Burnham Grammar School
Burnham Grammar School is a mixed grammar school with 180 Year 7 places, taking children through the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test. A score of 121 qualifies, and places then follow its rules rather than the score. The Buckinghamshire grammar schools’ figures show 63% of its September 2026 places went to children living outside the county.
At a glance
- Where
- Burnham, Buckinghamshire
- Takes
- Mixed
- Year 7 places
- 180
- Applicants
- 978 for 2026 entry, about 5.4 for each place. This counts the times the school was named as a preference, not the number who sat the test.
Applicants figures aren’t counted the same way at every school, so they don’t compare from one school to another.
Admissions
The test
the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (GL Assessment), run by Buckinghamshire Council for The Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools (TBGS)
What qualifies
A Secondary Transfer Test Score (STTS) of 121 or more, or being deemed qualified at a Selection Review. Qualified children are not ranked by score: places follow the oversubscription rules, except up to 6 places for looked-after children or catchment children on pupil premium who score 115 to 120.
Who gets priority
Looked-after and previously looked-after children; up to 6 places for looked-after children or catchment children on pupil premium scoring 115 to 120; qualified catchment children on pupil premium; siblings of current pupils, then of former pupils; exceptional medical or social need; children of staff; children in the school's catchment area (as defined in Buckinghamshire's coordinated scheme, map on the school's website); then all others, each rule by straight-line distance to the nearest school gate. In March 2026 every qualified catchment applicant was offered a place and the last place by distance went to 2.688 miles.
Registering
Children at state-funded Buckinghamshire primary schools were registered automatically (parents could withdraw them by 2 June); all others registered online with Buckinghamshire Council from 1 May (10am) to 2 June 2026 (3pm). The practice test was on 8 September and the Secondary Transfer Test on 10 September 2026, in school for Buckinghamshire and partner primary pupils and at a grammar school or other venue for everyone else; results came out on 9 October 2026. Families then named the school on their home council's secondary application by 31 October 2026.
Open events
Open Evening on Thursday 17 September 2026 (5.30pm to 8.30pm, with the headteacher's talk at 5.45pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.15pm) and open mornings by booking on Wednesday 14 and Friday 16 October 2026. The Sixth Form Open Evening is on Thursday 19 November 2026.
Good to know
Mixed school, girls and boys from Year 7 through the sixth form (40 external Year 12 places); families using the pupil premium or staff rules must tell [email protected] by the deadline. The school's policy gives 12 June 2026 as the test registration deadline, but the council, which runs the test, gave 2 June 2026; catchment and distance use the address lived at from 1 September 2026. TBGS data show 63% of its September 2026 places went to children living outside Buckinghamshire, more than at any other Buckinghamshire grammar, and the applicants figure is how many times the school was named as a preference for September 2026 entry (345 as first preference, 180 offers), from DfE school-level data.
Not confirmed yet
- The catchment area is published only as a map image on the school's website; the policy does not describe its extent in words.
Check these on the official page: burnhamgrammar.reactfiles.co.uk/uploads/key_information/Admissions-Policy-2027-v0.01-Final.pdf
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Sources
Every fact here comes from the official pages below. Admissions rules change each year, so check them there before you rely on them.
- burnhamgrammar.org.uk
- burnhamgrammar.org.uk/parents/bgs-admissions
- burnhamgrammar.org.uk/key-information/item/20/policies-bgs-mat
- burnhamgrammar.reactfiles.co.uk/uploads/key_information/Admissions-Policy-2027-v0.01-Final.pdf
- burnhamgrammar.reactfiles.co.uk/uploads/key_information/Admissions-Policy-2026-v1.00-FINAL.pdf
- burnhamgrammar.org.uk/news-dates/latest-news/item/197/bgs-open-evening-2026
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/guide-to-grammar-schools-and-the-secondary-school-transfer-test-11-plus
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/guide-to-grammar-schools-and-the-secondary-school-transfer-test-11-plus/timeline-for-entry-in-2025
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/guide-to-grammar-schools-and-the-secondary-school-transfer-test-11-plus/would-you-like-your-child-to-take-the-secondary-transfer-test
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/guide-to-grammar-schools-and-the-secondary-school-transfer-test-11-plus/registration
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/guide-to-grammar-schools-and-the-secondary-school-transfer-test-11-plus/test-dates-for-secondary-transfer-test
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/guide-to-grammar-schools-and-the-secondary-school-transfer-test-11-plus/marking-the-secondary-transfer-test
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-parks/school-admissions-and-appeals/guides-and-policies/school-place-allocation-statistics
- buckinghamshire.gov.uk/documents/40617/Allocation_Profile_2026_-_FINAL_V2.xlsx
- thebucksgrammarschools.org
- thebucksgrammarschools.org/test-data
- thebucksgrammarschools.org/_files/ugd/ab3fe9_1e146044d05840c4850da56587346cc8.pdf
- thebucksgrammarschools.org/_files/ugd/ab3fe9_220078a139ec44efad9e6521ed36c523.pdf
- explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers/2026-27/explore
- content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/0bf4f9cf-721d-44e3-8473-266c87e17e00/files/42d0d4e4-9604-413a-8275-00b829ffbdcb
Checked 2 November 2026.
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