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Bosworth Independent School
Bosworth Independent School offers Year 7 from age 11, assessing applicants through CAT4 and review of school records.
Independent school · West Northamptonshire
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The Newton Building, St. Georges Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JA
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Entry information
For September 2027 entry
Bosworth offers Year 7 entry from age 11 for a September start. Families apply online or using the school form, provide a school report and discuss the course with admissions. The published policy says all applicants take CAT4 alongside their academic records; the school describes its general admissions approach as non-selective.
Entry stage: Year 7
What the assessment covers
- Verbal reasoning
- Non-verbal reasoning
- Quantitative reasoning
- Spatial reasoning
Assessment provider: GL Assessment
The admissions process
- Arrange a visit or discussion with admissions and complete the online or downloadable application. The current form includes Year 7 as a September-start programme and a 2027–28 calendar.
- The Year 7 course requires at least six years of schooling, a school report and the child to be 11 before starting. Provide requested identity documents, academic records and information about additional needs. Discuss applicable English-language evidence with admissions.
- The school’s published policy says all applicants complete CAT4, considered with academic transcripts. The current bursary page also confirms CAT4 for ordinary applicants; scholarship or bursary scores are separate award conditions.
- CAT4 is GL Assessment’s test of verbal, non-verbal, quantitative and spatial reasoning. Confirm the school’s particular testing arrangements with admissions.
- The school checks course requirements, available places and whether it can meet the child’s needs. If offered a place, follow the offer conditions, acceptance-form, registration-fee and deposit instructions.
Read the official details: Admissions information from Bosworth Independent School
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Know what to expect
Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
Bosworth’s ordinary Year 7 policy lists CAT4 with academic records, without a separate English or Maths entrance paper. GL Assessment advises against CAT4 practice.
Read the official guidance: Bosworth Independent School · GL Assessment
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Your application starting points
Use the official links on this page to answer these questions for your child’s entry year.
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Before you apply
- Discuss Year 7 availability, your child’s CAT4 appointment, any English-language requirements and support or access arrangements with admissions.
Plusling’s guide to Bosworth Independent School is independently written. The school and its admissions authority publish the official arrangements.
Contains government school-register data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Primary sources
- Admissions | Bosworth School Bosworth Independent School
- UK Admission | UK Applications | Bosworth School Bosworth Independent School
- Bosworth Independent School: school details Department for Education
- Bosworth Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 entry requirements Bosworth Independent School
- Bosworth Admissions Policy and Procedures, reviewed August 2024 Bosworth Independent School
- Bosworth application form and 2027–28 calendar Bosworth Independent School
- Bosworth school policies Bosworth Independent School
- Bosworth scholarships and bursaries: applicant assessment information Bosworth Independent School
- CAT4: Cognitive Abilities Test GL Assessment
- CAT4 information for parents GL Assessment