools Consortium (11+)poolegrammar.com / parkstone.poole.sch.uk (admissions policy 2026); BCP Council scheme 2027-28
- CSSE (Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex)csse.org.uk
- Redbridge 11+ (shared GL test for Ilford County High School and Woodford County High School)redbridge.gov.uk (Redbridge 11+); ichs.org.uk (admissions)
- Plymouth Consortium 11+plymouth.gov.uk (determined admission arrangements)
Qualifying standard, set after marking · 4 areas
In these areas, a child must clear a qualifying standard, but that standard is agreed after the papers are marked each year, not fixed in advance.
- Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE)wallingtongirls.org.uk (NWSSEE page)
- Wirral Grammar Schools Consortiumwirral.gov.uk (school admissions)
- Halifax Grammar Schools Entrance Test (Crossley Heath + North Halifax Grammar)crossleyheath.org.uk (admissions, Sept 2026 entry)
- Heckmondwike Grammar School - Entrance Examheckgrammar.co.uk (Admission Arrangements 2027)
Percentile bands · 2 areas
In these areas, the standard is set by a child's position relative to the cohort (a percentile) rather than a fixed pass mark, so there is no single pass-mark number to publish.
- SEAG Entrance Assessment (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group)seagni.co.uk (guidance FAQs)
- Weald of Kent Grammar School Assessment (alternative to Kent Test)wealdofkent.kent.sch.uk (Admissions Policy 2027/2028, Appendix 1)
Whether a threshold exists at all depends on how your area allocates places. Areas that set a fixed qualifying score can publish it. Areas that rank children and fill places from the top have no fixed number to publish, because the effective cut-off only emerges once every child has sat the test. Areas that combine the score with other criteria may not report a single figure at all.
Rather than repeat forum folklore or a single out-of-date number presented as national fact, the lookup below tells you honestly, area by area, whether a figure is officially published, who publishes it, and when we last checked. Where nothing is published, it says so plainly, and gives the reason.
If you are unsure which system your area uses, your tutor, if you have one, will usually know your local arrangements well, and your area's official admissions guidance is the definitive source.
Prep for the test your area actually sets.
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Practise for freeIs there a pass mark for the 11+?
This surprises a lot of parents, because "pass mark" sounds like it should be a fixed line. In reality, in many areas the standard moves each year. If more children apply, or the cohort does better than usual, the effective bar shifts. The number of places is fixed, but the competition for them is not.
Some areas do set and publish a qualifying standardised score. Others rank children and offer places from the top down, so the effective cut-off is only known after the fact. And some combine the test with other criteria, such as catchment or a written element, so a single score never tells the whole story.
The practical takeaway is calm rather than alarming: chasing a specific magic number is usually the wrong goal. Steady, well-understood preparation that lifts your child's actual ability is what helps, whatever this year's standard turns out to be. If you want the fuller picture, the complete guide to 11+ pass marks walks through how the standard is set.
How is the 11+ score calculated?
The raw mark, the number of questions answered correctly, is only the starting point. Two things then happen to it. First, the mark is adjusted for your child's age in years and months, so a younger child is not penalised for being nearly a year younger than the oldest in their year group. Second, the marks across the cohort are put on a common scale so that scores from different papers, and different children, can be compared fairly.
That common scale is the standardised score. It is centred on an average of 100, and most children fall somewhere in the band around it. About two-thirds of children score between 85 and 115. The scale usually runs from about 69 up to about 141, though some tests report on a slightly different band, so treat those endpoints as the common case rather than a fixed national law.
This is why a raw percentage, on its own, tells you less than parents expect. A "good" number of marks on a hard paper and the same number on an easy paper do not mean the same thing once the whole cohort is taken into account. The standardised score is what makes the comparison fair.
What is a good 11+ standardised score?
A standardised score is not the number of questions your child got right, and it is not a percentage. It is the rescaled number the 11+ actually reports: marks are adjusted for age and placed on a scale where 100 is the average for the year group. Most children score between 85 and 115, and the scale runs from about 69 to 141.
You will only have one of these if something has reported it: a mock exam provider, a practice report that uses the scale, or the real result letter. Home practice papers give you a mark and a percentage, not a standardised score.
Only have a practice mark, like 42 out of 50? That is normal at this stage, and it cannot honestly be converted into a standardised score. The practice marks section above explains what your mark can genuinely tell you.
No score yet? Use the slider anyway. Drag it to see how the scale works and what any score would mean on results day.
A number from 69 to 141, taken from a report that uses this scale.
Not for percentages or raw marks: 84% on a practice paper and a standardised score of 84 are different things, and one cannot be turned into the other.
Near the very top and bottom of the range the real distribution flattens, so treat extreme scores as approximate. And whether a score is "enough" depends on your area's system and that year's cohort. No fixed line exists nationally.
Where a standardised score sits, on a scale with an average of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Figures are rounded and approximate, and least exact at the very top and bottom of the range.
| Standardised score | Roughly this many in 100 children score lower |
|---|---|
| 70 | about 2 |
| 75 | about 5 |
| 80 | about 9 |
| 85 | about 16 |
| 90 | about 25 |
| 95 | about 37 |
| 100 | about 50 |
| 105 | about 63 |
| 110 | about 75 |
| 115 | about 84 |
| 120 | about 91 |
| 125 | about 95 |
| 130 | about 98 |
| 135 | about 99 |
| 140 | about 99 |
This shows how a typical mean-100, standard-deviation-15 standardised scale works. Individual test providers' scales can vary slightly, and no percentile tells you whether a score would secure a place. That depends on your area and that year's cohort.
It helps to think in terms of where a score sits, rather than whether it is "good" in the abstract. On a standardised scale with an average of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, the numbers map onto rough percentiles: 100 is the middle, around 115 is higher than roughly 84 in every 100 children, and around 85 is lower than most. About two-thirds of all children land between 85 and 115.
There is an important caveat near the very top and bottom of the range. Because the scale is bounded, the neat bell-curve maths flattens out at the extremes, so treat percentiles for very high or very low scores as approximate rather than exact.
And here is the part no percentile can tell you: whether a given score would secure a place. That depends on how many children applied, how they all performed, and how many places your area has that year. A score that is comfortably clear in one area, in one year, might be closer in another. The percentile shows you where your child sits among children their age. It does not, and cannot, set the bar for a specific school.
What this tool cannot tell you
This is the honest heart of the tool, so it is worth being clear about the boundary. No calculator, ours or anyone else's, can take a mark from a practice paper at home and produce the standardised score your child would get in the real exam. Three things stand in the way: your child's exact age, the difficulty of that particular paper, and how every other child performed on it. Only the exam board has all three, and they do not publish the tables that connect them.
That also means we will never show you a "your child would pass" or "would not qualify" message. It would not be honest, because the real standard is set by a cohort and a number of places that no home tool can see.
What a practice score is genuinely good for is spotting weak topics and tracking progress over time. That is where your energy is best spent, and it is exactly what steady practice with worked explanations is built to support.
How this tool works, and where the facts come from
This tool does three honest things. It works out your child's exam age from the date of birth and test date you enter, using ordinary date maths in your browser. It shows where a standardised score sits on a scale with an average of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, using standard statistics for that scale. And it looks up, area by area, whether a qualifying pass mark is officially published, with the source and the date we checked.
What it deliberately does not do is convert a practice mark into a real standardised score, or tell you whether a child would secure a place. Both depend on your child's age and on how the whole cohort performed on a specific paper, and the exam boards do not publish the tables that would make that possible. We would rather be useful and honest than precise and wrong.
The scoring facts on this page, the average of 100, the standard deviation of 15, the usual range of about 69 to 141, and how age standardisation works, are drawn from published GL Assessment methodology and established practitioner guidance. We present the endpoints as the common case, because some tests report on a slightly different band. The regional figures in the lookup are each officially sourced and dated: every published figure names the authority, the entry year it applies to, and the date we last checked it. Where an area publishes nothing, we say so, rather than repeat a number that is not official.
Nothing you type into this tool is sent anywhere or stored. All the calculations happen in your browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is 120 a good 11+ score?
On a standardised scale with an average of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, a score of 120 is higher than roughly 91 in every 100 children of the same age, so it is a strong result. Whether it is "enough" for a particular school is a different question, and one no score alone can answer. That depends on your area's system and how the whole cohort performed that year. In areas that fill places from the top down, the effective cut-off shifts each year.
What is the maximum 11+ score?
GL standardised scores are usually reported up to about 141 per paper, with the scale built around an average of 100. Some tests use a slightly different top figure, such as 140, so treat about 141 as the common case rather than a fixed universal maximum. A child at or near the top of the range has done extremely well relative to other children their age. Because the scale is bounded, very high scores all sit close together near the ceiling.
Can I convert a raw score to a standardised score?
No, not reliably, and this is worth being clear about. A raw mark cannot be turned into a real standardised score at home, because standardisation depends on your child's exact age and on how the whole cohort performed on that specific paper. The exam boards do not publish the conversion tables that link them. Anyone offering you an exact conversion is estimating. A practice mark is still useful for spotting weak topics and tracking progress, which is where it earns its keep.
How much does age adjustment change a score?
Younger children in the year group receive a proportionally larger uplift, so a summer-born child is not penalised for being nearly a year younger than the oldest in their class. The exact size of the adjustment, how many points a given number of months is worth, is not published by the exam boards. Any precise "points per month" figure you see is an estimate, not an official table. What is reliable is the direction: younger children are compensated upward.
Why do pass marks change every year?
Because in many areas the standard is set by that year's competition, not by a fixed line. The qualifying standard depends on how many children applied, how the whole cohort performed, and how many places are available. If more children apply, or the cohort does better than usual, the effective bar can shift. The number of places is fixed, but the demand for them is not, so last year's number is a guide at best, never a guarantee.
Do all regions use the same scale?
Not exactly. Standardised scores across GL tests are generally built around an average of 100 with a standard deviation of 15, which is why the percentile view on this page is broadly useful. But areas differ in how they combine the papers: some weight the subjects equally, others give maths or English more pull, and some use a subject only as a tie-break. How the papers are combined is set by your region, not by a national rule, so always check your own area's arrangements.
What is age standardisation on the 11+?
It is the step that adjusts each child's mark for their exact age in years and months on the test day. Children in the same school year can be almost a year apart in age, which matters at ten and eleven. Standardisation compares each child against others of the same age rather than against the whole year group, with younger children receiving a compensating uplift. It is applied to each paper, and the papers are then combined.
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