Entrance Examinations for entry in September into Junior
and Senior Schools of the Girls' and Boys' Divisions take
place in January of the same year.
All applicants for the exam must fill out an application form,
which can be obtained from the
relevant School Secretary and is enclosed in each prospectus
pack. You can also download an application form from our website by
clicking here.
Anyone wishing to apply to Bolton School after the January
entrance examination date has elapsed should in the first instance
call the appropriate secretary to enquire about availability.
Depending on pupil migration, places are sometimes available in
other year groups and prospective pupils to these year groups
also sit an entrance examination. For further information regarding
applying to a particular school within the Foundation,
please contact the appropriate
secretary.
Girls' Division and Boys' Division Senior School Entry
There will be four components to the examination:
- an English Composition, set by the School (examples of past
questions and exemplar answers are available below and will be
available at Open Day)
A set of three tests from GL Assessment comprising:
- verbal reasoning test
- non-verbal reasoning test
- mathematical reasoning test
Each of these tests is designed to test "innate" ability.
Practice papers are available from any good bookshop (look for GL
Assessment 11+ practice papers) or from the GL
Assessment website.
As an indication of the required standard, we would normally
expect your child's teacher to be predicting Level 5 in the Key
Stage 2 SATs test.
Download sample English Composition questions for
the Senior School Entrance Exam - Creative Writing Sample
Questions
Download some good examples of creative writing by pupils sitting
the English Composition part of the Entrance Examination.
Girls' Division and Boys' Division Junior School Entry
Children transferring from Beech House (Bolton School Infant
School) into the Junior Schools will not need to take an
entrance exam as assessment for entry into Bolton School has
already taken place.
The Entrance Exam will have three components: English,
Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning. Full sets of past papers for the
junior schools can be requested from the appropriate
secretary.