School 11+
Poole High School: 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational grammar school in Poole.
Poole High School · Co-educational grammar school · PooleAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Poole High School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself. It tests English, maths and verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 3 October 2026.
32 places, as the school’s page gives them Source
Remelia and this test
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When it is sat
Saturday 3 October 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 18 September 2026. Source
Saturday morning; results by letter 16 October 2026. An alternative October date only for on-time applicants prevented by illness or religious obligation.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
The policy says the date is published on the website from the previous March.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- The school itself. Source
- What it tests
- English, maths and verbal reasoning. Source
- The papers
- English, 25 minutes, multiple choice; Mathematics, 25 minutes, multiple choice; Reasoning, 40 minutes, multiple choice. Source
- How places are decided
- Places offered in score order. Ranked by test score; up to 10% of PAN (one class of up to 32). Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Source
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Poole High School, Admissions Policy 2027 checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The Published Admission Number for year 7 is 325. ... The Expressly Academic Class comprises children who have been selected as a result of tests taken in the September preceding the year of entry and is limited to 10% of the school’s Published Admission Number in year 7. Children will be ranked in order of their test scores.”
- Expressly Academic Testing, Poole High School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“we do offer a single Expressly Academic class for up to 32 academically able pupils.”
“English Testing : ... 25 minutes in length. Mathematics Testing : ... 25 minutes in length. Reasoning Testing : Questions consist of verbal reasoning and mathematics-based logic questions . Our assessment does not include diagrammatic or pictorial non-verbal reasoning questions. This testing is 40 minutes long.”
“For Year 7 admission in September 2027 , the Expressly Academic Testing date is Saturday 03 October 2026 . Applications must be received no later than Friday, 18 September 2026 , at 23:55 .”
“All questions in the assessment are multiple-choice”
“We do not provide practice papers or sample tests.”
Remelia is not affiliated with Poole High School or the test providers. All schools and exams
Preparing for Poole High School?
Start with the four steps: a starting check on the first day, then Key Stage 2 maths and English in school order, whichever school it is.