We are looking for bright, well-motivated girls who will make
the most of all that an education at Bolton School has to
offer.
To gain a place in Year 7 your daughter must first reach the
appropriate standard in the Entrance
Examination which is held in mid-January each year.
An application form for entry to Bolton School can be downloaded
from the bottom of this page.
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:
- a verbal reasoning test
- a non-verbal reasoning test
- a mathematical 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 online
here.
As an indication of the required standard, we would normally
expect your daughter's teacher to be predicting Level 5 in the Key
Stage 2 SATs test.
As well as sitting the Entrance Examination,
girls will also be invited for interview and we
will ask for a report from the candidate's Headteacher at this
stage. Offers of places are made in early March.
Depending on the migration of pupils, places are sometimes
available in other year groups. For further information and an
application form for entry into the Senior School please contact
the Headmistress's Secretary, Mrs Lynden Graham on 01204 840201 ext
210 or at seniorgirls@boltonschool.org.
Senior Girls' School - Application Form.
Senior School Entrance Exam - Creative Writing Sample
Questions.pdf
Senior School Entrance Exam - Creative Writing Exemplar
Answers
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