- Entrance test
- The Bexley Selection Test
- What's tested
- Verbal ability and English (50%), numerical reasoning (25%) and non-verbal reasoning (25%), in two multiple-choice papers
- Usual timing
- Registration has recently closed in the spring of Year 5 (around the end of March). The test is in early September of Year 6.
- How places are decided
- No fixed pass mark: places go by rank of the weighted score.
- Set by
- Quest Assessments (from the September 2026 test; previously GL Assessment)
- Year 7 intake
- Girls
- ⚠ St Olave's (Bromley) is not part of the Bexley test and has its own.
Checked November 2026. Exact dates and arrangements change each year: always confirm with the school or Bexley Council: selection tests before registering.
Preparing for Townley Grammar School
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