Admissions to the Senior Girls' School

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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