Welcome to our 10 plus prep school exams practice.
Prep school 10+ practice papers for Year 6 entry exams
The Sunday Times‘s private school league tables include a large range of UK Independent/private schools. All operate independently of the state education system’s National Curriculum.
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Here’s some excellent replica versions of real 9+ prep school entry tests:
Independent School 11 plus exam practice papers
Dame Alice Owen’s Practice Tests 1 to 5
Ermysteds School Practice Tests 1 to 5
Henrietta Barnett Practice Tests 1 to 5
Merchant Taylors’ Practice Tests 1 to 5
Newstead Wood Practice Tests 1 to 5
St Olaves practice tests 1 to 5
Queen Elizabeths Boys practice tests 1 to 5
St. Paul’s Girls Practice Tests 1 to 5
These specific independent school practice test bundles are the most accurate and efficient way to prepare for the English section of your independent school exam.
FREE 10 plus Maths Home Learning Pack 2023
Step by step guide to using 10+ School Entrance Tests’ past papers
Here is our step-by-step guide to encourage the best form of school entrance test practice. Your child will most easily perfect their 10+ exam technique if you follow these steps:
- You need to search the School Entrance Tests‘ Index to access the top 10 plus past papers.
- Check that you have the correct 10 plus exam format for the prep school you are applying for here.
- Download the most recent 10 plus exam papers available on that page or post for your child to go through. And if absolutely necessary from other similar sites!
- Schedule revision sessions at least once a week. Ideally first thing in the morning on either Saturday or Sunday. Ideally both days!
- Initially, use the first 1-2 revision sessions to familiarise your child with the age-specific 10+ exam format and the test-specific questions types of question in those 10+ exams.
- If your child can complete multiple 10+ practice papers, then that is certainly the ideal. Multiple 10 plus practice papers are needed at a comparable exam format and difficulty level.
- It also means you can track their 10 plus exam performance progress. You can use the 10plus exam score guidance provided for our premium exam papers. This will show you when your child is performing over and above the all-important pass grade.
Top 10+ Exam practice papers
FREE English exam 10+ Practice
You will find below the very latest school entrance 10 plus English and 10+ Maths past papers.
Our 10+ English grammar papers
- 10+ English Multiple Choice (City of London School)
- 10+English Paper A (Emanuel 2021)
- 10+ English Paper B (Emanuel 2021)
- 10+English Paper 1 (Emanuel 2020)
- 10+ English Paper 2 (Emanuel 2020)
- 10+ English Sample Paper 1 (Solihull)
- 10+English Sample Paper 1 (Solihull 2020)
- 10+ English Sample Paper 1 (Solihull 2018)
- 10+English Sample Paper 2 (Solihull 2018)
- 10+Maths Sample Paper 1 (Solihull 2020)
- 10+ Maths Sample Paper 2 (Solihull 2020)
- 10+Maths Sample Paper 1 (Solihull 2018)
- 10+ Maths Sample Paper 2 (Solihull 2018)
SAMPLE MATHS 10+ and ENGLISH 10+ PAPERS
10+ English Sample Paper 1 ; 10+ Maths Sample Paper 2 and English 10+ Sample Paper 2.
Key Points about 10+ Exams School Entrance
- The 10+ admissions tests are taken in the Spring term in Year 5 for entry into Year 6 the following September.
- The admissions process varies from school to school.
- However these private schools typically test in English and maths with some adding a reasoning paper
- Plus verbal reasoning and/or non-verbal reasoning.
- The additional 10+ exams are at a slightly lower level than the 11+ examination.
How do 10+ Examinations relate to 11 plus exams?
- 11+ exam entry continues to get ever more competitive.
- Hence some parents choose for children to sit an exam a year earlier at around 10 years old.
- There are only a few schools that offer the 10+ entry.
- If students are successful at 10+, they are not required to take the 11+ examination the following year.
- Unless they are wanting to be considered for a scholarship or bursary place.
- Those unsuccessful students at 10+ entry are still able to sit the exam at 11+ entry.
10+ examination for prep school entry
The ISEB pretests described in the YouTube video above are used to select students for Year 2 entry into top schools across the country.
How best to use School Entrance Tests‘ 10+ past papers
Our notes for using past school entry papers
Firstly, the above Guide to using 10+ past papers may occur alongside your child’s tutor.
Also, we also offer more challenging past 10+ papers for revision. These are supplied by our practice 8+ exam partners because of their reputation for providing high quality and engaging online (mock) exams. We recommend incorporately these at the asterisked step 5. *
Completing our 10+ Prep School practice papers is excellent preparation for 11+ past papers.
Galore Park, the ISEB publishers, also offer a comprehensive range of 10+ revision papers and revision guides for Year 5 based upon the
10+ National Curriculum requirements:
Age | Year | Key stage | Assessment |
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9 to 10 | Year 5 | KS2 | |
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10 to 11 | Year 6 | KS2 | National tests in English reading, maths, and grammar, punctuation and spelling. Teacher assessments in English writing and science |
Writing Skills Guides
- 10+ Writing Prompts ; 10+ Rewrite & Improve and 10+ Vocab / Grammar
- 10+ Punctuation and 10+ Spelling