Our Practice Papers and Answers
GL ENGLISH PAPER 1
GL MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to GL papers and those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Bournemouth School for Girls.
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Other GL Sample Papers and Answers
Verbal Reasoning Paper 1
Verbal Reasoning Paper 2
Verbal Reasoning Paper 3
ENGLISH PAPER 1
ENGLISH PAPER 2
ENGLISH PAPER 3
MATHS PAPER 1
MATHS PAPER 2
MATHS PAPER 3
The papers we’ve shared above are in a similar style to those typically delivered as 11 Plus assessments by Bournemouth School for Girls.
About the School
Address — Bournemouth School for Girls, Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ.
Type of school — Girls’ grammar school.
Headteacher — Mr Alistair Brien.
Cost — Free.
Pupils in school — 1159.
Places available in year 7 — 180.
Average applicants per place — 5 or more.
Catchment area — Bournemouth School for Girls has a catchment area made up of the following postal addresses: BH1 to BH11, BH12 5, BH23 1, BH23 2 and BH23 3.
Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be determined as follows:
Eligible girls who are looked after children or previously looked after children.
Girls who live within the school’s designated catchment area and are eligible for the Pupil Premium Grant will be ranked next, in order of the total of their entrance test scores, with those girls obtaining the highest scores given higher priority.
Girls who live outside the school’s designated catchment area and are eligible for the Pupil Premium Grant will then be ranked in order of the total of their entrance test scores, with those girls obtaining the highest scores given higher priority.
130 places will be assigned to girls who scored most highly in the entrance tests, in rank order of the total of their entrance test scores, with those girls obtaining the highest scores given higher priority.
Of the remaining eligible girls, those who live within the school’s designated catchment area and are ineligible for the Pupil Premium will be ranked next, in order of the total of their entrance test scores, with those girls obtaining the highest scores given higher priority.
The remaining eligible girls (i.e. those who live outside the school’s designated catchment area and are ineligible for the Pupil Premium Grant) will be ranked in order of the total of their entrance test scores, with those girls obtaining the highest scores given higher priority.
School Summary
Bournemouth School for Girls was established in 1918 and is a girls’ grammar school in Bournemouth, Dorset. The school became an academy in 2011 and has close ties with local Bournemouth School. It specialises in humanities.
The school has a house system consisting of six houses, each named after influential women: Jane Austen, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Rosa Parks, Christina Rossetti, and Mary Shelley. Like Bournemouth School, the girls’ school also has an active Combined Cadet Force, which is rare for a state-funded school.
Ofsted rated this school as ‘outstanding’ in 2012. Find their reports here.
Compare this school’s performance with other local schools here.
Exam Information
Exam style — GL Assessment.
Exam types:
Verbal reasoning
English
Mathematics
Exam length — 3x 50 minute exams.
Pass mark — Changes each year.
Other exam information —
All three tests are multiple choice.
The Maths paper covers Key Stage 2 content.
The English paper includes comprehension, vocabulary and punctuation.
The Verbal Reasoning test children on unseen questions and does not depend on prior knowledge.
Scores will be standardised.
Contact information
Website — http://bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk/
Contact — http://bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk/pages/Contact-us.html
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