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Olive High Boys: 11+ entrance exam
Boys’ independent school in Burnley.
Olive High Boys · Boys’ independent school · BurnleyAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 30 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Olive High Boys’ 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It tests English, maths, science, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, quran kareem and arabic reading and quantitative ability tasks.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Source
The page says ‘GLS Assessment’ and describes CAT4-style verbal, non-verbal, quantitative and spatial tasks; read as GL Assessment. - How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Source
- What it tests
- English, maths, science, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, quran kareem and arabic reading and quantitative ability tasks. Source
- The papers
- English; Maths; Science; Quran Kareem and Arabic reading; Verbal, non-verbal and spatial ability tasks; Quantitative ability tasks. Source
Tests named on the admissions page; minutes and format not published. The maths test is its own, apart from the reasoning (MM-873 validation, 30 Sep 2026). - How places are decided
- A pass mark. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Source
- Interview
- Not found on the pages read. Source
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing. What Remelia practises for GL maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
No month is published, so the plan works to January of Year 6, when most GL Assessment tests are sat: an estimate.
Not covered
Spatial reasoning
Remelia does not teach spatial reasoning.
Quran kareem and arabic reading
Not practised.
Quantitative ability tasks
Not practised.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admission, Olive High Boys checked 30 September 2026
The page’s words
“This test will be in English, Maths and Quran Kareem reading.”
“This test will be in English, Maths and Quran Kareem reading ... Science and Arabic Reading ... verbal, non-verbal, quantitative and spatial ability tasks.”
“Upon successfully passing the test*, students will be offered a place at the school.”
“which usually take place in the first term of their year 6 (we will write to you with the test date)”
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