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Exam date: Saturday 19 September 2026 · sitting has passed for this cycle
Every The Consortium Of Selective Schools in Essex paper we have is free to download — 12 ready papers (9 English, 3 Maths). Worked answers, marking and topic reports are available when you unlock a paper. Exam format noted on our catalogue: CSSE, Standard. Typical paper length in our set is around 41 minutes. Topics covered across worked answers include Creative writing, Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Measurement, Number pattern and sequences, Geometry, Graphs, Logical Problems.
Parents searching for CSSE 11+ past papers usually want two things at once: a realistic sense of the exam, and a way to practise under time without guessing which topics matter. CSSE sits in Essex, and the entrance process is built around school-written English and Maths papers for participating Essex grammars — not GL or CEM. That distinction matters: generic board-style packs will not rehearse the consortium’s continuous writing demand on English, or the exact pacing of the 60-minute Maths sitting with its own mark scheme language. Our catalogue lists the CSSE papers we hold with free question sheets and paid worked answers, marking and topic reports — so you can see which skills are actually costing marks rather than relying on a single overall score. Confirm dates on csse.org.uk: the 2027-entry sitting is Saturday 19 September 2026, with a reserve date of Tuesday 29 September 2026 for religious observance, illness or exceptional circumstances only. On scoring: CSSE uses standardised scores and each grammar publishes its own cut-offs; there is no single Essex-wide pass mark, so preparation should aim for accuracy and speed across both papers rather than chasing one published threshold. The best preparation pattern is short, timed papers with a review of wrong and slow questions the same day. Rotate English and Maths so pacing stays fresh, keep a simple log of topics that keep reappearing in the report, and treat continuous writing as a weekly habit rather than a last-week scramble. That turns a pile of papers into a plan tailored to CSSE rather than generic 11+ worksheets.
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Standardised scores; cut-offs vary by school and year.
CSSE uses standardised scores. Each participating grammar publishes its own admissions criteria and historic cut-offs where available — there is no single Essex-wide pass mark.
Each CSSE grammar school uses the same exam but sets its own offer threshold. Start with our CSSE Essex pass mark guide, then open the school you are targeting.
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