Bournemouth School for Girls 11+ admissions

Address

Castle Gate Close, Bournemouth, South West, BH8 9UJ

Year 7 admission

Girls for Year 7 admission

School type

Fully selective state school

Funding

State-funded

Day or boarding

Day school

Religion or denomination

GIAS records no applicable religious character.

Published admission number

180

September 2027 entry

Academically selected places

180

September 2027 entry

Preferences per offer

The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.

Assessment provider

GL Assessment

GL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

• Dorset Grammar Schools 11 PlusFormal consortium

  Provider

  GL Assessment

  Delivery

  One shared entrance test administered for the Dorset Consortium grammar schools

  The test result is used with each member school's determined admission arrangements and oversubscription criteria.

  Official registration page

Eligibility

Girls must meet the required standard in the shared Dorset Consortium selection tests in mathematics, English and verbal reasoning; applications are made through the relevant local authority.

Score policy

The three entrance-test scores are age-standardised and totalled. Eligibility is meeting the required standard; oversubscription ranking uses total test scores within the stated categories.

Oversubscription

Eligible applicants are ranked first by looked-after or previously looked-after status, then Pupil Premium in entrance-test score order, then the highest-scoring 100 applicants, followed by non-Pupil-Premium applicants inside the designated catchment and then outside it, with distance and random allocation used for ties.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• English
• Mathematics
• Verbal reasoning

These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.

1. 1. Dorset Consortium entrance test

   Registered Year 5 pupils sit the test for Year 7 entry.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

CAF deadline

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

• Build English comprehension skillsDraw one supported conclusion that is not directly stated.
• Try Comprehension X-RayFree interactive practice relevant to English comprehension.
• Build maths and numerical reasoning skillsSelect and perform a short sequence of operations in context.
• Try Step BuilderFree interactive practice relevant to maths and numerical reasoning.
• Build verbal reasoning skillsChoose the option closest in meaning to a target word.
• Try Synonym SpectrumFree interactive practice relevant to verbal reasoning.

• Bournemouth School
• Parkstone Grammar School
• Poole Grammar School

1. Joining Year 7 in September 2027

   Bournemouth School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. Admissions Policy for 2027 Entry

   Bournemouth School for Girls. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

3. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

4. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.